New York Jets: Three reasons they lost to the Miami Dolphins

Poor Coaching

I would use a more expletive type of word to describe the coaching but this is a family website.

There are multiple layers of problems here. We have seen the poor clock management over multiple seasons, not just multiple games. That is not new.

But what has come into focus has been the poor game plans. And poor they are.

They are poor because they are predictable. Run the ball on early downs, throw it on the later downs and then punt. You don’t have to have a degree in football to realize that defenses are going to figure that out.

Play action is nice. It is a great way to open things up for the passing game. But you have to get the running game moving first. The Jets ran a play fake on play number two.  They hadn’t handed the ball off yet.

How is that going to fool anyone?

There were other examples, like a double reverse that came out of nowhere and fooled nobody. The calls aren’t creative and they don’t put the team in a place to be successful.

And we had the situation with Spencer Long that really put things into perspective.

First of all, if he is hurt, as they mentioned in the broadcast a problem with his finger on his snap hand, why is he in the game? Clearly it is negatively effecting his snaps. Get him out.

If there is no confidence in the backup, Jonotthan Harrison, OK, you leave Long in. But, why not make an adjustment? If Long is having difficulty with shotgun snaps, how about keeping Darnold under center?

I guess that would have made too much sense to this coaching staff.