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Let get into some Jets news and notes . . .
I like to admit when I’m wrong, unlike some other people in my profession, like the ones who said the Jets were tanking this year and they weren’t.
I wrote the other day that the Jets should perhaps start Dakota Dozier because Brian Winters was dealing with a couple of injuries.
But I have to admit, Winters had a heck of a game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Here are a couple of examples:
*On the second series of the game, Winters did a great job of pulling from right guard to the left side and taking out defender on a gain of 19 by tailback Eli McGuire.
*Right after the two-minute warning in the second quarter, Winters pulled to the left again, and locked up linebacker Frank Zombo, and tailback Bilal Powell ran behind him for a gain of six.
Two outstanding plays . . .
A Daily News Jets writer wrote last week – “Jets can become winners if they find 53 players like Jamal Adams.”
Will the player fall for this attempt to get in good stead with him? We will see.
But from a football standpoint, I’m not sure this is makes any sense.
I don’t they need a roster of 53 safeties. That wouldn’t work out very well.
Just kidding.
But honestly, the game after the Daily News presented Adams with this bouquet of flowers, he finished with one tackle and one PD, both on the last drive of the game. So he deserves credit for making plays on this key drive which iced the win for the Jets.
But up until the two-minute warning in the fourth quarter, Adams didn’t make the stat sheet. That is startling.
And also, he missed a tackle in the middle of Alex Smith’s 70-yard scramble.
And considering how many big pass plays the Chiefs made in this game, where was their first round pick for any of these plays in terms of safety help?
Look, I love Adams as a prospect. I think he has star potential, but the Jets need a lot more from him than they’ve been getting lately.
And you know what, he knows that.
He didn’t seem very happy after the game. He was happy with the Jets’ victory, but perhaps not thrilled with his nondescript play.
Safety Rontez Miles was joking around doing a fake interview with Mo Claiborne, and he asked he what he thought of Adams dropping a pick.
While Adams loves Miles, I’m not sure how funny he thought this was . . .
While Todd Bowles is doing a fairly good job this season turning around the Jets’ culture, he’s got to figure out a way for his club to play better pass defense.
Bowles made his bones in the league as a secondary guy, whether it was as a safety or as a secondary coach.
The Chiefs lit up the Jets through the air with four touchdown passes, and this is a team that had been struggling offensively entering the game.
There is something amiss here, and Bowles needs to fix it.
This is his wheelhouse.
December 4, 2017
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