Jets Offer No Defense

Rex Ryan vowed that his style of defense would make the Jets dangerous.

For the first two games, his unit made the Jets coach a genius by attacking the quarterback at will and stopping the other team's run, but since then, it's been a different story.

The wide receivers torched the Jets secondary, while the runningbacks run with no resistance, as a result of Kris Jenkins being out for the entire season.

Teams figured out Ryan's defensive schemes in October, and that's why the Jets are in a freefall.

The defense struggled for most of the game, but they received an opportunity to make amends by trying to protect a slim 22-21 lead against the Jaguars with couple of minutes to go in regulation.

It didn't happen. David Garrard threw deep couple of times, and Maurice Jones-Drew ran for many yards to put the Jaguars in Jets territory.

By then, the Jaguars milked the clock for Josh Scobee to kick the field goal that would get them out of  Giants Stadium with a victory, and that's how the game ended with fans booing the home team.

This was a frustrating loss on so many levels.

For one thing, the home team lost to a team they had no business losing. The Jaguars are a mediocre team at best.

Second of all, the Gang Green wasted a good scoring drive by Mark Sanchez late in the fourth quarter and a great game plan by beleaguered Jets offensive coordinator, Brian Schottenheimer. 

Finally, they relegated themselves further behind in the AFC East and the AFC Wild Card race, and with the schedule getting tougher next month.

This is a game the Jets will rue along with the losses to the Dolphins and the Bills, if they miss the playoffs.

Maybe it's time to realize these guys are not good defensive players as they think they are. The Jets could use a playmaker on defense, but they don't have one, and it showed in the Jaguars' final drive of the game.

For all the talking Bart Scott does, he never gets to the quarterback.

Kerry Rhodes mentioned how he was going to be the next Ed Reed under Ryan's guidance, but he is not having a good season so far.

Vernon Gholston is a bust along with Lito Sheppard.

Jenkins is the Jets' best player on defense yet he is gone for the year.

Shaun Ellis underwhelms more often than not.

It's no wonder why fans groaned when the Jaguars took the field with the final minutes ticking at the game. They expected something bad to happen.

This defense lost its swagger after a fluke start.

Tom Brady expressed his frustration at Giants Stadium when the Patriots faced the Jets, but now, he looks forward to getting his revenge next week with him being at 96 percent now after looking out of sorts in September.

This is not a good thing for the Jets with the Patriots chomping at the bit of running up the score after being embarrassed by their division foe.

For all the criticism the offense gets at times, the defense gets off easy often from their head coach. They don't play smart by committing penalties on a consistent basis, and they struggle to tackle, at times.

It's hard to believe it's going to get better anytime soon especially after performing bad week after week.

At some point, it becomes a trend, and the trend is this defense does not scare anyone right now.

Seems they lost their way in New Orleans, and it has not come back since.