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New York Jets and Giants Week 2 in ONE WORD
ONE word to describe the New York Jets and New York Giants week two losses. Followed by a few more words, because this is a blog, not a sound byte.
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After Week 2 of the NFL season, New York teams are now and even 2-2. Actually 4-2 if you count Buffalo, but we do not count Buffalo around these parts. Both the New York Jets and New York Giants lost in a distressing manor, but in opposite ways. At least one still has its starting quarterback around.
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Are the New York Jets able to rebound? What will the New York Giants do now? Todd loves the Giants and Dan loves the Jets. They both must take the proverbial podium and speak truth into the microphone. Also proverbial.
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Was Week 2 a “good” loss for the New York Jets?
Todd Salem: If you start with the belief that there are no such things as good losses in the NFL, this question is moot. However, I think the two of us agree that certain teams can take positives out of losses. Obviously, a Super Bowl contender wouldn’t find themselves in possession of a good loss, because they are trying/expected to beat anyone they play. The Jets are not.
But does this loss to Green Bay still qualify as a good loss?
On offense, the team was much less efficient and effective than in Week 1. If you want to chalk that up to simply an improved opponent, so be it. But the running game was held completely in check, and Geno Smith took four sacks and was forced to throw the ball a whopping 41 times. This isn’t the game plan New York wants to follow. And NYJ only came away with three scoring drives.
Defensively, things remained pretty solid. Though the Packers are trotting out nothing but backups and castoffs at running back, the Jets still held them to 3.5 yards per carry collectively. And Jordan Love was even less effective, averaging just 5.0 yards per attempt. The Jets allowed just one score through three quarters, forced four fumbles (though only recovered one), and saw GB commit 14 penalties (NY was right there with 13).
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Then there’s the coaching. Aaron Glenn has not proven himself to be a good coach yet in this league. The team was without timeouts with multiple minutes still to go in the first half, which made their final drive of the half worthless as time expired on them at midfield. At the end of regulation, NYJ had the ball near midfield and got swallowed up, turning the ball over on downs when one more first down could have put them in field goal range to win the game. And then there’s the 13 penalties. Having so many penalties was only overshadowed by GB somehow having more.
This is close to me. I don’t like that the Jets gave up a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, and GB was consistently beating itself with penalties. However, the Packers also needed a long punt return to even force overtime. I was not the highest on Green Bay entering the season, but my final verdict is, yes, this is a good loss for New York. But taking one good loss means there really won’t be many more opportunities to take positives out of a defeat. The team needs to hold onto these type of games moving forward.
Dan Salem: This type of loss will stick with the Jets all season. We won’t know until December if it was truly a good loss or not, because that is when we shall see it reap rewards one way or another. Will New York remember how they let Green Bay stick around and gave back a win that was held in their hands? Will they let that motivate them to never let it happen again? Or will the Jets feel like they can’t close out good teams and this will be a worsening trend by season’s end?
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New York is a more veteran team than we give them credit for, so I expect this loss to motivate them. There was only one point in the game when I felt the Jets were overmatched and had no chance: when they punted to Green Bay in overtime. There were some suspect time management decisions, but in the moment none seemed perplexing to me as an audience member.
I liked how New York took the field goal to go up by two scores in the second half. I liked how they were playing to push the game to overtime once it was tied with under two minutes in regulation and the Packers had the ball. It was a wet and sloppy game. Neither team ran the ball well and both fed into the penalties of the other. The Jets were neck and neck with Green Bay all game, which is why it went into overtime.
Considering that we merely gave the Jets a shot to compete with the Packers because they won decisively in week 1, this type of game was a step in the right direction. They not only competed but also had the ball with a chance to win at the end of the game. Not closing out wins can become a problem, but it isn’t a problem given a sample size of one. This WAS NOT a good loss, but it certainly provides the team with positives and plenty of motivation to get better.
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Was there a single positive thing to take away from Week 2 for the Giants?
Todd Salem: On the flip side of the coin, the Giants certainly did NOT manage to have a good loss. They were expected to lose to Los Angeles, but seemingly everything went wrong for them:
– The game was not close
– Jaxson Dart left the game with a knee injury and did not return
– Malik Nabers injured his shoulder and was ineffective after returning
– Andrew Thomas injured his groin late in the contest
– The offense was completely inept at every juncture
– The defense got sliced apart by chunk plays
– Matthew Stafford was hardly pressured at all
– Brian Burns sprained his ankle
– Davante Adams is 33 years old and was open on every play
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In a game where everything seems to go wrong, was there anything positive to take back to New York?
Well, in the very first drive, before Dart got hurt, the offense was moving the ball rather well. Dart was hitting nice throws to multiple different receivers. If the knee injury is not overly serious, the Dart-led offense still feels like a really good unit (assuming Nabers and Thomas are also healthy…oof).
Unfortunately, that’s all I got. Jameis Winston is thought of as one of the best backups in the league, but he was useless after entering. The running game was put in check. The pass rush was invisible. The secondary was shredded. Jordan Stout is a really good punter? Can we count that?
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Dan Salem: We must remember that Los Angeles is still the favorite to win the Super Bowl, while the Giants are a longshot to make the playoffs. This was a total mismatch and it showed. Unfortunately New York came away with lots of injuries, adding further insult with injury. I think there is one positive for the Giants following the Monday night massacre. Its over.
The best thing New York can do is forget the game entirely. When everything goes wrong, flush it down the toilet and move on. The Giants are not going to be a dominant team, but they can be good against most teams. The Rams are excellent, so let’s consider this game an outlier. Splash some water in your eyes, rinse your mouth out with soap, and focus on week 3.
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Dan Salem is Lead Editor and Co-owner of BuzzChomp. He’s an award winning Actor, Director and Producer. Visit M Square Productions for his film work, or get lost in his old-school comedy on Pillow Talk TV. You can follow him on X, TikTok and Instagram. His latest film ‘Alone’ is now on Amazon.
Todd Salem is a Staff Writer and Contributing Editor at BuzzChomp. He’s also a champion of fantasy football and fantasy baseball, dominating leagues for over two decades. Comment below on his unfiltered opinions.
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