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Dan checks in with another large dose of Jets Website Whispers with notes on Quinton Coples, Chandler Jones, Jonathan Grimes and Marcus Dowtin. Let’s get it underway . . .
To compare Quinton Coples to Chandler Jones is a waste of time.
Who cares?
This is why Bill Parcells liked to call the media “Commies.”
We are always stirring it up on things that don’t really matter.
This is just chasing windmills.
First of all, they don’t even play the same position.
Jones is playing as an edge pass rusher in a 4-3, and Coples is playing as a 3-4 end.
It’s much harder to get sacks from Coples’ inside position than Jones, coming from the outside, so it should not come as a surprise that Jones has more sacks thus far.
But why bring up the comparison this week, when Coples had two sacks against Indianapolis.
Coples initially was given 1.5 sacks in the Colts’ game, but the Elias Sports Bureau changed it to two.
Aaron Maybin was guilty of “pile-jumping” on one of Coples’ sacks. It was clear Quinton’s sack, and Maybin jumped on Andrew Luck as he was going down.
But because the media insisted on pursuing this meaningless angle this week, it led to Coples to say something he probably shouldn’t have. He said the Pats’ defense isn’t complex, and the Jets is.
“They’re in a stable defense and we change defenses every week,” Coples told the Star-Ledger. “At the end of the day you take it for what it is. (Their scheme) it’s simple, and so we’re two different people in two different schemes. At the end of the day you can’t judge somebody that’s not doing the same thing.”
First of all, the Patriots scheme isn’t simple, and you know Belichick took this personally, since he oversees their defense. So this was unnecessary fodder.
Secondly, why were people putting Coples into a defensive mode coming off a two sack game?
This whole angle is unnecessary and an example of the media creating a story . . .
It should not come as a surprise that the Jets promoted linebacker Marcus Dowtin from their practice squad.
He’s a very good coverage linebacker, who come in handy against New England.
“He is highly athletic with safety-like movement skills,” said draft guru Nolan Nawrocki. “He has good balance and body control. He’s quick-handed and quick-footed. He flows laterally and ranges sideline-to-sideline. He drops effortlessly into zone and can intercept. He has intriguing physical ability and versatility to play multiple spots. He caan handle nickel linebacker duties and excel on special teams if he falls in line.”
When Nolan says “if he falls in line,” that is in reference to Dowtin getting thrown off the team at Georgia for knocking a guy out in a fight. He played his senior year at Division II North Alabama.
I have spoken to Dowtin on a number of occasions, and unless I’m naïve, he seems to be a guy who learned his lesson. Ever since he arrived, he’s worked very hard and has been very focused . . .
I don’t get this talk about Tim Tebow playing running back.
It’s really not a great spot for him. He’s not that fast, and his feet aren’t that quick. He’s more like a fullback at 255 pounds.
The Jets signed Jonathan Grimes off Houston’s practice squad last month for running back depth.
So it’s Grimes who will be Shonn Greene’s backup, not Tebow.
Tebow will play a lot, and line-up all over, as usual, but this idea of him being a pure running back, is a reach. It’s not a great fit for his skillset.
As a Wildcat runner he’s terrific, as a conventional running back, he’s not a good fit . . .
October 18, 2012
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