A month into the season, penalties proceed to be a problem for Aaron Glenn’s Jets.
After the brand new head coach emphasised the necessity for a extra disciplined staff throughout coaching camp, the winless Jets have been something however.
Gang Inexperienced dedicated 13 penalties for 101 yards throughout its 27-21 loss to the Dolphins on Monday night time. A few of the penalties have been borderline calls, however Glenn stays targeted on correcting the self-inflicted errors.
“You have to earn the right to get a lot of these calls,” Glenn mentioned Tuesday. “There’s quite a few calls in that recreation that didn’t go our approach that I felt like we’ve ought to have gotten. I might simply undergo these, however I’m not.
“But I do know this, we had a good amount of penalties on our end that we have to clean up. We are talking about a team that had two years of leading the league in penalties and we are still trying to clean those things up. I just want to talk about that in-house to make sure we do everything we can to clean those things up.”
Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner mentioned after the sport in Miami that he believes the officers are singling him out.
“I watch football all the time, and I just feel like — I don’t know if this is wrong to say — but I think I get called for more stuff just based off of us just not winning,” Gardner mentioned. “I watch these winning programs and it be some egregious things, and it don’t get called. They’re letting the players play.”
He was referred to as for move interference throughout the third quarter on a move to Dolphins broad receiver Jaylen Waddle. Gardner was additionally referred to as for a penalty throughout the Jets’ Week 3 loss towards the Buccaneers.
“I got caught on something today where it’s like, I know the route and everything and I’m just supposed to let him just push off at the top of the route. I’m seeing him count the steps, all that. He’s not going to catch the ball regardless. I feel like even the Mike Evans one, us not winning, we don’t get the calls that we should get and we get calls we probably shouldn’t get called for.”
Glenn did say he would contact the NFL to get some “clarification” on among the penalties. Gardner has dedicated 4 penalties in 4 video games. He was referred to as for 10 penalties final yr in what was thought-about a down yr for the two-time All-Professional.
Errors and penalties have been the catalyst for the Jets’ 0-4 begin this season. After main the league in penalties for the earlier two seasons, the Jets have dedicated 32 penalties, which is the tenth most within the league. Towards the Dolphins, not solely did the Jets commit approach too many penalties, however they misplaced three fumbles.
“We cannot turn over the football and expect to win those games,” Glenn mentioned. “And people are issues that we’ve to repair and there’s quite a few issues that we are able to repair these issues.
“One thing we have to do defensively is we have to continue to emphasize taking the ball away. We have to continue to in practice, every time the ball is in the air, we have to attack the ball. We have to continue to get better at that.”
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Jets cornerback Michael Carter II is in concussion protocol, in response to Glenn. Carter suffered the damage when he was making an attempt to sort out Tyreek Hill and Jamien Sherwood‘s helmet collided with his. Considering the Jets have a short week following the Monday night game, Glenn didn’t appear very optimistic that Carter would play towards the Cowboys on Sunday.
“With it being a short week, that’s tough,” Glenn mentioned.
Glenn didn’t give an replace on Braelon Allen after the working again suffered a knee damage towards the Dolphins and didn’t return. On a kickoff return following a landing that gave the Dolphins a 10-0 lead, Allen’s left knee bent awkwardly. He stayed on the bottom for a number of minutes earlier than trainers helped him off.
Nevertheless, NFL Media is reporting that Allen has an MCL sprain that may probably land him on the injured reserve checklist. Allen can also be in search of “additional opinions,” in response to the report.
“Jermaine Johnson is a key cog to what we try to do on defense,” Glenn mentioned.
