I really don't believe they were blitzing much. A lot of the sacks were just Thomas, Pace or Ellis just beating someone. It's a two way street when you blitz. If the Jets blitzed 5 or 6 they rarely got any pressure and then you put a lot of pressure on a horrible secondary. When the Jets rushed 3 or 4 they never got a whiff of the quaterback and the secondary as expected was badly exposed. When you really go after the qb with 6 guys you have to trust the 5 guys dropping into coverage. If the coaching staff doesn't trust those 5 guys to not give up big plays then you can't blitz. If the coaching staff doesn't believe his defense can get pressure with 5 or 6 then your better off rushing four and playing a zone. Basically, my conclusion about the Mangini defense is that he was so concerned with reading and reacting and covering gaps that the players lost all aggressiveness. Instead of telling Bryan Thomas to kill the qb, Bryan Thomas is thinking okay I have to make sure that if it's a running play that they don't get to my outside. This lack of aggression killed the pass rush further exposing a weak secondary. What I think Ryan needs to do is sure up the secondary with better tacklers experienced players and then use his scheme to get Pace, Thomas, Harris, Bowens, Ellis, Mosley, Jenkins and Gholston after the qb. The defense needs to start thinking about attacking , not worrying about giving up big plays.
We want to be known as the most physical football team in the NFL...You take a swipe at one of our guys, we'll take a swipe at two of yours." yeah, baby!!
So far so good. It sounds like this may be the end of all the complaints about the head coach not being "fiery" enough. Bring it on!
