The Offense Packed it in Against Green Bay

For the first time since 2006 the Jets were shut out at home, despite a dominant performance by the finally healthy defense, the Jets offense proved to be inept unable to muster a single point. The offense's recent troubles is perplexing to say the least most people thought that the team could only get better with the addition of Santonio Holmes into the mix however; it is obvious that over the last couple of weeks the offense has regressed.

Naturally, most of the blame was placed sqaurely upon the shoulders of second year quarterback, Mark Sanchez. Granted he did leave alot of plays out on the field however; the play calling was rather unimaginative and predictable even to those sitting in the stands. As erratic has Sanchez has been recently, the offense's struggles have been exacerbated by the play-calling of the increasingly enigmatic Brian Schottenheimer. Schottenheimer is tough to figure out, one week he calls a brilliant game and the next he decides to run against a stacked box. Dom Capers should also be credited for calling a great defensive game however; there are no excuses for being shut out at home. Aside from Schottenheimer's vanilla play-calling the receiever's were not doing Sanchez any favors with five drops and two interceptions that were ripped out of the hands of Dustin Keller and Jericho Cotchery respectively.

Sanchez has been criticized for his propensity to check-down to the running back this season however; his frequent check downs show that he is maturing as a quarterback, going through his reads and not trying to force the ball down-field. In addition, since the arrival of Holmes arguably two of the Jets biggest weapons, Dustin Keller and Shonn Greene have seemingly become "forgotten men." It appears as though Schottenheimer is trying to keep everyone satisfied by spreading the ball around however; it should not be his job to stroke egos, his job is to call plays and win games and he needs to get back to doing that instead of worrying about whether his diva receivers are satisfied. With four viable receiving options, Sanchez, in theory, should be able to take advantage of single-coverage however; we have yet to see any real vertical passing game since week four against the Bills.

Teams are figuring the Jets out because Schottenheimer has become increasingly predictable in his play-calling, even Packers safety, Nick Collins noted: "The Jets offense was an easy read." If opponents are telling you, your offense is predictable something has to change, with all the offensive weapons the Jets have there is no reason they should be shut out. We're looking at you Mr. Schottenheimer.