GLENDALE, Ariz. — You’ll be able to scrap all of the Jets playoff discuss. It’s formally mock draft season for Gang Inexperienced.
The Cardinals embarrassed the Jets, 31-6, on Sunday at State Farm Stadium, dropping the Jets to 3-7 and erasing the entire blissful discuss that surrounded the workforce after final week’s win over the Texans.
It was a debacle within the desert.
The Jets confirmed that win over Houston was only a tease to suck Jets followers again into hoping and believing that this workforce would finish the playoff drought that now appears destined to achieve 14 consecutive seasons.
Sure, the Jets received’t be mathematically eradicated and you’ll nonetheless push and pull schedule permutations to make them a playoff workforce, however who would after this efficiency?
Ought to we begin with the offense that was allergic to the top zone?
Or would you slightly discuss concerning the overhyped, overconfident protection that would not sort out and gave up touchdowns drives of 70, 70, 70 and 83 yards?
The Cardinals are actually 6-4 and this was their fourth straight win. They’re a decent workforce that’s in first place within the NFC West. However the Jets made them appear like the 1972 Dolphins.
Kyler Murray rushed for 2 touchdowns whereas throwing for 266 yards and a landing. The Jets fearful about stopping the speeding assault led by James Conner all week, however Arizona threw all around the vaunted Jets secondary. The Cardinals scored on their first 5 possessions, not punting till the fourth quarter.
The Cardinals had 239 yards and 18 first downs within the first half. The Cardinals completed with 406 whole yards within the recreation and 28 first downs.
The Jets, alternatively, may barely transfer the ball and once they did they faltered within the pink zone. They’d 85 yards and no touchdowns within the opening half.
Aaron Rodgers threw for simply 40 yards within the half. Davante Adams had zero catches on two targets.
Rodgers completed with 151 passing yards on 22 of 35 passing with no touchdowns. Regardless of the Jets offense thought they discovered within the second half in opposition to Houston didn’t make the journey west.
It was clear the best way this one was going to go from the beginning. The Cardinals moved the ball simply on the primary collection. It appeared just like the Cardinals scored a 45-yard landing on a brief go from Murray to Conner that the working again down the sideline, avoiding a sort out from Jets security Jalen Mills.
It was initially dominated a 45-yard landing however replay confirmed Conner was down simply wanting the aim line. The overturned play simply delayed the landing by a couple of minutes. Conner ran it in two performs later and gave the Cardinals a 7-0 lead.
The Jets offense answered with an 11-play drive however couldn’t attain the top zone. They had been stopped on the Cardinals 7-yard line and new kicker Spencer Shrader kicked a 25-yard area aim, the primary of his profession.
The ugly first half for the Jets protection continued with Arizona marching 70 yards on 9 performs on their second collection. They bought to the 1-yard line with assist from a D.J. Reed go interference penalty ultimately zone. On third-and-goal from the 1, Murray faked the handoff and ran across the left finish for a landing and a 14-3 lead.
Shrader made his second area aim of the day, a 45-yarder early within the second quarter to chop the deficit to 14-6.
The Jets protection appeared to don’t have any solutions for the Cardinals. Murray related with Marvin Harrison Jr. for a 9-yard landing to go up 21-3 with 5:44 left within the first half. This got here after two third down completions to tight finish Trey McBride on the drive.
On the primary one, Sauce Gardner didn’t sort out McBride, letting him choose up 15 extra yards and the primary down. Then Murray hit McBride for a 13-yard acquire on third-and-10 that put the ball on the Jets 9. This got here after Jets linebacker Quincy Williams completely drilled Murray as an unblocked blitzer, knocking Murray’s helmet off. By some means, the hit didn’t faze him.
The Cardinals added a area aim simply earlier than halftime to take a 24-6 lead on the break. Chad Ryland made the 37-yarder.
Final week in opposition to the Texans, the Jets trailed at halftime after which discovered some magic at halftime and scored three second-half touchdowns to win the sport.
It appeared just like the Jets may need discovered that very same magic once more at halftime till it vanished. The Jets opened the second half with the ball and bought assist from the Cardinals when Garrett Williams was flagged for go interference on third down, erasing an interception and giving the Jets a primary down at midfield. The Jets moved the ball all the way down to the Arizona 3.
Rodgers threw two incompletions on passes supposed for Adams after which fumbled on fourth-and-goal when he was sacked by Xavier Thomas. The fumble was recovered by Cardinals linebacker Kyzir White.
The Cardinals did what that they had achieved all day after getting the ball again, embarrassed the Jets protection. Murray moved the Cardinals 88 yards on 10 performs, together with one ridiculous go to a large open McBride for a primary down. Murray capped it off by working by means of the Jets protection for a 12-yard landing, the exclamation level on a pathetic efficiency from the Jets.
The Jets now return house to face the Colts earlier than their bye week. They may win that recreation, however they received’t idiot anybody into believing this time. Convey on the mock drafts.
