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The Chargers have not had a great defense this season, but the Jets had major issues moving the ball against them. That is problematic . . .
Billy Turner is a solid player, but he’s a little on the light side for an offensive tackle, and this perhaps led to some issues against the Chargers. He almost looks like a big tight end. A lot of veteran players like to slim down a little to take pressure off their muscles and joints. Turner has played in the league for a decade and is 32.
He’s listed at 310, but that is not accurate. Many he was that weight at some point in the past, but not now.
When the Jets played Denver, I was sitting next to somebody who worked for the Broncos, Turner’s team last year, and asked what he weighed last year, and the guy said, “280.”
That was shocking to hear.
Against the Giants, after Turner was forced into action at guard with injuries to Connor McGovern and Wes Schweitzer during the game, and Joe Tippmann being inactive, he was forced to matchup quite a bit with the Giants’ 340-pound defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence.
I asked Turner how challenging that was at his size, reportedly around 280, to deal with a guy like Lawrence, and Turner said he was 295.
So even he confirmed with that number, that he’s not 310 anymore.
There were a couple of plays in this game, where he got pushed back by pass rushers, and the weight seemed to be a slight problem.
On Chargers’ third series – Billy Turner was pushed by back by Bosa – fumble by Wilson – and recovered by Bosa.
In the third quarter, Bosa pushed back Turner toward the QB, and he shared a sack with Morgan Fox.
Then late fourth, on a Khalil Mack strip-sack late, Mack dominated Turner . . .
The Bosa brothers aren’t equal players. Nick is better, but tonight, against the patchwork offensive line, Joey looked like Nick. He’s not always like this . . .
Look, there is no doubt the Jets pass protection was wildly inconsistent against the Chargers, but so was Zach Wilson on plays he did have protection.
Like the Jets first pass of the game, a pass on the short right side to tight end C.J, Uzomah over his head. Then his second pass was high on the middle and got Alan Lazard lit up by a defensive back.
In the second quarter, there was a screen pass to Dalvin Cook that was inaccurate and incomplete. Wilson’s mechanics were bad on this play.
A crossing route mid-fourth to Garrett Wilson he was off-target. With an accurate pass, this is complete because he had a step on the player.
There are plays where he has time and holds the ball too long. He has to speed up his internal clock.
Wilson is a little like former Mets slugger Dave Kingman – he hits home runs or strikes out.
It’s hard to sustain drives with Wilson’s inconsistency. It seems like one good player is often followed by two bad ones.
If they don’t trust Tim Boyle as a relief pitcher, then maybe Trevor Siemian must be active on game days.
The Jets are in the Wild-card race, if there are games where their defense is playing great and keeping them in the game, but their offense is stuck in the mud, they can’t afford to let confirmation bias keep them from making a QB change and try to salvage the game. This isn’t about being right in the draft but winning games.
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November 6, 2023
