New Jets receiver Braylon Edwards has had only a handful of days to get ready for his first game with his new team.
Complicating matters is the possible absence of the team’s current No. 1 wideout, Jerricho Cotchery. Cotchery was a limited participant in practice on Thursday with a hamstring injury.
Cotchery didn’t practice at all on Friday.
“His hamstring is still bothering him some,” coach Rex Ryan said Friday in comments distributed by the team. “[I'm] definitely not ruling
him out, but he’s not 100 percent right now.”
Still, Ryan said that Cotchery could miss the game. “I’m expecting him to play, but that’s a definite
possibility,” Ryan said.
At some point Saturday, the Jets will apply a label to his expected availability (probable, questionable, doubtful) for Monday night’s game.
Ryan has high hopes for Edwards, regardless of whether Cotchery can go. Asked Friday whether Edwards will spread the defense and open up the running game, Ryan said, “I think so. I know so. People will still try to do that. Like I said, when he’s covered, he’s open. The proof’s going to be in the pudding.”
(And then Ryan said, “Mmmmmm. Pudding.”)
Ryan seems to be quietly thrilled about the presence of Edwards. “Ask his teammates what they thought of [Friday's] practice from him,” Ryan said, before opting for sarcasm. “He’s probably going to struggle this week. He’s going to struggle. I wouldn’t even bother. I’d just put one guy on him and that’s all I’d do, if it was me.”
It’s enough to make me feel a little nervous about the decision to take Miami over the Jets in our official PFT picks.
Good thing Rosenthal handled that one. (Actually, he didn’t. It was the other guy.)
Does carrying a bigger load mean he has to drop even more passes ?
HEY, don’t knock pudding, that oreo pudding from jello is amazing
(And then Ryan said, “Mmmmmm. Pudding.”)
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Mental image made me laugh, very believable.
Did people forget already that it was Ryan’s D in Baltimore that embarrassed Miami and their wildcat?
See same thing here. Only pressure in on Jets offense, which I think Sanchez will rebound just fine.
Jets blowout.
I wouldn’t worry about it, Jets fans. If the pressure gets too tough for him he can just put on his LeBron headband and all will be better.
He’s liable to fool around and get a triple-double.
10 catches.
10 yards.
10 drops.
Well it shouldn’t be to hard since he’s a huge “Load” himself.
I’m tired of this old phrase, used relentlessly: a great WR will “spread the defense and open up the running game.” Yeah, football 101. Taught in kindergarten. Oooh, what a surprise to professional NFL defensive coordinators!
In reality, a top receiver will also open up the passing game to other receivers. A top NFL receiver who is really good will open up the game to himself! Rex is not limiting himself, I’m sure, when he seeks to understand the value of a top NFL WR.
The only problem is this: Rex still lacks one. You just can’t buy them off the shelf. Kudus to Rex for trying (aren’t kudus those things in Africa with the spiral horns?) Edwards has proven his true nature already. If the milk is sour, and you put it back in the fridge, next week it will still be sour.
“Ryan has high hopes for Edwards,….”
Is this the same Ryan that had high hopes for Vernon Gholston?
Tradition is this: you win based on your QB and your RB. Tradition is wrong. The single most important player in the complex defenses and offenses used today is WR. Yes, the OL is second most important. Judge teams by their WR and OL. The days when RB dominated…those are gone. Tell me which game in the last few years was determined by RB? Give me data. Under Martz, the Rams got off to big leads via passing, and in the second half he handed off up the middle relentlessly to Faulk. Faulk racked up all his records in the Martz years. Ironiially, the last, truly great, unstoppable running offense may be Martz’s Rams.