Week 8: The Miami Dolphins @The New York Jets

[KodytheKing]

                                           

Week 8

The New York Jets vs The Miami Dolphins

MetLife Stadium



     Sunday October 28th [1:00 PM ET]      


Passing Leaders


               QB Rating       Yards      Touchdowns       Interceptions
          74.6          1,453         9                 7
Mark Sanchez

          76.5             1,454          4                 6
Ryan Tannehill

Rushing Leaders
                   
                 Yards      Carries      Yards Per Carry      Touchdowns

          432           124               3.5             5
Shonn Greene


          434          98               4.4             3
Reggie Bush


Receiving Leaders

                   Yards       Catches      Yards Per Catch      Touchdowns

           435           25              17.4                2
Jeremy Kerley

            514           29              17.7                1
Brian Hartline

         
Defensive Leaders

               Tackles             Sacks            Interceptions 

                                         
              David Harris       Quinton Coples      Antonio Cromartie
                  57                  2                  3

                                             
             Karlos Dansby        Cameron Wake         Sean Smith
                 46                  6.5                  2

                       
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[justinnum1]

phins up baby!

[Wrench]

Woot. Lets go!

[YungDaSensai]

Dolphins win by 8

[CeltBruinSoxFan]

Phins 24
Jets 10

Easily . . . The Jets faced a horrid secondary last week in NE, way worse than ours. Our front 7 is going to destroy their 'ground and pound' theme. The fact that our offense and defense has gotten better every single week since the last time we played the Jets proves that we will not have to worry about Dan Carpenter blowing the game for us.
Sanchez is awful . . . they don't have Holmes this time . . . Revis is out . . . Not to mention if Landry comes near our offensive line or the Lane Train he will get knocked on his arse and bounced from the game.
Bush will get over 100+yds rushing. I forsee a huge block from Lane on Landry . . . and Landry will remember that hit every time he sees Lane.

Phins up!

[WildPhins10]

Hey some one posted an article about the Dolphins D batting more passes like JJ Watt... I'm trying to read it but I can't find where it was posted can any one post the link again please

[justinnum1]

secondary needs to step up this game and we should win

[Wrench]

PFF just put up some stats on QBs and PA passing.

Tannehill completes 71.9% of his passes out of PA, while only 57.2% throwing otherwise.

His PA YPA is also 11.8 while only 6.5 all other ways.

Needless to say need to run more PA.

[DusG1988]

Jets Offense:
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Sanchez is one of those Quarterbacks who will make a huge play for a touchdown one drive then give up a pick six on the next. He is also not very accurate, as he sits in 31st place in that category (accurate on 64.4% of "aimed passes"). Sanchez's accuracy then drops to 50.4% when he is under pressure. He has pretty good pocket awareness however and is only allowing 17% of his pressures to be sacks. He is being pressured on 31.3% of his dropbacks. The Jets use Play Action the 19th most in the league (16.7% of dropbacks, Phins are 20th at 16.3%). On the deep throw, Sanchez has been accurate on 41% of his attempts (12 of 29 attempts).

Pass blocking on the Oline is collectively a concern for the jets. They are rated 23rd in Pass Blocking efficiency with a score of 78.2. They have allowed 8 sacks, 14 hits, & 44 hurries through 7 games. Though Sanchez has been sacked 13 times, 3 of those are attributed to his poor pocket awareness. LT Ferguson has been a bit of a bright spot on their oline, so the Odrick/Vernon duo need to make sure to go hard against him. Ferguson is rated as the 9th best pass blocking Offensive Tackle. On the other side, Right Tackle Austin Howard has been a liability. He is rated 64th (out of 69). He has been beaten for 29 total pressures (including 3 sacks) and should pose no real issue for Wake. Their Guards are in the same realm as Incognito and Jerry. Slauson & Moore are both rated higher than Jerry by a few spots and lower than Incognito by a few spots (Slauson, 40th & Moore, 43rd). Center Nick Mangold is middle of the pack this year tied for 14th. He has allowed 5 pressures (including a sack)

As for Run Blocking, the Jets are rated collectively 30th by ProFootballFocus. LT Ferguson has a overall run block rating of -2.3. LG Slauson has a score of -5.1. Mangold has been a beast in run blocking as his score is +9.0. RG Moore is at -3.0, & RT Howard is rated at +2.2. TE Dustin Keller is rated -1.3 and TE Epps is rated -2.9. The fullbacks are not helping much either as Hilliard is rated at a woeful -7.9. Hard for anyone to think that this Jets team is going to have success against a Dolphins defensive unit that is rated 2nd against the run by PFF and 3rd when it comes to YPC allowed.

In the recieving game, Kerley, & Keller are the weapons. Kerley has been more productive than Holmes this year before his injury. 37 targets, 25 receptions, 435 yards (120 yac), and tied for 19th place with Davone Bess. Hill is very talented as well, but has dropped 4 passes out of 16 catchable passes. Needs to work on his hands.

Jets Defense:
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Right D-end Muhammad Wilkerson has been solid against the run. So has Left D-end Quintin Coples. Jets NT position has been a bit of a revolving door and the newest piece to be inserted (Devito) has done a decent job against the run. He was a LE before the previous 2 games and has had a very good game against the run and one slightly bad game (+2.1 colts, & -0.9 Patriots). He would still be the one I want to target If i were Bush/Philbin. Especially because Mike Pouncey is the best Center in the League right now. Also The trio of Inside LB in the Jets 3-4 defense (Scott, Davis, & Harris) are not particularly efficient at stopping the run. If our offensive line, namely Long, Incognito, & Martin, step their game up we should have no problem running the ball.

Jonathan Martin could have his hands full this week going up against Coples who has been decent at rushing the passer (+1.1). But Long should be able to dominate Wilkerson who has not been good at the task (-1.9). Pouncey should be able to handle Devito (-2.9) in the middle as he has applied only 4 hurries on the year (including his time at End, which probably prompted his move to NT). Outside LB's Pace (-7.9), Thomas (-2.3), & Maybin (-4.1) should not be very effective at disrupting Tannehill, so the Jets are going to have to Blitz a lot if they wish to penetrate our O-line (which is rated as the 11th best pass blocking o-line). Add in that Tannehill has shown remarkable pocket awareness by not being responsible for any of the 12 sacks against him and only being sacked on 18.2% of the plays he is under pressure. It all adds up to the Jets blitzing us and leaving a man open.

Coverage. Last, but certainly not least. Cromartie has been showing out allowing only a 46.5 overall QB rating, which is good enough for 9th best in the league. Qb's are completing only 39% of their passes against him and are only targeting him 15.7% of the time. Cromartie has allowed 2 TD's to be completed on him already, though he has 3 INT and 6 passes defended. 3rd year CB Kyle Wilson is also making a name for himself only allowing a 56.4 qb rating through 7 games and targeted on 14.6% of the plays hes in (0 TD, 1 INT, 1 defensed pass). Trufant in the Slot has not been as effective, allowing a 129.2 QB rating but he has not played a lot of snaps. Lankaster is the more likely CB we will see opposite Cromartie, while Wilson moves inside on the nickel packages. He has allowed a 70.6 qb rating and is targeted on 18.3% of the plays he is in coverage. He is also allowing a 55.6% completion percentage and a touchdown, with 1 interception.

Prognosis:
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20-10 Dolphins win.

I think the Dolphins have good momentum while the Jets just suffered a heartbreak against a division rival.

I think our run game comes back alive and we stop Shonn Green. I think we score at least 1 passing TD, and they do to. We should be looking to run, and go underneath, but go deep when they blitz a safety out of necessity. We should be able to apply ample pressure on Sanchez especially on Wake's side. Maybe a 3 sack game for Wake with another 2-3 coming from others. Jones, Smith, Carroll & J. Wilson should be able to contain Kerley, Hill, and Gates. Dansby, Burnett, and Misi may be able to limit Keller, but Keller will have his receptions and may be the receiver of the sole TD pass from Sanchez.

[Jetsguy]

Jets Offense:
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Sanchez is one of those Quarterbacks who will make a huge play for a touchdown one drive then give up a pick six on the next. He is also not very accurate, as he sits in 31st place in that category (accurate on 64.4% of "aimed passes"). Sanchez's accuracy then drops to 50.4% when he is under pressure. He has pretty good pocket awareness however and is only allowing 17% of his pressures to be sacks. He is being pressured on 31.3% of his dropbacks. The Jets use Play Action the 19th most in the league (16.7% of dropbacks, Phins are 20th at 16.3%). On the deep throw, Sanchez has been accurate on 41% of his attempts (12 of 29 attempts).

Pass blocking on the Oline is collectively a concern for the jets. They are rated 23rd in Pass Blocking efficiency with a score of 78.2. They have allowed 8 sacks, 14 hits, & 44 hurries through 7 games. Though Sanchez has been sacked 13 times, 3 of those are attributed to his poor pocket awareness. LT Ferguson has been a bit of a bright spot on their oline, so the Odrick/Vernon duo need to make sure to go hard against him. Ferguson is rated as the 9th best pass blocking Offensive Tackle. On the other side, Right Tackle Austin Howard has been a liability. He is rated 64th (out of 69). He has been beaten for 29 total pressures (including 3 sacks) and should pose no real issue for Wake. Their Guards are in the same realm as Incognito and Jerry. Slauson & Moore are both rated higher than Jerry by a few spots and lower than Incognito by a few spots (Slauson, 40th & Moore, 43rd). Center Nick Mangold is middle of the pack this year tied for 14th. He has allowed 5 pressures (including a sack)

As for Run Blocking, the Jets are rated collectively 30th by ProFootballFocus. LT Ferguson has a overall run block rating of -2.3. LG Slauson has a score of -5.1. Mangold has been a beast in run blocking as his score is +9.0. RG Moore is at -3.0, & RT Howard is rated at +2.2. TE Dustin Keller is rated -1.3 and TE Epps is rated -2.9. The fullbacks are not helping much either as Hilliard is rated at a woeful -7.9. Hard for anyone to think that this Jets team is going to have success against a Dolphins defensive unit that is rated 2nd against the run by PFF and 3rd when it comes to YPC allowed.

In the recieving game, Kerley, & Keller are the weapons. Kerley has been more productive than Holmes this year before his injury. 37 targets, 25 receptions, 435 yards (120 yac), and tied for 19th place with Davone Bess. Hill is very talented as well, but has dropped 4 passes out of 16 catchable passes. Needs to work on his hands.

Jets Defense:
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Right D-end Muhammad Wilkerson has been solid against the run. So has Left D-end Quintin Coples. Jets NT position has been a bit of a revolving door and the newest piece to be inserted (Devito) has done a decent job against the run. He was a LE before the previous 2 games and has had a very good game against the run and one slightly bad game (+2.1 colts, & -0.9 Patriots). He would still be the one I want to target If i were Bush/Philbin. Especially because Mike Pouncey is the best Center in the League right now. Also The trio of Inside LB in the Jets 3-4 defense (Scott, Davis, & Harris) are not particularly efficient at stopping the run. If our offensive line, namely Long, Incognito, & Martin, step their game up we should have no problem running the ball.

Jonathan Martin could have his hands full this week going up against Coples who has been decent at rushing the passer (+1.1). But Long should be able to dominate Wilkerson who has not been good at the task (-1.9). Pouncey should be able to handle Devito (-2.9) in the middle as he has applied only 4 hurries on the year (including his time at End, which probably prompted his move to NT). Outside LB's Pace (-7.9), Thomas (-2.3), & Maybin (-4.1) should not be very effective at disrupting Tannehill, so the Jets are going to have to Blitz a lot if they wish to penetrate our O-line (which is rated as the 11th best pass blocking o-line). Add in that Tannehill has shown remarkable pocket awareness by not being responsible for any of the 12 sacks against him and only being sacked on 18.2% of the plays he is under pressure. It all adds up to the Jets blitzing us and leaving a man open.

Coverage. Last, but certainly not least. Cromartie has been showing out allowing only a 46.5 overall QB rating, which is good enough for 9th best in the league. Qb's are completing only 39% of their passes against him and are only targeting him 15.7% of the time. Cromartie has allowed 2 TD's to be completed on him already, though he has 3 INT and 6 passes defended. 3rd year CB Kyle Wilson is also making a name for himself only allowing a 56.4 qb rating through 7 games and targeted on 14.6% of the plays hes in (0 TD, 1 INT, 1 defensed pass). Trufant in the Slot has not been as effective, allowing a 129.2 QB rating but he has not played a lot of snaps. Lankaster is the more likely CB we will see opposite Cromartie, while Wilson moves inside on the nickel packages. He has allowed a 70.6 qb rating and is targeted on 18.3% of the plays he is in coverage. He is also allowing a 55.6% completion percentage and a touchdown, with 1 interception.

Prognosis:
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20-10 Dolphins win.

I think the Dolphins have good momentum while the Jets just suffered a heartbreak against a division rival.

I think our run game comes back alive and we stop Shonn Green. I think we score at least 1 passing TD, and they do to. We should be looking to run, and go underneath, but go deep when they blitz a safety out of necessity. We should be able to apply ample pressure on Sanchez especially on Wake's side. Maybe a 3 sack game for Wake with another 2-3 coming from others. Jones, Smith, Carroll & J. Wilson should be able to contain Kerley, Hill, and Gates. Dansby, Burnett, and Misi may be able to limit Keller, but Keller will have his receptions and may be the receiver of the sole TD pass from Sanchez.

Did you write this up or is this an article? If you wrote this, impressive!

Good luck, Jets vs. Dolphins are always entertaining and usually amongst my favorite games of the year would expect the same out of this one.

[FinsUp_23]

Jets won't be able to bounce back from a tough loss and with the extra motivation they have provided to bush and the team i think we are going to smack em in the mouth. i think Tannehill going to struggle a little bit but he will bounce back and find a way to win us this game. Expect big games from bush and fasano

24-14 Fins UP

[DusG1988]

Did you write this up or is this an article? If you wrote this, impressive!

Good luck, Jets vs. Dolphins are always entertaining and usually amongst my favorite games of the year would expect the same out of this one.

I wrote it for my followers on twitter and decided it was relevant to share here as well. Thank you for your words of encouragement, I try to pride myself on being a fair fan, and give credit where its due, so you being a Jets fan calling my work impressive makes me motivated to keep writing analysis.

[AddiX]

If these jets playing been sayng what they have been sayng, but only abiut tm Brady the NFL would step in and start wsterboarding these guys.

Maybin is now saying he wants to see the jets knock bush out.

Incog saying it's going to be a brawl.

This is gonna be a fun one.

[justinnum1]

wish i could watch his game

[tunnicliffderek]

i expect a big game from Hartline. he was having trouble vs Cromartie but was finding himself wide open near the end of the 1st matchup. find ways to get him open and i think they will. i think in order for us to win we need to stop Kerley so my matchups that matter in this game are Smith on Kerley and Cromatie on Hartline.

lets hope the Jets dont hurt Bush. feels like a game where someone is going to get injured pretty good