One area of improvement...

Jeez...I felt like I was back in the Herman Edwards/Dick Curl era on Monday night at the end of the game with the clock management bullshit that Sanchez and Co. tired to pull. Clock management is something that I will never understand in the NFL. I realize that 99% of the players and coaches are border line retarded, I mean these dudes are getting like 8's on their wonderlics...that's equivalent to like a 650 on the SAT or something. But even with these idiots running the show, how hard is it to figure some of this shit out....here is the situation I'm talking about:

1st and 10 from our own 35 with 2:47 left on the clock. Vikes have 0 timeouts left. If we can call a run play that lasts 7 seconds, the play clock will reset with 2:40 left and we do NOT have to snap the ball again before the 2 minute warning.

Now you'd have 2nd down at 2:00....you run the ball 2x's taking off 45 seconds each time.

Now (assuming you don't make a first down) it's 4th down with 30 seconds left.

After the punt, the Vikes have 20 seconds and NO TIMEOUTS left on the clock.


In that situation, IMHO running a play that kills 7 seconds on first down is MORE important than gaining yardage. Even if we had to lose 10 yards to kill the time, it's worth it.

What play does Shotty call on 1st down? A run to LT RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE! The play clock reset at 2:42 so we HAD to run a 2nd down play prior to the 2 minute warning. If you call a pitch/sweep to the outside you can stretch that play for the 7 seconds you need and end the game for all intents and purposes.

So yes, while Sanchez blew the 2nd down, I'm 99% sure that the 1st down strategy of burning 7 seconds off the clock NEVER EVEN CROSSED the coaching staffs minds. That is what scares/annoys me.


Now I can already hear what everyone is saying "But Easy E, we won the game, can't you ever be happy?" Sure I'm happy as fuck that we won, but that "we won so we don't have to fix mistakes attitudes" is what has the Jets on a 41 year losing streak.

Coach Ryan, on the 72 trillion to 1 chance that you read this, please hit up efyousports@gmail.com and I'd be happy to take over late game time management duties.