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Week 16 Game Recap: New York Jets 3, Seattle Seahawks 13
What you need to know
| New York Jets |
In control of their own destiny, the Jets couldn't muster any offense after the opening drive, and lost on the road to fall to third in their own division. The loss means that they need a win next week and a loss by either the Patriots or Ravens to advance to the playoffs. Brett Favre got off to a hot start, but finished just 18 of 31 for 187 yards and two interceptions. Jericho Cotchery led all receivers with six catches for 81 yards, followed by Laverneus Coles with 60 yards on five receptions. Brad Smith added three yards on a pair of catches. Thomas Jones was the only running back to catch a ball out of the backfield, with 29 yards on three receptions. The tight ends were also quiet, with Chris Baker and Dustin Keller pulling in one ball each for twelve and two yards respectively.
Thomas Jones had limited opportunities in the second half with the team trailing, but picked up 67 yards on the ground on 17 carries, but was held out of the end zone. Leon Washington only got three touches in the offensive portion of this game for fourteen yards, and actually saw fullback Tony Richardson receive more carries, with five attempts for 34 yards.
| Seattle Seahawks |
In Mike Holmgren's last game in Seattle, he went out a winner. In the snow, the Seahawks were effective on the ground, with Maurice Morris gaining 116 yards on 29 carries. Leonard Weaver added five yards on three attempts while TJ Duckett added two yards on a single carry. Officially, Seneca Wallace lost three yards on three attempts.
Through the air, Seneca Wallace limited turnovers, and finished 18 of 25 for 175 yards and a touchdown. Bobby Engram led all receivers with six catches for 65 yards. Multiple receivers were active in this game, with Koren Robinson pulling in three receptions for 38 yards. Courtney Taylor and Deion Branch each caught two balls, with Taylor picking up 35 yards, while Branch added just six yards on his catches. Wallace also spread the ball to his tight ends, with Will Heller catching two balls for 18 yards and John Carlson ten yards on two catches, including the lone touchdown in this game. Leonard Weaver added a single one yard reception.
What you ought to know
| QB Brett Favre, Pass: 18 - 31 - 187 - 0 TD / 2 INT |
Favre started out the game eight of nine, but completed just ten of his next 22 passes, including two interceptions and zero points on the board. Favre finished with a passer rating of just 48.7 in this game by virtue of completing 58 percent of his passes for an average gain of just 6.0 yards per attempt. Favre was misfiring frequently in the snow, but also saw his receivers drop passes, including a long pass dropped by Laverneus Coles that could have tied up the game. Favre did however hold onto the ball too long, taking too many sacks and made a few ill-advised throws in this game.
| RB Thomas Jones, Rush: 17 - 67 - 0, Rec: 3 - 29 - 0 (4 targets) |
Jones averaged 4.0 yards per carry, but saw his attempts limited in the second half with the Jets trailing for all of it. Jones did receive 85 percent of the tailback carries, with a 17 to 3 advantage in terms of carries. Additionally, Jones received all of the catches out of the backfield, averaging 9.7 yards per reception.
| WR Jerricho Cotchery, Rec: 6 - 81 - 0 (10 targets) |
Cotchery was the most active of the Jets receivers in this game in terms of receptions, averaging 13.5 yards per catch. Both interceptions in this game were on passes intended for Cotchery where Favre was trying to make a play that wasn't there.
| WR Laveranues Coles, Rec: 5 - 60 - 0 (11 targets) |
Coles picked up 12.0 yards per reception, but had a couple of key drops in this game, including a deep pass that Brett Favre had put on target to tie up this game in the right corner of the end zone. Coles argued pass interference on the play, but was not awarded a flag. On the Jets final play of the game on fourth and four, Favre put another deep pass on target down the left side, but Coles saw the ball swatted away before he could gain possession of it.
| TE Dustin Keller, Rec: 1 - 2 - 0 (2 targets) |
Keller had a quiet day, and actually saw Chris Baker outgain him from the tight end position, though both tight ends only caught one pass. Both targets came in the first quarter, as the tight ends spent much of the time trying to slow down the Seahawks pass rush in the slippery snow.
| PK Jay Feely 1 - 1 FG, 0 - 0 XP, 3 points |
Feely connected on his only opportunity from 20 yards out, though his afternoon could have gone much differently. The field goal came on the Jets opening drive when the Jets decided to put the points on the board despite being fourth and inches from the three yard line. Later in the game, the Jets lined up to kick a 45 yarder in the snow, but a false start pushed them back and forced the Jets to punt. Feely had kicked the original attempt through the goal posts with plenty of extra leg.
| NYJ Rush Defense |
The Jets struggled to shut down Maurice Morris, who picked up 116 yards on the ground, though they kept Leonard Weaver or TJ Duckett from picking up any long runs in short yardage situations.
| NYJ Pass Defense |
The secondary only gave up one passing touchdown and 175 yards through the air, but combined with an effective ground game, the Seahawks kept the Jets off-balance in the snow. The Jets failed to get pressure on Seneca Wallace as they did not register a sack all game.
| QB Seneca Wallace, Pass: 18 - 25 - 175 - 1 TD / 0 INT, Rush: 3 - -3 - 0 |
Wallace completed 72 percent of his passes and an average gain of 7.0 yards per attempt en route to a 91.3 passer rating. In the win, Wallace did not throw any interceptions, though faced limited pressure from the Jets pass rush for much of the afternoon.
| RB Maurice Morris, Rush: 29 - 116 - 0 (1 targets) |
Morris averaged 4.0 yards per attempt in the snow, but kept the chains moving, and the Jets offense off the field. Teammate Julius Jones was active, but did not receive any carries in this game, though Leonard Weaver and TJ Duckett saw action in one-back sets as well.
| WR Bobby Engram, Rec: 6 - 65 - 0 (7 targets) |
Engram was the busiest of all the Seahawks receivers in this game, and averaged 10.8 yards per reception.
| WR Deion Branch, Rec: 2 - 6 - 0 (4 targets) |
Branch had a quiet afternoon, averaging just 3.0 yards per reception and catching half of his targets.
| TE John Carlson, Rec: 2 - 12 - 1 (2 targets) |
Carlson caught both targets thrown his way, including a two yard pass for a touchdown with a nice stretch on a ball thrown up in the air to the corner of the end zone.
| PK Olindo Mare 2 - 2 FG, 1 - 1 XP, 7 points |
Mare connected on field goals from 31 and 38 yards out, as well as his lone extra point attempt.
| SEA Rush Defense |
The Seahawks contained Thomas Jones, though in large part due to the fact that they knew the Jets abandoned the run in the second half of the game. With the Jets mixing in Tony Richardson and Leon Washington, gave up 115 yards on 25 carries; similar numbers to what Maurice Morris put up on the other side of the ball.
| SEA Pass Defense |
The Seahawks were picked apart in the first quarter of this game, but quickly bucked down and forced a pair of Favre interceptions as well as keeping the Jets off the scoreboard after the initial drive.