Dec

30

Jets 13, Chiefs 10 (OT)

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 30, 2007 |

Mike Nugent ends the Jet season on a high noteLeave it to two bad teams to play their last game of the season into overtime. The agony was prolonged more than anyone had a right to be subjected to it.

This was a bad game, no question about it. Both teams demonstrated their ineptness on offense–Kellen Clemens couldn’t seem to get a rhythym going, and Brodie Croyle is just bad. (If the Jet GM Mike Tannenbaum doesn’t get a call from the Chiefs GM Carl Petersen about Chad Pennington tomorrow, I will be shocked.)

The Jets did run the ball effectively–Thomas Jones had 98 yards and looked great in overtime, and Leon Washington added 67 yards on some nifty moves. As I said earlier, Clemens didn’t distinguish himself, but he didn’t make and big mistakes and he did make a nice shovel pass to Washington. Jerrico Cotchery caught 8 passes, and he has stamped himself as the team’s number one receiver going into 2008.

The defense played fairly well, but that also can be attributed to the Chiefs’ lousy offensive output. David Harris again looked outstanding both rushing the passer as well as dropping back into coverage. However, as the Jets are wont to do, they folded late in the fourth quarter and allowed a Croyle to Jeff Webb pass for a touchdown to send the game into overtime. Maybe the defensive line was tired of rushing Croyle–he did throw 43 passes.

At the very least, the Jets got the ball and moved it right down the field in overtime to win the game, despite the holding call after Mike Nugent kicked a 33-yard field goal. So, they moved it 10 yards back and Nugent nailed it anyway.

So, this puts the capper on a very disappointing season for the New York Jets. A 4-12 record was not what we expected going into the season, and it’s been a struggle trying to keep interested in this team. In any event, it’s over now, and there is a lot of work to do to get this team back into the playoffs in 2008. They’re going to have a high draft pick next spring, and they also have about $27 million in salary cap room to make some free-agent moves. The work begins tomorrow, and I, along with my fellow Jet fans, will be following what happens.

It’s been a lot of fun blogging about the Jets over the course of the regular season, and I will continue to keep you all up-to-date on what takes place during the offseason as well as write about anything Jet-related that may be of interest. 2008 Training Camp, here we come!


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