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Florham Park – In today’s edition of Website, we have notes on Mo and Quinton (pictured), Jason Hill, Aaron Berry and a philosophical advantage New England has over the Jets . . .
Mo Wilkerson and Quinton Coples have really come on in recent weeks as interior pass rushers. Their cause should be helped this week if Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins doesn’t play, which is a strong possibility.
And this interior pass rush is very, very important against Tom Brady to get him off his spot as they say. Brady is very good at dealing with outside pressure – he senses it well and gets rid of the ball. However quick inside pressure, from guys
lined up close to him, is the best way to mess up his flow.
So Wilkerson and Coples need to keep their roll going this week.
Coples is going a much better job in recent weeks of staying patient and reading offenses better. After a rough stretch earlier in the year, where he made some gap mistakes, now he is doing a better job staying within the framework of the defense.
Like I mentioned the other day, it looks they the Jets are going to have the best pair of 3-4 ends in football in time . . .
It’s such a cold business.
I saw Jason Hill at his locker today after practice going about his business.
A few minutes after we (the media) left the locker room, around 4 pm, he was sent packing by Mike Tannenbaum.
I don’t think they treated this guy very well since they called him during a visit to the Saints, and got him to take the next plane to New Jersey, like it was the golden opportunity to fill the roster spot left by the Santonio Holmes injury.
Well maybe he should have stayed in New Orleans. The Jets keep signing him and cutting him.
This isn’t some “slappy,” as some like to call non-descript players.
He’s a six-year veteran who has 78 career catches and nine touchdowns.
After signing him, why not just let him stay on the roster for the rest of the year? Why play all these games, especially with the struggles of Stephen Hill?
Right now, Jason Hill is better than Stephen Hill. It’s not debatable.
But the Jets are treating Stephen Hill like he’s sacred cow – no matter how many times he drops the ball, they act like it’s no problem.
It is a problem! And the Jets handling of Stephen Hill points to an advantage of Bill Belichick has over them.
If Hill was dropping passes in New England, he’d find him himself inactive or benched for a few games.
But Rex and Mike are treating this like Little League – “That is okay Johnny, you will do better the next time.”
THIS IS THE NFL.
“One thing I know for sure is (that) we’re going to keep throwing to him and I think this young man is going to realize, by the way, you can play this game,” Rex Ryan said. “He can get separation from people. The fun part and the easy part of the job is to catch the football.”
It’s not easy.
Look, I’m not writing the guy off, Stephen Hill has a huge upside, but you can’t play that position and constantly drop passes.
But this is part of this strange gene that Mike and Rex have – playing guys before they are ready, and then just keep playing them even if they are struggling.
Belichick would not do this. He runs a strict meritocracy. You earn your reps.
And this gives him an advantage over the Jets. He doesn’t give a darn about his draft record . . .
The way Aaron Berry (quad) was hobbling around in St. Louis, I was thinking there is no way he would play against New England.
But he said today he’s good to go.
This is huge for the Jets.
With New England’s spread offense, and Isaiah Trufant now on IR, the Jets need all the good cover corners they can amass. Berry is a good cover guy, and if he’s truly able to play, he will definitely help the Jets against New England . . .
November 20, 2012
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