Week 3 NFL Thoughts - Broncos, Cardinals & Jets

Jets @ Dolphins

So remember how back in week 1 I talked about how much I respected Rex Ryan and said how I really enjoyed the kind of coach he was?

Well now I am starting to understand why Jets fans are annoyed with him. Being a 1st year Jets fan, I have watched all three Jets games this season and now I can see why people are getting annoyed with Rex.

I know the man knows what he is doing, but it is so frustrating sometimes.

I do not understand why you go to all the effort to trade for Tim Tebow only to have him sit on the bench on goal line situations. Yes they did use him once and it resulted in a big loss of yards. But as the announcers on the game said "the Jets are making Tim Tebow too predictable"

It is the same stuff every time he comes in the game. Its no wonder the other team's defense is keying on it the moment he comes in.

Not sure if this will work in the NFL, but someone should send Rex and Tony Sparano a copy of what ULM was doing on Friday to Baylor with a two QB system and see if they can try some plays with both Tebow and Sanchez on the field at the same time. When I say on the field at the same time, I mean in the backfield, not with Tebow at receiver and Sanchez hitting him in the head with a football.

Some thoughts from @RealSkipBayless on twitter that I agree with:

"Jets use Tebow on 3rd-3 as RECEIVER? Covered but Sanchez fires bullet, hits Tebow in helmet before turns head. NOT WHAT HE DOES. Just dumb."

"Sanchez missed more than hit - 47%. Pretty awful. 2 INTs. But kicker let him off hook, helped save Rex from a week of "It's Tebow Time!"

"Best Jets play of 1st half - Tebow 1st down run on fake punt 4-3 from own 25. Led to FG. But Jets down 10-3. Come on, Rex, UNLEASH HIM."

Like always, got to agree with my man Skip, UNLEASH TEBOW! No reason to have traded for him to have him sit on the bench like this. As I said in my week 1 blog "This Jets offense is fun to watch with the QB's swapping in and out"

After a week 1 blow out, the Jets have gone back to being predictably boring offense and it showed once again this week.

*Monday morning blog update*

Just to add to my point, from ESPN's Mike and Mike in the morning, diehard Jets fan Mike Greenberg had this to say on twitter:

@Espngreeny: My disappointment w/ #Tebow is in how uncreative it has been. Aside from the fake snap, anyone could have called every play he's run. #Jets

Jets got lucky to win this one. They can, and I know they did, thank their defense, the Miami kicker and a poorly timed icing the kicker timeout as reasons they snuck away with a win. 

Texans @ Broncos

Lets go ahead and continue with the bad news before we get to the good news.

This game started out great! Then went down hill.

Everyone can get some blame on this game, the defense early on for letting Matt Schaub throw the ball all over the place, the offensive line for not giving Manning enough time to throw the football and the receivers for dropping passes like crazy and not getting open.

A part of me hopes this mess continues in the weeks to come so people can really start to realize what I have said all along about Tebow; he really did not have it easy with this team.

Same problems from last season keep creeping up, like dropped passes and a poor o-line that helped contribute to poor production on offense at times when Tebow was QB.

It did not help one bit either that players like Tracy Porter and Willis McGahee got hurt. Stuff like that will really slow a team down and thoughts are with them as they battle though these injuries.

Peyton tried to do his best "Tebow" AKA 4th Quarter comeback, for the second week in a row and was not successful. I feel like the reason the Broncos got rid of our last QB was because they did not want to wait until the fourth quarter to win games.

Yet here we are, a new year and a new quarterback and it is the some old song and dance, scrambling to win games at the last minute.

I said it in another blog and I will say it here...Peyton, I respect you and think you are one heck of a football player and I know you are trying hard with this team...but you picked the wrong team. You should been in...

Eagles @ Cardinals

...Arizona enjoying this success. What a start to the season for the Arizona Cardinals! With all the QB talks and problems this team had...who saw this coming? I didn't.

The Cardinals are 3-0 for first time since '74, before any current Cardinals were born. Vonnie Holliday, the oldest, was born in '75.

That says something right there.

"The most underrated defense in the NFL" did it again. They punished Michael Vick and the Eagles offense and did not allow the 2-0 Eagles to score a single touchdown. How about the play from the defense at the end of the 2nd quarter? The 93 yard fumble recovery for a touchdown.

How awesome was that? That one play turned this game from a possible 17-10 game going into the 4th quarter into a 24-0 game. That is how big that play was.

While the D continues to be great, lets show some love to the offense. One player I am really starting to enjoy watching is running back Ryan Williams from Virginia Tech. He stepped in for an injured Chris Wells and rushed the football 13 times for 83 yards.

QB Kevin Kolb did his part too, 17/24 for 222 yards, 2 Touchdowns and no interceptions. 

Player of the day goes to all around good guy Larry Fitzgerald. One of the nicest and well spoken people you will ever know. Fitz had 9 catches for 114 yards and a touchdown. He always seams to show up and play big when the Eagles are in town. Flitz became the youngest player in NFL history to 700 receptions. Congrats Larry, you deserve it.