The Jets dropped a 34-10 decision to the Dolphins at MetLife Stadium today, and did so largely because their pass catchers had one dropped pass after another. By our count they had eight drops. The folks at PFF say it was five. But either way, it was far too many to overcome with an undrafted rookie free agent quarterback seeing his first NFL action.
Brady Cook was called upon to get under center when starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor left early in the game with a groin injury. Cook was far from perfect, but he showed a lot under the circumstances, and may have shown more if not for his receivers having such a hard time finding the handle.
A few more observations from today’s loss:
1) The Jets defense was virtually sleepwalking early on. The game, for all intents and purposes, was over with five minutes remaining in the first quarter. The Dolphins went up 21-0 in what felt like a few seconds. There was no way they were overcoming that deficit, drops or no drops.
2) Aaron Glenn’s defense allowed a season-high 239 rushing yards to the Dolphins. It marks the ninth time this season Gang Green allowed 120 or more yards on the ground.
3) By allowing three rushing touchdowns, the Jets have allowed twenty on the season. This will place the Jets in the bottom five in the league in that category.
4) DB Isaiah Oliver played what we believe was his best game of the season. He picked up a pair of passes broken up and finished second on the team with nine tackles.
5) Quincy Williams had a sack, giving him 3.5 on the year. That marks a career high for Williams with four games to go despite having missed several games earlier in the season.
6) The Jets had a chance to end their season-long interception drought when a Tua Tagovaiola overthrew his target and hit rookie safety Malachi Moore right in the numbers. The safety couldn’t hold on as the pass fell to the turf.
7) At 3-10 the Jets were officially eliminated from playoff contention, stretching their streak to fifteen seasons.
