Preview: Raiders @ Jets Tickets

December 6th, 2013 Greg Cohen Posted in Game Previews, Tickets
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The New York Jets still have a shot at the playoffs, at least mathematically. Not much about the Jets’ play in the past few weeks has given a lot for fans to look forward to for the rest of the season. As a result, New York Jets tickets have dropped dramatically in price. The upcoming game against the Oakland Raiders has seen a price drop of 45% over the past week on the secondary market.

The average price for the Raiders-Jets game this weekend is just $100.75 with a get-in price of only $20. That’s 52% below the average price for Jets home games this season and significantly lower than the game against the New Orleans Saints just five weeks ago. It’s also 58% below the average price for Oakland Raiders tickets on the road this year.

At the point after the victory in the Saints game, the Jets were 5-4 with the lead position to grab the No. 6 seed in the AFC. The Jets then went on a bye and have lost three straight games to drop below .500 to 5-7 and need help to reach the playoffs. After scoring two touchdowns in the loss to Buffalo during Week 11, the offense has scored just two field goals in the past two games and gained just 22 combined first downs. The Jets have started to look like the team many thought they would be at the beginning of the season, rather than the playoff contender they could have been.

Meanwhile, the Raiders have been playing better on offense since Matt McGloin took over as the starting quarterback, though there’s only one win to show for it. At 4-8, Oakland will be looking to evaluate the roster for next season.

It might not be the best played game of the year, but for fans still looking to get into a Jets game, the price won’t come much cheaper than this.

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Jets Bench Smith, Lose to Dolphins 23-3

December 4th, 2013 Andy Green Posted in Game Stories

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“One touchdown and we’re back in it. Just keep fighting, keep grinding,” this was Rex Ryan’s message to the New York Jets at halftime against the Miami Dolphins. However, for the second game in a row that touchdown never came.

The Dolphins defeated the hapless Jets 23-3 at MetLife Stadium; ending any hope of a trip to the playoffs for the Jets.

“It was an awful performance by us,” Head coach Rex Ryan said. “We got outplayed in all three phases of the game, and I know our fans deserved a hell of a lot better than that.”

Jets rookie quarterback, Geno Smith, was ineffective for the third game in a row – all Jets losses – and was benched at halftime. In two quarters of action, Smith completed 4-of-10 passes for 29 yards and an interception.

“We did absolutely nothing in the first half, offensively, so I was just trying to give us a spark somehow,” Ryan said, regarding his decision to bench Smith.

Smith’s replacement, Matt Simms, entered the game to the loudest cheer of the day, and produced three more points than Smith, but thanks to a porous offensive line, he failed to provide the spark Ryan wanted. Simms was sacked three times and only completed 50% of his passes — 9-of-18 for 79 yards and an interception.

The Jets’ defense kept the game close in the first half, holding the Dolphins to only 6 points. But, despite only scoring two field goals in the first half Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill was moving the ball at ease. He eventually broke the Jets’ defense in the second half and connected on two touchdowns to Brian Hartline and Mike Wallace — Tannehill finished the game 28-of-43, 331 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

The culprit on both Dolphins’ touchdowns was horrendous tackling, much to the bane of Rex Ryan.

“That [tackling] was the biggest disappointment, without question,” Rex Ryan said. “We know it was tough sledding. We hadn’t done anything offensively and you’re kind of hanging in there, holding onto that rope and you just have got to believe. You’ve just got to get him on the ground.”

Antonio Cromartie, Ed Reed, and Demario Davis all missed tackles on Brian Hartline’s 31 yard score, and first round rookie, Dee Milliner, joined his Geno Smith on the bench later in the game after he whiffed at Mike Wallace on his 28 yard touchdown catch and run.

“I should have come up and put my shoulder into him and just completed the play and make the tackle,” Miliner said after the game.

The Jets also failed to get much pressure on Tannehill. The “Sons of Anarchy” – the nickname for the defensive line of Wilkerson, Richardson, and Harrison — came away with only one sack, despite the Dolphins having one of the worst offensive lines in the league – Tannehill has been sacked a league high 45 times this season.

The Jets are at home again next week against the Oakland Raiders. A win keeps them mathematically in the playoff race, but at the moment, just an offensive touchdown will suffice.

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Jets Drop Two Games in a Row, Lose 19-9 to Ravens

November 30th, 2013 Andy Green Posted in Game Stories

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On a cold Sunday in Maryland, facing the reigning world champions, the Baltimore Ravens, the Jets won the coin toss and would be the first to receive the ball. A week prior, the Jets were destroyed by the Buffalo Bills in similar conditions, and were ready to prove that their performance that day wasn’t a true representation of the New York Jets, but merely an anomaly. Josh Cribbs returned the opening kickoff a respectable 28-yards, and a confident Geno Smith jogged onto the field. After three consecutive running plays – one from the wildcat – the Jets sent in the punt team, and a disheartened Smith jogged back off the field — a routine he became very familiar with as the afternoon wore on.

The Jets’ offense was inept against the Ravens. Geno Smith threw two interceptions, the defense gave up another deep touchdown pass, and the offense converted on only 1-of-12 third downs, as the Ravens won 19-3.

Rookie quarterback Geno Smith continued his downward slide. After compiling a QB rating of 10.1 against the Buffalo Bills a week ago, Smith only completed 9-of-22 passes for 127 yards and two interceptions – Smith compiled the majority of his yardage late in the game with the Jets desperately trying to find a way back into a game they never were really in.

The Jets opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 27 yard, Nick Folk, field goal, but that would be last time their side of the scoreboard changed. The Ravens scored 19 consecutive points, including the only touchdown of the day, a 66-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to Jacoby Jones.

Besides two deep passes – the previously mentioned touchdown pass, and a 60-yard completion over Antonio Cromartie – the Jets defense played well. They sacked Joe Flacco four times, and forced a turnover –Cromartie intercepted Flacco midway through the second quarter.

However, for all the defense’s efforts, Geno Smith and the Jets offense was completely outmatched from start to finish. The Jets offense went 3-and-out nine times, and only converted on third down once. Smith threw a pair of interceptions – both on deep passes, and the Jets offense gave up their traditional comical turnover; center Nick Mangold snapped the ball directly into the legs of a wide receiver in motion, and the alert Ravens defense promptly recovered the ball inside the Jets red-zone.

After the game, Rex Ryan refused to comment on any specific players performance and job security, stating that he had to watch the film first. Hardly, a rousing rally of support for his rookie quarterback, who is quickly losing the confidence of the Jets loyal fanbase.

After two consecutive losses, a once promising season, with a quarterback thought to be the team’s future, is quickly turning into a lost cause. Thankfully for the Jets, they return home next week – they are 4-1 at home this season – to face the equally struggling Miami Dolphins.

Sunday’s game might be the Jets last chance to get this season back on track.

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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back; Jets lose 37-14 to Buffalo Bills

November 19th, 2013 Andy Green Posted in Game Stories

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One step forward, two steps back is the way of the 2013 New York Jets.

The Jets continued their roller-coaster season of inconsistency on Sunday, losing 37-14 to the Buffalo Bills, equalling an NFL record of 10 consecutive win-one-lose-one games to start a season.

Fresh off their bye week, the Jets were flying high following their victory over the New Orleans Saints two weeks ago. But once again, as they have done after every one of their five wins this season, the Jets failed to take advantage of the opportunity before them and were thoroughly dismantled by the Bills.

“Just bad, man,” Jets QB Geno Smith said after the game. “The way I can sum up this game for myself is awful. I know that I can play better. I know that this isn’t who I am or what I want to be.”

In the NFL, it’s no secret that a teams’ fortunes generally hinge on the play of their quarterback. Nowhere is that more obvious than in New York. Geno Smith had his sixth multiple turnover game, which brought his season tally to 20-turnovers in his ten career starts. Smith was a picture of ineptitude, he threw three interceptions and fumbled once, finishing with an overall quarterback rating of 10.1 — the worst since Mark Sanchez’s 8.3 quarterback rating following a 5-interception performance against the Buffalo Bills in his rookie season. Smith only completed 35% of his attempts, and finished 8-of-23 for 103 yards and 3 interceptions.

“I hate using the word growing pains, but that’s exactly what it is for me,” Smith said. “And I know the situation we’re in with this team. We can’t have that, so I’ve got to clean that up.”

The Jets started the game slowly. They struggled to move ball, and missed a field goal — Nick Folk’s first miss in 24 attempts. It wasn’t until late in the second quarter that the wheels fell off, but in the blink of an eye the Jets were in a 20-0 hole they couldn’t climb out of.

On 4th-and-6 with the Bills about to punt the ball back to the Jets, defensive tackle Leger Douzable jumped offside, which allowed Bills QB EJ Manuel to execute a QB sneak for a first down. Manuel then promptly connected with wide receiver TJ Graham for a 34-yard touchdown over the head of rookie cornerback Dee Milliner, and a 10-0 lead.

Moments later Geno Smith had his first of four turnovers. Smith fumbled inside the Jets 10-yard line, which set up a 3-yard Bills touchdown run and a 17-0 lead. The lead increased more moments later when Smith threw an interception to Bills safety Jarius Byrd, which lead to a Bills field goal, a 20-0 lead at halftime — an unrecoverable defecit that the Jets wouldn’t recover from.

Following Smith’s third interception of the day, which was returned 32 yards for a touchdown by Da’Norris Searcy, the Jets ended the rookie’s woeful day early and sent him to the bench. Backup Matt Simms entered the game and led the Jets on an impressive scoring drive, culminating in a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Cumberland — Simms finished the game 4-of-6 for 60-yards and a touchdown.

The Jets latest signing, future hall-of-famer Ed Reed, proved to be of little assistance to a struggling Jets secondary. Rookie EJ Manuel completed 20-of-28 passes for 245-yards and two deep touchdown passes of 34 and 56 yards.

“I don’t think Ed Reed was a problem,” Ryan said. “They never threw it over Ed’s side on the deep ball, so I don’t believe that was the case.”

The loss drops the Jets back into the thick of the AFC playoff race as they head into Baltimore on Sunday to face the Ravens — a win would’ve given them a significant edge over the flurry of eight teams currently with 4-6air 5-5 records.

One step forward, two steps back.

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Jets Lose 37-14 to Buffalo Bills

November 17th, 2013 Andy Green Posted in Game Stories

The New York Jets continued their win-one-lose-one trend as they lost 37-14 to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

Geno Smith threw three interceptions, and fumbled once, before he was replaced early in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach.

The addition of future hall-of-famer Ed Reed proved to be of little assistance to the Jets secondary as EJ Manuel torched the Jets for two deep touchdowns over the heads of Dee Milliner and Antonio Cromartie.

The loss drops the Jets to 5-5, and back into the thick of AFC teams vying for the final wildcard spot. The Jets meet one of those teams next week when they travel to Baltimore to face the reigning Superbowl champions.

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Game Preview: Jets (5-4) at Bills (3-7)

November 16th, 2013 Andy Green Posted in Game Previews

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Did the Jets lose in their bye week? You better hope so, because based on their tormenting win-one-lose-one season so far, a loss last week almost guarantees a victory on Sunday.

The Jets (5-4) currently the most surprising team in the league head to Orchard Park, Buffalo on Sunday (1pm ET KO) to face a Bills team that has lost three straight games.

Th two teams have already met once this season: the Jets defeated the Bills 27-20 in week three. However, each team has taken a different path since that first meeting. The Jets defeated both the New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots and developed into a legitimate playoff contender, whereas the Bills lost their starting quarterback for the better part of a month and currently sit at the bottom of the AFC East. Their quarterback, EJ Manuel, finally returned to the field on Sunday, but the Bills’ fortunes didn’t improve — they lost 23-10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Since 1960, the two teams have met 106 times. The Bills currently lead the series 55-51, but in the Rex Ryan era the Jets are 7-2.

Here are Sunday’s keys to the game:

Follow the Formula:
The Jets got back to Rex Ryan’s favorite style of Football in their victory over the Saints. They ran the football, and played stifling defense — Chris Ivory rushed for 139 yards, and the defense held the potent Saints offense to 20 points, and 36 rushing yards. The game-plan was developed to take the pressure away from Geno Smith, who has struggled the previous week against the Bengals, throwing two interceptions for touchdowns. The Bills defense has given up an average of 117-yards rushing a game, so it would be smart for the Jets to continue to lean heavily on Chris Ivory and the running game.

Take Shots
Although it might seem like the antithesis of running the football, the Jets need to take shots down field against the Bills. At the start of the season Geno Smith brought excitement to the Jets offense with his deep ball. However, since he lost the majority of his top offensive weapons — Santonio Holmes, Jeremy Kerley, Kellen Winslow and Jeff Cumberland — to injury, Smith has understandably struggled. On Sunday, Smith will have his full myriad of weapons back — all except Kerley are expected to play — and when the opportunity presents itself Smith needs to use his weapons to piggy back off the running game and take his chances down field. In their previous match-up the Jets had a lot of success with the deep ball. Smith completed touchdown passes of 69 and 51 yards to Santonio Holmes and Stephen Hill.

Control the Line of Scrimmage
In their first meeting the Jets defensive front dominated the Bills. They sacked EJ Manuel 8 times and had pressured him on 50% of his dropbacks. The Jets need to do more of the same on Sunday. This will only be Manuel’s sixth career start due to the time he spent away with a knee injury so he is still likely to fall victim to the pitfalls of being a rookie quarterback in the NFL.

Manuel will also be without his top two wide receivers as Stevie Johnson and James Woods have been ruled out for the game. In their absence the Bills will likely depend on running backs CJ Spiller and Fred Jackson to carry the load for them, which plays directly into the Jets hands — the defense has only allowed 3.1 yards per carry this season. The formula on defense is simple, control the line of scrimmage, and the rest will take care of itself.

On the surface, this looks like a likely victory for a Jets team that are surprising everyone. However, the Jets have followed each of their wins so far with a loss. If they are to become legitimate playoff contenders they need to break that trend this week. The Jets currently hold the 6th playoff spot outright, and with the other teams in the AFC struggling with mediocrity they have a chance to pull away from the pack with a victory over the Bills.

Prediction: Jets 35 – Bills 13

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Grab The New NFL RUSH ZONE: SEASON OF THE GUARDIANS And WIN A Copy!

November 14th, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in Contests

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Enjoy the Emmy nominated Nicktoons animated hit again and again as Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment and the National Football League (NFL) release NFL RUSH ZONE: Season of the Guardians, Volume 1 on DVD. The release hit stores November 12th in Standard Definition (SD) for $14.93 SRP.

Fans will receive over two hours of action-packed adventure with the DVD release of NFL RUSH ZONE: Season of the Guardians, Volume 1, as they join the journey of four elite youth Guardian protectors Ish, Ash, Troy and Tua, charged with defending the world from evil and protecting the Megacore of each NFL team from getting into the wrong hands. Each episode features past and present NFL players and coaches voicing their animated personas, including Drew Brees, Rob Gronkowski, Greg Jennings, Calvin Johnson, Rex Ryan, and DeMarcus Ware. The NFL stars and Guardians work together to ward off villains “Wild Card” and “Drop Kick.”

Driven by animation from Rollman Entertainment, Inc. and producer Eric S. Rollman (former President of Marvel Animation), NFL RUSH ZONE: Season of the Guardians is sure to entertain children of all ages.

NFL RUSH ZONE: Season of the Guardians is an original half-hour animated series based on NFL RUSH ZONE, the NFL’s online world for kids. The series debuted in November 2012 to critical acclaim and received high demographical ratings. More than 7.5 million viewers across the networks of Nicktoons, Nickelodeon and NFL Network tuned in for the airings of the first 11 episodes. Fans can find exciting new NFL RUSH ZONE offerings from dozens of NFL licensees this Fall in stores and online at www.NFLshop.com. Children can also interact and play games with all of their favorite NFL RUSH ZONE characters at NFLRUSH.COM/RZ, the NFL’s online world for kids and the inspiration for the show.

“Young football fans and their parents have made NFL RUSH ZONE a must watch each weekend prior to NFL action getting underway,” said Natalie Vandergast, Executive Director of Marketing for Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment. “With the DVD release of NFL RUSH ZONE: Season of the Guardians, Volume 1 families can continue to relive the Guardians’ journey along with their favorite players.”

WIN A COPY OF NFL RUSH ZONE: Season of the Guardians, Volume 1 By Leaving a comment answering the Following two Trivia Questions:

1. Who was the very first coach of the New York entry into the old AFL in 1960?

2. Which ESPN college football analyst coached the Jets for one season?

GOOD LUCK!!!

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Video: Jets Reach Deal With Ed Reed

November 14th, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in News, Video

Jerome Bettis discusses the impact that safety Ed Reed will have on the Jets; the team announced it has reached an agreement with the nine-time Pro Bowler.

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