The Jets didn’t punt in their loss to the Los Angeles Rams but scored only nine points. That’s a weird combo. The Jets’ offense is a mess. They make some very nice plays (the Aaron Rodgers TD pass to Davante Adams was a sensational throw) but are wildly inconsistent due to penalties, not getting plays off, assignment errors, and so forth.
Nobody wants to hear this because he’s public enemy #1, but demoting Nate Hackett, and having somebody else run Hackett’s playbook was a bad idea. Todd Downing is running Hackett’s playbook, not his own. How does that make sense?
A poster child for this dysfunction was displayed in the first quarter of the Jets’ inexcusable loss at rebuilding New England. The Jets had to call three timeouts in the first quarter because they couldn’t get lined up. How often do you see a team burn three timeouts in the first quarter of an NFL game?
“This team is in disarray. 1:37 left in the first quarter and you are out of timeouts,” said Pats radio analyst Scott Zolak after the third timeout.
Just like the Adams trade, demoting Hackett seemed like a Twitter-driven move to assuage the public, and that stuff needs to stop. Moving forward, the Jets need to let football people make football decisions.
Nobody wants to hear this because they love to hate on the guy, but demoting Hackett (who I am not making into Bill Walsh), to have somebody else run Hackett’s playbook, is Kabuki Theatre, and asking for dysfunction and that is what they got.
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