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Campbell was intelligent and efficient all game. He managed the game flawlessly and made throws when he had to. He completed 66% of his passes in spite of Myers and Cartwright dropping easy passes that would've kept their respective drives alive on 3rd down. And the pass downfield to Bush on a broken play was a thing of beauty and a huge play which led to the team taking a 10 point lead late in the 4th. Campbell did exactly what was asked of him and he's looking like a pretty damn good QB so far in this young season.
QB B
The backfield was brilliant. 234 yards and 4 TD's on the ground against a formidable Jets D is about as good as it gets. McFadden led the way with 171 yards on 19 carries averaging 9yds per carry. Including an explosive 70 yarder which brought the team right back into the game. Bush punched one in and made a very important 28 yard reception just getting tripped up before he could take it to the house. Rookie Taiwan Jones even saw some action with a nice 8yd run down the sideline. All in all it was a great performance from the backfield even with Reece getting sidelined early.
Backfield A+
The offensive line has been solid all season and were fantastic against the Jets. Opening up holes for McFadden's big plays and doing a brilliant job of protecting Campbell all game. There was only one sack in the contest and that was when McFadden's feet got tangled up with Campbell's while putting on a block. Satele leveled Jets DB Leonhard on Moore's explosive reverse TD run and little Wiz put on a text book block on a leaping Bart Scott to allow Bush to punch one in untouched. All around great mistake free game from the line.
O-Line A
The receivers and TE's did their job when asked to. And laid down key blocks on running plays. Moore and Hagan did a good job of drawing PI's and holding calls on Cromartie which moved the chains downfield. Boss made his first reception as a Raider taking the ball down to the goal line on the games first drive. While Moore had another excellent day with 4 catches and a huge TD on a reverse. Schilens also caught 4 and Hagan made a big reception late in the game to move the chains.
Receivers B
The D-Line was solid and really stepped up the pressure in the second half. Making Sanchez eat Coliseum dirt rather than a hot dog this time around. Jarvis Moss had an outstanding day recording 2 sacks and tipping a Sanchez pass. Seymour and Kelly also joined the Sanchez sack party. They also did well stopping the inside runs.
D-Line B
The Linebackers had another shaky day. Wimbley had a sack and he and McClain broke up a couple passes but thats about as positive as this write up will get. LT torched the Raider D on pass plays numerous times and McClain missed him for an easy tackle that turned into a 70 yard passing play all the way to the Raider goaline in the 1st quarter. The LB's are going to have to step it up BIG time this year if we're thinking postseason.
Linebackers D
The DB's were hit and miss. Chekwa and a solid day breaking up passes and making two nice tackles. Routt did well in coverage when he wasn't hitting receivers in the face giving up an automatic first down. The CB's did well enough and I'm impressed with Chekwa. If Routt can clean up the bonehead penalties he seems to commit from time to time then he can really be a valuable corner for us.
Corner Backs C+
The safties were below average. Branch did OK and had a nice pick to kill a Jets scoring drive. But Giordano after having a solid game against the Broncos looked out of his depth against another AFC East team. He missed too many tackles and got fooled far too many times. I hope he can step it up until Mike Mitch and Huff return. Boyd was brought in and made a nice play on a ball, but overall the safety play left much to be desired.
Safties C-
Jano was 2 of 3 including a 54 yarder to tie the game before halftime and 49 yarder to make it a two score game with less than 3 minutes left in the 4th. Lechler had a bad day for him. He had one good punt inside the 10 but averaged only 39.8 per punt. The punt and kick coverage was awful as usual.
Special Teams C
Hue Jackson called a brilliant game on offense. He had the Jets on their toes all game and got the ball into the hands of the teams playmakers which resulted in some huge plays and yardage. I'm loving the plays he's been dialing up the past two weeks. The offense looked great in Buffalo and it was explosive today against an elite defense.
Coaching A
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