No Touchdowns, No Progress: Jets Offense IMPLODES in London

No Touchdowns, No Progress: Jets Offense IMPLODES in London

Tough times for Gang Green across the pond on Sunday. The Jets, they failed to score a touchdown in London. They fell to the Broncos 13 to11. So, let’s break it down with the host for ESPN New York radio. It’s my guy Ty Butler joining me now. Ty, I would ask you how you doing, but you root for the Jets, so that means you can’t be doing good, right? Listen, I actually woke up feeling pretty optimistic today because I heard the head coach of the Jets, Aaron Glenn, talk about they had a great week of practice, even though said that last week and it got bludgeoned by the Cowboys. But also, you know what’s you know sometimes the best cure for a team that’s struggling and you’ve been covering sports for a long time, the players only meeting. So they check that box as well, man. So, because of the players only meeting and a great week of practice, I’m like, man, sign the Jets up for the Super Bowl. I could this be the start of start of a run. I’m shaking my head again. Listen, listen, listen, listen. When you when you are this deep into the season, you’re winless coming into the game. You have zero takeaways. Your defense is the second worst in football. your quarterback looks like he’s never played this sport before. There gets to a point where you start to disengage just emotionally. I’m going to watch every play. I’m going to watch every single game. But emotionally, you disengage. So, I am not angry right now. I, you know, I’m upset. I’m disappointed. Especially because, and us as fans feel this way when the entire world is watching you embarrass yourself. It makes you feel like the next time you go outside, you got to put a paper bag over your face. Sounded like Curt Warner listening to that game was offended by Justin Fields. Offended by the Jets because they ruined his trip to London. He’s like, “Yo, man. I I I wanted to come out here to have a good time. Had to call a Jet game and that football game because the Broncos are responsible for this, too. Set our country back 60 years.” That’s how awful that product was. I mean, it’s embarrassing to wake up, you know, get yourself all ready to go and have your like timeline sped up because you got a 9:30 game. So, you’re getting things I got kids, you know, everything’s in in in rush mode to watch that just now. Oh, it felt like just, you know, an embarrassing display. Roger Goodell. Roger Goodell is just like, bro, we got all these deals lined up. We want to play international games. But that was just a pathetic showing for both the football teams. The Broncos were able to get the win. That was not a good showing there. Very rough. If you like offense, there wasn’t much offense. One touchdown this game. None from the Jets. We’ll get into all that. But Ty, to say that this was a rough game for the Jets offense. It’s that’s being kind here, right? And that includes Justin Fields. And the Jets starting QB. He went nine of 17. He passed for 45 yards. The Jets recorded 82 total yards in this game. Now, yourself, Gang Green fans, they’ve seen some terrible quarterbacking over the years. Where does Justin Fields’s performance today in London rank for you in terms of worst Jets quarterbacking performances of all time? Like, because I feel like it’s this has to be up there in some regard. But where does this rank for you? And how bad was it? Oh, it’s as bad of a performance that I’ve ever seen all my years watching the Jets because it just felt like at times, especially as you’re gearing up for a two-minute drill uh toward the end of the first half where it necessitated having him throw the football. And all you had to know, forget what we’re saying as media, the fans, forget what they’re saying. All you got to know about how bad Justin Fields was today, watch the plays that were being called, watch his head coach have zero confidence in him putting together drives, which includes that final sequence of the game. The Jets found themselves about 7 to 10 yards shy of field goal range for Nick Faulk. And they’re running the ball. They’re running the ball. They try to call pass plays. He gets sacked. So, it’s it is without question one of the worst games I’ve ever seen from a Jet quarterback. It’s a poorly coached team offensively. They have no identity. And I understand, man, the Broncos, that is that is a tenacious defense. That is also an opportunistic defense. So, you don’t want to, especially when you’re when your defense is playing well, you don’t want to have your offense get exposed to situations where they could turn the ball over. So the conservative approach to a certain extent you can understand. But he was awful today. And let’s not take this regime off the hook cuz we’re going to talk about well he’s been on three teams in three different years. This regime Darren Moji and Aaron Glenn decided they were going to give him $30 million guaranteed a two-year $40 million contract because they thought that they could win football games with him. And we don’t have to talk about their decision to get rid of Aaron Rogers who oh by the way is winning with the Steelers. But they thought that he gave them a better chance to win games than Aaron Rogers did. And watch the game for yourself today. Did it look like that? Absolutely not. Absolutely did not look like that at all whatsoever for Justin Fields and the Jets offense. Now, the defense tie, they were good in this game. They held the Broncos 13 points. They held him to one touchdown. Considering how strong the Jets defense was in London, should Aaron Glenn have gone to Terrod Taylor to give his team a chance to win this game when Justin Fields looked as bad as he did? Listen, I want to give my man Alex B. Centra a shout out because he hit me with that question during the game uh on on on X and I said no. Uh it didn’t make any sense. But upon further review, like you throw a challenge flag and you know, you send it up to the booth. Upon further review of my brain, I would say yeah, man. Like, it gets to a point where you’re just desperately trying to win. It’s not about feelings. It’s not about, you know, what what it’s going to do for the quarterback long term. It’s about, yo, I’m 0 and5. We are on the cusp of being at a trade deadline where we’re sellers because our team is so bad. So, we just desperately need a win in the worst way possible. So, you know, to quote Malcolm X, by any means necessary. So, if that means going to a backup quarterback who I think is a better passer, then sure, I it’s not going to be longlasting because Tyrod, it’s ultimately ends up getting hurt. And, you know, Justin feels as I mentioned, he’s a guy that you financially invested in, but you owe it to your team at that point when you see the defense balling. Bo Knicks didn’t have a single passing yard until about 10 minutes to go in the fourth quarter. In the second half, so second half passing yards, Bo Knicks were stuck on zero until about 10 minutes to go in the fourth quarter. The defense is balling. Special teams has played well. So at that point, if you’re Aaron Glenn, you owe it to your team to to give them some kind of spark. And he was reluctant to do that. And ultimately that loses them the game because you you mentioned it. Yes. The scoreboard says 11 points. Two of them came via a safety. Your offense in a 60-minute game put up nine points. Nine. Nine points. No touchdown. No touchdowns for the Jets. It was a putrid offensive performance for them. And then I want to ask you about this other coaching decision because you kind of alluded to some of this coming late in the fourth quarter because the Jets, they went for it. They were about five yards from field goal range on fourth down late in the fourth quarter. They opted to pass instead of run when the pass hadn’t been working all day. I just talked about Justin Fields only threw for 45 yards and then he ends up getting sacked. Was passing the ball the right choice there or should they have brought out Nick Folk for a 62 yard field goal and say at least he gives us a chance to get some more points on the board and win this game. What did you think about Aaron Glenn’s decision there? So, I don’t disagree with the decision to go for it on fourth. It It’s a tough spot. And regardless of what happens, this is similar to the baseball conversation where it’s like, do you leave your starter in or you go to the bullpen, if if whatever decision you make ends up working against you, you know, ends up not working out, you’re going to be killed for it. I don’t think that we should treat, you know, a 60 plus, and I understand the NFL is different now. Guys are hitting them with regularity. I don’t think we should treat a 62 yard field goal as just some walk in the park. So, I did not disagree with the decision on fourth and eight to go for it because there there’s some upside there. The Jets um had Garrett Wilson on a previous play and Fields hit him. It was knocked out of his hands. I actually think he made the pass. I’m surprised it wasn’t reviewed. So, I I did not disagree with that decision. What I disagree with is the lack of consistency. All game long. You’re running the football, which was to my chagrin, which was to a lot of Jet fans a chagrin. You’re running the football, running the football, running the football. You get to within 10 yards of field goal range. Why are you now deciding, okay, we’re going to throw against that defense? And the Jet pass rush or the Jet offensive line against the pass rush showed you they were incapable of stopping the Broncos defensive line, especially when the Broncos brought that pressure. So, I just thought the lack of consistency in that last sequence bothered me more than any of the decision-m when it came to the fourth and eight because all you got to do is pick up 10 yards. You’re in field goal range and now the game is in your hands. Yeah, fourth and eight decision. They did not execute there. Jets were inconsistent with the offensive play calling throughout this game for sure. Last thing for me here, Ty, because all right, Jets are 0 and6 now. you generally are what your record says that you are. But has this team given you any reason at all to have any hope that a change is going to come soon or and that they’re not the same old Jets? Like have they given you any hope or you just like look man this is the same old Jets here? Oh, a change going to come. You’re giving me the Sam Cook. I hit you with that that’s what you hitting me with now man. It’s funny cuz we already had the Malcolm X reference played by Denel Washington in that movie Sam Cook on the soundtrack. So, I like the little chemist. Yo, New York Post Sports, man. We got that chemistry here. Make sure y’all Yeah. Make sure you guys don’t uh not pay attention to that. Uh listen, you’re 0 and6. You are the worst team in football. The one thing we can celebrate is that for the first time all year, you got a turnover. Which by the way, you go back and look at the play. The only reason why it was fumbled was because the Jets initially had a missed tackle. Because if they had tackled him and he had gone down, it’s not a fumble because he broke the tackle and he’s running. They were able to get their hands on the ball. But zero takeaways coming into today. That changed. you were the only winless team in football. Your defense did play better, but when you come up with another L, why am I to believe, especially because of it’s not just that you’re losing, and we’ve talked about this before, Dexter, it’s how you’re losing, finding ways to lose games. And that’s that is symbolic of bad coaching and a culture that just has not gravitated toward being able to figure out how to win. The the coaching in this game was an unmitigated disaster. The that clock management, and we haven’t talked about this, at the end of that first half was like the worst I’ve ever seen. They went for it on fourth and one. A fake punt. Picked up the first down and then decided the half is over. So what’s the point of picking up the first down? You’re close to midfield. At least a try, at least attempt, a Hail Mary because, you know, maybe he catches it, maybe you pick up a penalty. Something can happen like there there is a reward to that. There’s no reward to just allowing the clock to just get down to zero and you’re going to halftime. So, do I take away anything other than it’s the same old Jets? Anything other than they’re the worst team in football? Absolutely not. Because this head coach appears to be over his over his head. He it appears to be that he’s overwhelmed by having to fix this uh disaster that is the organization that can’t win football games, that is accustomed to losing and the fact that in the midst of this football game, he’s just making bad decisions, man. So, I’m fired up. I said I wasn’t angry, but you get me to start reliving the game, it’s like, bro, come on now. Come on. See, it’s it’s not what I wanted. I I didn’t want you to have to, you know, relive the trauma, but it it it’s tough. I mean, it’s hard to not say same old Jets. You’re right. 0 and6 worst team in football right now. It ain’t easy being green for the fans of game. Let me just say this real quick because everyone is going to rush to. You got to be patient. Uh who did I see? I saw someone on ESPN saying that the other day uh talking to Aaron Glenn about how he has to be patient. Oh, it was Tony Dunie. Uh because you look at the head coaches including Bill Parcels, Joe Gibbs who like their first season did not start off well. It was an inospicious beginning to their tenures and had those guys have been given up on obviously the success that followed would not have happened. But Aaron Glenn is not Bill Parcels. He’s not Joe Gibbs. So you’re you’re putting a lot of faith into a guy who’s never done this job before for an organization that has been a dumpster fire. And I think that is the main reason why Jet fans today are searching for answers as to whether or not he’s headed toward one and done. That’s going to be a conversation, man. Like, could he be a one and done head coach? I don’t think it’s going to happen, but there’s a reason why people are talking about it. Yeah, it’s going to be a conversation going forward, especially if they do not get any more wins. I’m I’m not saying they’re going to go 0 and 17. Not saying that, but the longer they go without winning, it’s going to only increase the conversation. And then Tai’s gonna be back up here with me talking about it and hopefully not a stress. Yeah. What? What you got? How about what? Who who wins first, the Jets or the Knicks? I’m gonna put my money on the Knicks. I’m not saying I’m betting. I’m just saying it might because the Knicks are what? 10 days. What? The Knicks are 10 days. 10 days away from the start of the Knicks season. Knicks might get a win before the Jets. I like I like that. We’ll we’ll see. That is Tyreek Butler. Check him out on ESPN New York radio. Also check out his show on YouTube, The Tyreek Butler Show. Check it out. I know he’s gonna have a good rant for you guys tomorrow about the Jets for sure. Ty, I appreciate you, man. Stay well and uh don’t let the Jets ruin your week. Oh, nah, we’re all good, man. It’s on the better things. Appreciate you, bro. No problem, man.

Dexter Henry is joined by Ty Butler to break down the Jets’ ugly 13-11 loss to the Broncos in London. From Justin Fields’ dismal performance to questionable coaching calls, the guys unpack where Gang Green goes from here after falling to 0-6.

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