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Week 10 Game Recap: St. Louis Rams 3, New York Jets 47
What you need to know
| St. Louis Rams |
The entire offensive unit struggled to find anything that resembled an attack. The Jets were able to get pressure with their blitz packages and caused St. Louis to commit four first half turnovers. The Rams offensive line struggled with blocking and getting much room for any of their running backs. The Rams were without running back Steven Jackson.
None of the Rams stood in a positive light and it is very difficult to put a silver lining on this wretched performance.
| New York Jets |
You would assume that when a team scores 47 points and sets a franchise record for the biggest margin of victory that the quarterback had a big day. Well, that was not the case in this game. Favre was very ordinary and had a modest stat line in part due to the large lead the Jets enjoyed. The story of the game was the New York run game and defensive performance.
Those fantasy owners who have been patient with Jones so far this year were rewarded with a monster performance. Jones had a personal best three touchdowns and was over 100 yards by the half. Jones led the opening drive by personally covering 53 of the 80 yards the Jets marched. His first score was a beauty as he cut back the run to the outside on his way to the end zone. This was only a peek of what was to come.
The Jets defense was a major factor in this game. They abused both Bulger and Green causing two interceptions, forcing three fumbles, scoring a TD and only allowing three total points. It was simply a dominating performance in every aspect.
What you ought to know
| QB Marc Bulger, Pass: 6 - 13 - 65 - 0 TD / 1 INT |
Bulger was under consistent pressure and was not afforded time from his offensive line. It is hard to scold Bulger with the combination of the Jets early lead, other Ram turnovers and the team not having anything resembling a running game. It was a painless death as the Jets efficiently dismantled the Rams. Bulger was relieved of his duties to start the third quarter with the Rams facing a 40-0 score.
| QB Trent Green, Pass: 5 - 10 - 70 - 0 TD / 1 INT, Rush: 1 - 3 - 0 |
Green had a little more success moving the ball. However, it was much of the same with the offense. Inconsistency, bad throws and a poor run game. The only controversy that is likely for next week is who wants to go back in.
| RB Antonio Pittman, Rush: 13 - 28 - 0, Rec: 2 - 38 - 0 (2 targets) |
Pittman was the starter for the injured Steven Jackson. In the passing game, Pittman had a couple of nice scampers on check downs. In the running game, Pittman was not able to gain yards consistently and was held relatively ineffective.
| RB Ken Darby, Rush: 4 - 32 - 0 (1 targets) |
Darby was used sparingly during the game. He had some decent runs on the perimeter of the Jets defense. He showed good speed to the corner and finished his runs well.
| RB Samkon Gado, Rush: 2 - 4 - 0, Rec: 1 - -1 - 0 (1 targets) |
Gado made his debut for the Rams and was not effective running the ball with any consistency. The Jets interior line collapsed almost every play to the middle.
| WR Donnie Avery, Rush: 1 - 13 - 0, Rec: 2 - 29 - 0 (7 targets) |
Avery has emerged as the go to receiver with the Rams and represents a true deep threat. He showed a nice double move for a sizable reception on one play. Otherwise, the Jets rolled coverage his way to limit his impact.
| WR Dane Looker, Rec: 2 - 21 - 0 (4 targets) |
Looker was a non factor in the game only grabbing a couple of balls on the day. He was primarily working out of the slot when the Rams used three wide receiver sets.
| WR Torry Holt, Rec: 1 - 5 - 0 (5 targets) |
Despite the fact that his team was trailing throughout this contest Holt was only targeted five times during the entire game. Holt looked tired, slow and sloppy. He was also called for a holding penalty. In an all too familiar manner, Holt was not effective again.
| WR Derek Stanley, Rec: 1 - 12 - 0 (1 targets) |
Stanley caught his only target of the game.
| WR Keenan Burton, Rec: 1 - 28 - 0 (2 targets) |
Burton made one catch on his two targets. On the play, he made a nice move to make a Jets defender miss and he went for 28 yards prior to having the ball stripped away.
| TE Anthony Becht, Rec: 1 - 3 - 0 (1 targets) |
Becht caught his one target for a three yard gain.
| TE Joe Klopfenstein (1 targets) |
No catches and a non factor.
| PK Josh Brown 1 - 1 FG, 0 - 0 XP, 3 points |
Josh Brown connected from 37 yards and accounted for all of the Rams offense on the day.
| STL Rush Defense |
The Jets offense dictated what they wanted to do the entire game. The front seven of the Rams defense was pushed around and with the help of their secondary whiffed on many tackling attempts. Jones ran for three touchdowns on the ground and had hit 100 yards rushing by the half.
| STL Pass Defense |
They only gave up 164 yards on the day. This had much more to do with the Jets not needing to pass and nursing a monster lead. Favre was not intercepted or sacked.
| QB Brett Favre, Pass: 14 - 19 - 167 - 1 TD / 0 INT, Rush: 1 - 0 - 0 |
You would expect a stronger line for the starting QB when you see 47 points on the board. To be fair, Favre really didn't play all that well. He had some early misses and two near interceptions that should have been caught by St Louis defenders. On a positive note, Favre and Dustin Keller continued to develop their rapport. They were able to hook up on a couple of deep routes as well as a short touchdown pitch and catch. Favre really showed excellent patience as he had to wait for the route to develop.
| QB Kellen Clemens, Rush: 3 - -3 - 0 |
Clemens didn't have any game stats; however he did relieve Favre with about 11 minutes left to play. He simply handed the ball to the pair of Jones and Washington to kill the remaining few minutes.
| RB Thomas Jones, Rush: 26 - 149 - 3 |
Jones had a career day and tied the Jets record for three rushing touchdowns in a game. From the opening drive, Jones and the Jets offensive line began to impose their will on the hapless Rams. Throughout the day Jones showed determination by keeping his legs moving and he also had nice cutbacks. Every one of Jones carries was for positive yards and he seemed to be aided by some shoddy Rams tackling. The second touchdown of the game for Jones was very reminiscent of a rugby play. Jones nearly had his forward progress stopped by the Rams prior to both Tony Richardson and other Jet lineman arriving on the scene. They helped carry Jones the last two yards before breaking the goal line.
| RB Leon Washington, Rush: 12 - 54 - 0, Rec: 4 - 14 - 0 (5 targets) |
Washington was active in the game and was targeted in the red zone on a pair of occasions. Most of his yards came late in the game with Clemens under centre. He also received a carry in the red zone early on. It was a draw play and he got absolutely stoned on the play. It may have been the only Rams high light.
| RB Tony Richardson (1 targets) |
Richardson dropped his only target on the day.
| WR Brad Smith, Rush: 1 - 6 - 0, Rec: 2 - 14 - 0 (2 targets) |
The versatile wide out was used in a variety of looks in this game. He caught balls in a traditional manner, ran an end around and also took a snap in the Wildcat formation. It was a rather ugly play that looked disorganized. Smith was able to show his athletic abilities and struggled for a short gain of six yards.
| WR Laveranues Coles, Rec: 1 - 14 - 0 (3 targets) |
Coles had a quiet day. He was targeted once on a deep route and the other chances were both short slants.
| WR Jerricho Cotchery, Rec: 1 - 18 - 0 (1 targets) |
Cotchery caught his only target for an early third down conversion. The Jets running game gave the receivers the day off.
| TE Dustin Keller, Rec: 6 - 107 - 1 (6 targets) |
Aside from Thomas Jones, he was the next most effective player. It was obvious that the Jets had game planned to send Keller on deeper routes to take advantage of various match ups. The strategy worked throughout the game and Favre found him a couple of times for big gains. This was Keller's first career 100 yard game.
| PK Jay Feely 4 - 4 FG, 5 - 5 XP, 17 points |
Jets kicker Jay Feely had a busy day. He was able to convert all five of his extra point attempts. Feely was also perfect on his four field goal attempts hitting from 22, 46, 49 and 55 yards to cap off a 17 point day.
| NYJ Rush Defense |
The Jets really dominated the interior of the line of scrimmage with stud tackle Kris Jenkins. The Rams could not run up the middle with any consistently and to attack the edges instead. Strong pursuit and solid tackling helped the Jets limit St Louis to only 80 yards.
| NYJ Pass Defense |
Abram Elam had the signature play of the game. He came on a delayed blitz after Orlando Pace had already blocked down. Elam proceeded untouched to Marc Bulger and drilled him causing a fumble that linebacker Calvin Pace recovered on his way to another Jets touchdown. The Rams only passed for 135 yards and their quarterbacks were dropped two times for sacks.
