5 Keys to a Jets Victory Over the Dolphins - Week 8

[NYsportsGUY]

Much ado about A LOT on Sunday in regards to NY sports and post Halloween hangovers. I'm not just talking about just alcohol hangovers either, also candy hangovers can be experienced after consuming copious amounts of chocolate. Don't believe that you can have a candy hangover? Think about a guy who doesn't drink all year long and then 1 day out of the year, he drinks his face off to oblivion. He'd be drunk and then have a hangover right? Well think about someone who doesn't ever eat Whatchamacallit bars and then all of a sudden has over 15 whatchamacallit bars. You damn right he'd be fucked up the next day.

Speaking of hurting and having immense regret for ones actions, the Jets had the football equivalent of eating 15+ whatchamacallit bars three weeks ago after getting embarrassed on Monday night against the Dolphins. They could have visited the lovely Jenn Sterger website to temporarily forget about this loss but winning this week will ultimately relinquish past defeats. Here are 5 Keys to what they can do to be victorious this time against the Phins Sunday, November 1st at 1:00pm EST.

1) High % Passes - As I mentioned in a past column, the play calling for the Jets needs to be adjusted according to their QB's strength's and weaknesses. Sanchez clearly needs to get acclimated to the Meadowlands weather conditions but until then, the coaching staff needs to allow Mark to get in a rhythm by calling easy WR/RB screens and short hook patterns. This will off set the Dolphins blitzes and even up the Time of Possession
2) Understand What El Gato Montés Really Is - It means Wild Cat in Spanish in case you were wondering. But what I am wondering is WHY the Jets had such difficulty defending this Dolphins formation. Let me make this clear. THEY RUN 9 out of 10 times the are in the Wildcat. Why? Because there is no QB and therefore 1 extra blocker. SO they have an "advantage" over the D blocking 11 on 11 as opposed to 10 on 11. Now If the Jets know that they are going to run then I assume that they can use this to thier advantage, which allows them to call more run blitzes, put more guys in the Box and more accurately predict what the opposing offense will likely do.
3) 3rd Down Confusion - Key Stat in the first meeting between these teams - Dolphins convert 9 our of 14 third down chances. Ouch. Doesn't sound like a Rex Ryan D to me. Henne did a great job of making key passes when he had too because when the Jets blitzed in these situations, he quickly threw it to a single covered receiver. I would like to see the Jets confuse Henne more by faking blitzes and keeping more guys in coverage on not all, but some of the 3rd and long plays. This should throw Henne off and keep him on his toes.
4) Punt the F****n Ball - Complaining about punting stats is like complaining about Applebee's food being crappy. Like, you knew Applebee's sucked when you walked in the place so if your gonna complain about it you shouldn't of gone there in the first place dummy. (actually that comparison makes no sense) The Jets punter Steve Weatherford had a shitty 37 yard average and this gave the Dolphins ideal field position numerous times in the first game. This guy needs to kick some ass this time around except instead of ass I mean footballs and instead of kick I mean...um, no I still mean kick actually.
5) Can I Get Sack Please? -Guess how many sacks the Jets had 3 weeks ago? Here's a hint, its the same amount of times that you got laid in junior high school. ZILCH ZERO NADA and don't even lie and say you did because we know you really didn't. This has to change. I bet if you didn't have a job and had time to look up the number of times teams won games when not sacking the opposing QB in the history of the NFL, it wouldn't be a favorable number. The Jets need to get around this Phins O-Line and get some organic, non-blitz pressure on the Dolphins QB's

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[Dan]

I like the whatchamacallit reference, underrated candy bar. And calling the wildcat el gato monte is really a nice touch