NY Jets: The Bewildered Mr. Bowles

It was the ugliest loss of the season for the Jets, who have now dropped four in a row. Read Bob’s game recap.

“So we are tied atop the division, but nothing matters unless we respond the same way we responded to a poor loss, a bad loss on Thanksgiving night to the Steelers”, Pagano said. And there was Andrew Luck, concussion be damned, decisively pulling the ball down and gaining 26 yards on three scrambles.

Rich Kotite’s Jets should be popping champagne bottles like the 1972 Dolphins do every time an undefeated squad loses, because those infamous mid-90s Gang Green squads have some company for worst teams in franchise history. “Actually, I thought the effort was a lot better”, he said, “but I thought we made some bonehead mistakes that cost us.”. And no, he didn’t say butts.

Fans react in the stands as the New York Jets are defeated by the Indianapolis Colts 41-10 at MetLife Stadium.

The change under center brought one of the loudest cheers of the night from the Jets faithful.

The son of former Oilers quarterback Oliver Luck, Luck passed for 7,139 career yards and 53 touchdowns and rushed for 2,085 yards at Stratford. Edwin Jackson was everywhere. “Like I said, I had a lot on my mind”. After Darius Butler picked off NY quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick near midfield with less than a minute to play, Luck threw a deep ball to Phillip Dorsett on the first snap from scrimmage. Jets-Niners next week. Glad I don’t have the NFL Ticket. Luck found wide out T.Y.

Fitzpatrick said he has grown close with Petty, perhaps because the former seventh-round draft pick who has played for six National Football League teams and has a perpetual chip on his shoulder sees a little of himself in Petty, a fourth-round pick in 2015 who seemed likely to lose his roster spot when the Jets drafted Christian Hackenberg in the second round last spring. Andrew Luck completed 22 of 28 passes for 278 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Colts.

“We got our confidence going”, Hilton said. On Indianapolis’ next possession, the two hooked up on a 21-yard touchdown pass to extend the Colts’ lead to 14-0. Luck made quick work of the Jets and he didn’t play in the fourth quarter. Two of those resulted in interceptions, but the Baylor product also showed promise on a well placed touchdown play for Robby Anderson from 40 yards out. Defensively, the Colts are yielding 25.9 points and 382.9 total yards (273.3 in passing and 109.6 in rushing) per game. Spiller recently saw an increase in playing time over the past two weeks – he saw the field in an average of 18.5% of offensive snaps, primarily appearing in sub packages. Darius Butler was terrific.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — It was ugly. We’re talking world domination here by this pass defense. Pat McAfee did Pat McAfee things.

NY gave up 421 total yards to the Colts, turned the ball over three times and went 3-11 on third down. And that’s before you get a game like this on your record, the kind of game that gets a coach fired. It was 41-10 and it could have been worse, for crying out loud. I’m sure there are some people who showed up, but for the most part, we got our ass kicked. They know the margin for error is slim to none. Kaepernick was benched Sunday against the Bears after going 1-for-5 for 4 yards and getting sacked five times. The Colts’ chances are much better if Luck’s Monday night play becomes a homestretch habit.