Jets opener will bring overreactions either waybut some proved right over last decade
Week 1 overreactions were in full swing on Monday morning.Nothing gets overanalyzed quite like the first weekend of the NFL season.The Jets will be the subject of overanalysis on Tuesday morning no matter how Monday night’s game with the 49ers plays out.Quarterback Aaron Rodgers mentioned what the perception will be of the Jets based off this outcome: “[If] we win, the headline’s going to be we’re going to the Super Bowl, we lose, same old Jets.”You can’t sum it up better than that.But sometimes the overreactions to the first game turn out to be right.
Here is a look at the last 10 Jets openers — how they went, the reaction and whether they were a sign of things to come.This game is not very memorable other than for it being Derek Carr’s first game.The Jets won the game but no one was celebrating after this one.
It was pretty clear the Jets had issues.They committed 11 penalties and turned it over twice.Those bad signs ended up being correct.
The Jets lost their next eight games on their way to a 4-12 record and the firing of coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik.This was Todd Bowles’ first game as Jets coach and the debut of Johnny Manziel, who entered after Josh McCown was knocked out of the game.The Jets dominated on both sides of the ball.
The Ryan Fitzpatrick-led offense had 333 yards and four touchdowns.The defense forced five turnovers.There were a lot of high hopes that the Jets finally had a competent offense after this one and it turns out they did.
The 2015 offense was the best the Jets have had this decade with Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker at receiver.The team went 10-6 and barely missed the playoffs.The Jets ran it back with mostly the same team from the year before.
The offense sputtered in this one, settling for field goals three times in the red zone.Usually reliable kicker Nick Folk missed an extra point that loomed large at the end.
The Jets sacked Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton seven times but gave up passes o...