Fins Jets Thoughts

Dolphins/Jets

I wanted to go back to the Monday Night Football game a couple nights ago. That wasn't the greatest game ever to watch, but I thought it had some good things in it.

Dan Henning and Mike Price of the Fins continue to amaze me with their scheme and play calling. When they played the Colts three Mondays ago, they put on an offensive show albeit in a loss. Monday was no different. They had it going again, beating the Jets in dramatic fashion, (and covering the 3 point spread) and continuing to cement the wildcat formation in the NFL. I love what they do with it. I dunno what it is, but I have been locked in on both the Fins Monday night games. And on top of that, Chad Henne really showed up and played hard. He was impressive. In that last drive, he made some big time throws, namely the touch pass he made on 3rd and 4 to Greg Camarillo and zip throw he made rolling right on 3rd and 10 to Greg Camarillo. Those were huge plays that propelled them to the win. Ronnie Brown just has a knack for running that thing man. Where does he go if we re-drafted our fantasy leagues today? Probably top 5. But I like Tony Sparano, and I think we gotta slot the Dolphins a little higher in the power rankings going forward. 2-3 going into their buy week, keeping in mind that they had the 2nd best team in the league, the Colts, on the ropes only to choke and completely fall apart right at the end. But I think that Henne is an upgrade, and with that cool scheme they aren't gonna be a team I would look forward to preparing for late in the year.

I wasn't surprised at all to see Braylon play well for the Jets. He's a high level talent with all the tools. He got out of a toxic situation here in Cleveland, and now has to focus for the next 11 weeks and earn himself a second contract. He made some great plays in that game. There's just more there on that team. You gotta respect more guys. Cotchery, Keller and Leon Washington aren't exactly Randy Moss, but you can't just blantantly roll your coverage all over Braylon like you could when he was in Cleveland. And Thomas Jones and that line can dictate some tempo and make you stop the run consistently. Those little things add up. Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer is an up and coming guy, and has some good ideas with play calling and formations. He isn't gonna put Braylon in spots where he struggles. He's gonna shift him around and put him in positions and matchups where he has the advantage to get open or draw flags. My guy Matt Sanchez has hit a little wall these last 2 weeks, with the league starting to get better film on his tendencies. He was good Monday night, but still at times locks on guys is forced to throw balls into the tuba player. Braylon will surely make Sanchez better. Rex Ryan is a great guy but he looked like a rookie ending the game with two timeouts to spare. Game and time management seems like such a simple thing, but it takes so time to get a good grasp of. He'll have to get better as he goes, as the Jets seem to be in the discussion for making the playoffs.