00:05look there are worse problems to have in football than being able to move the ball but here's the
00:10thing at some point you actually have to do something with all those yards in week six
00:14the jets moved into patriots territory eight different times they finished with 324 total
00:19yards they moved the chains they created explosive plays and after all of that they scored one
00:25touchdown so after further review the biggest question about this jets offense isn't whether
00:31they can move the football it's why they keep getting close and can't finish and this started
00:37on the very first drive the jets marched down the field took almost seven minutes off the clock
00:42and geno smith even found omar cooper jr for what looked like a touchdown except an offensive pass
00:48interference penalty on tim patrick wiped it away touchdown off the board jason sanders he comes
00:53out kicks home three points and that opening drive ended up being a pretty good preview of the jets
00:59offense for the entire afternoon we saw the ball move on sunday the jets could get from point a to
01:05point b the problem was getting from point b into the end zone just look at these numbers eight trips
01:11into the patriots territory zero for three in the red zone three for ten on third down and twice in
01:17the second quarter the jets face fourth down in new england territory fourth and two from the 30 they
01:23were stopped then fourth and one from the 39 and they were shut down again those are the plays that
01:29turn a decent offensive performance into a winning one the jets they just didn't make enough of them
01:35and that's what makes this so frustrating because there were actually things to like from the gang
01:40green offense in this one with breeze all out braylon allen gave the jets 78 yards on 17 carries
01:46geno smith completed 20 of 30 passes for 252 yards the jets they generated six explosive passes of at
01:52least 15 yards so this wasn't an offense going three and out every five minutes the jets were
01:58actually creating opportunities however they kept turning touchdown opportunities into field goal
02:03opportunities and then there was omar cooper jr in his return from injury the rookie goes for six
02:09catches 103 yards 48 yard touchdown finally the jets got the explosive scoring play they needed
02:15and cooper's performance becomes even more important when you look at what was going on with garrett
02:20wilson pat's cornerback christian gonzalez spent most of the afternoon matched up with wilson and
02:25the jets wide out finished with just four catches for 44 yards on six targets so when number five wasn't
02:31able to get busy cooper provided another answer now that part is encouraging but here's where i start
02:38asking questions because if we're talking about an offense that can move the ball but can't finish
02:42where is your best offensive player once you get close to the end zone and this number jumps off the
02:49screen for me the jets they ran 31 plays in new england territory on those 31 plays the ball ended
02:55up in
02:56garrett wilson's hands one time once to your number one receiver 31 plays on the plus side of the field
03:03and one measly touch now that doesn't mean you just force the ball to garrett wilson no matter what the
03:11defense is doing and omar cooper showed exactly why you need other playmakers to punish teams when you
03:17devote attention to wilson but it's one thing to not force the ball and another for your best offensive
03:23weapon pretty much disappearing from the offense in the part of the field where touchdowns need to
03:28happen and look i'm all about players having agency but this is where it becomes more than just saying
03:34the jets need to execute better they also have to find ways to put the football in the hands of
03:39the
03:39players most capable of changing the game because look at what all of this adds up to it's eight trips
03:45into the patriots territory zero for three in the red zone two failed fourth downs on new england side
03:50of the field and on 31 plays in the patriots territory garrett wilson touches the ball once
03:55now that's how you finish with one touchdown and four field goals despite spending so much of the
04:00afternoon in position to score and you can't even blame this one on the defense as they gave the
04:06offense help gang green they forced two new england turnovers they got short fields created
04:11extra possessions but once again the offense couldn't consistently turn those opportunities
04:16into seven that's the difference between moving the ball and actually playing winning offense then
04:23with the jets trying to cut into a fourth quarter deficit gino finally made the mistake he's avoided
04:29all season long he threw an interception his first of 2026 after opening the year with 166
04:36consecutive attempts without one and after the game aaron glenn he knew what was up as he basically summed up
04:41the entire offensive performance with three words quote finishing on offense and honestly it really
04:48isn't deeper than that the jets they showed they can move the football dave garrett wilson omar cooper
04:53jr gave them another explosive weapon braylon allen showed he could carry the running game but until they
04:59start converting short yardage finishing red zone drives and finding ways to get their best players
05:05involved when the field gets shorter all those yards they're just numbers so when you look at the
05:10324 yards and the eight trips into patriots territory it's easy to say hey the offense wasn't that bad
05:17and maybe that's true but after further review not that bad is exactly the problem the jets are getting
05:25into scoring territory they're creating explosive plays they're even finding new weapons like omar cooper
05:30jr but when you cross midfield eight times score one touchdown and garrett wilson touches the ball
05:36once across 31 plays in patriots territory that's not a ball movement problem that's a finishing problem
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