'Kudos & Wet Willies:' Wide receiver edition

then again he’s usually just a lock for one isn’t he (when he’s on the field at least)?

Jake is constantly called a one dimensional back, cuz he doesn’t catch the ball. Well, you can’t catch the ball when they don’t throw to you, and Jake caught a TD pass yesterday. I haven’t seen the highlights yet, but that’s a nice step in the right direction.

And I don’t really agree on CC Brown. He’s kinda like the Manningham of the defense. He looks pretty good on a few plays then horrendous on others. OF course, since he’s on the defense and a safety, his bad plays are a lot worse than Mario’s.

He may be blocking the spot of a younger guy liek Rashad or Travonti Johnson, but I kinda think he’ll be solid for the Giants this year (as long as he doesn’t see the field too much!)

Did Nicks see any playing time with the first team (didn’t see the game)? If not, then its time. We need someone to make plays.

seems to have a problem with the deep ones – he also dropped a perfectly thrown deep ball in Buffalo two seasons ago, as well as one thrown over the top in Pittsburgh last year (the play where the defender clearly grabbed his jersey as he was running down the middle, but I still think he should have caught it).

if he hadn’t been dragging another person for 15 yards. The ball glanced off of his fingertips, that could have been a big gain. The deflection (wasn’t really a drop) for the INT was inexcusable, as was Smith’s drops. But I choose to be more encouraged by the fact that Smith got open long at least twice, he will catch more than he drops. Good call on Goff as well Ed, he’s just been making quiet, solid plays. I wondered if anyone else was watching him. Finally, on the Stuckey TD, the missed tackles were a total group effort, but was the blown coverage on Dockery or Brown? Or both? Dockery looked like he let him go for most of the field, but Brown could not have taken a worse angle to the play without running in the opposite direction. What do you think about that play?

That was just pisspoor tackling by the Defense and I can guarantee those guys are going to hear it from both the coach and their team. Of course, in typical Jets fashion everyone celebrates like it won them the Super Bowl.

To me, the first string Defense did look a little rusty and made a bunch of lazy penalities. Not surprised since a lot of these guys have been limited this off season, and Osi has seen action in a year. We are also working with a coordinator. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a bit of a repeat of the opening of 2007 where it takes the D a few games to really catch fire.

then any quarterback i’ve ever seen.. It happened with he who must not be named, it happened with Shockey, rarely with amani.

Dockery totally blew that tackle on the 5. What was that? And secondary tackling in general was weak. Missed tackled DO have me swearing at the TV. Overall though I thought we outplayed the baby Giants, a couple of odd turnovers, played without several key players. I’m happy.

and…. NO INJURIES! WOOHOO!

Bring on the regular season. Oh and lets see some nice play frolm Nicks & Barden vs. the Pats!

Ed, no idea why you plussed Dockery. Nearly every reception was completed to his guy. Webster and Thomas were like glue all night. CC Brown should get the old yeller treatment after last night, take him out back and shoot him, he’s slow, he can’t tackle, and looked out of place. Agree with you here, Ed, would much rather give the roster spot to a hungry young kid.

Also think it’s odd that you don’t have a problem with our kicker coming up short on a 50 yarder, that’s a makeable distance for most under-40 kickers. Was happy to see his kickoff improvement though.

Not sure Moss should get a willie. He was only on the field a handful of snaps and never had a ball thrown his way that I could tell. seemed like they were focused on getting looks for Mario and Nicks. Barden only had a look or two and Hagan just those two screens (which he did nicely with)

Also would like to give props to coverage teams, which were nice esp. with a threat like Leon, Koets for learning how to snap, Jacobs for learning how to catch. The rook Beatty leaves me hopeful that in a year or two we can move Diehl to RT and give him the LT slot.

Does anybody else think after last night he should playing with the first team. Manningham looks like he’ll make too many mistakes and still is not in sync with Eli and he’s had a full training camp. Smith in 07 and Hixon in 08 did a lot better in their first preasons working with Eli. After a slow start this camp Nicks just looks good all around. I know he’s only about 6-2 but he seems a lot bigger out there. I was just pumed about his performance. Great Endzone catch!

Besides the great sack from Kiwi and solid tackling by Big Fred, Goff and Blackburn (aka Gary Reasons on crack) against the run I thought the Jets O-Line clearly won the battle.
 
It always seems as if Tuck is exhausted out there and Osi is getting blocked too easily when plays get stretched out on screens or sweeps.

I hope after all the emphasis that was put on bolstering the D-Line in the offseason that they really step it up and own the trenches, especially early on as the offense finds their groove.

I thought Chase played much better last night. Don’t have the stats but I saw at least 3 solo tackles in limited time. Much better at defending those short passes, did a nice job tackling Keller a couple of times…even got in the backfield for a stop. I actually saw a very good Giant defense for the first quarter.

I heard Tuck was pointing at his foot, changing his shoes, and even shaking his head at the trainers when he came off the field???

are the spurrs giving him problems already???

When healthy Tuck demands a double team that will free up everyone else. But if he can’t get that push…well, it’s a big problem for this defense.

on the reverse to Nicks…i know you want to get your rookie involved in the game but that play should have gone to Hixon. Silly play call.

how long is this team willing to wait for this guy to figure it out?

Ok, tell me if anyone was sharing a brain with me on this one. On the second oppty for the two point conversion, Barden was on the field, and this was the prime chance to throw a lob to the corner and let our big guy go up and get it. Instead I believe we ran a Danny Ware run up the middle that was short about a yard and a half. That was THE perfect chance to see if this kid can be a red zone threat. Wasted opportunity if you ask me.