On Sunday night time, following a disappointing 26-21 loss to the Seahawks, Jets cornerback D.J. Reed ripped officers after the staff dedicated 12 penalties for 83 yards.
Throughout his Zoom press convention on Monday, Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich stated he was conscious of Reed’s feedback however declined to share his opinion in regards to the publish.
“I’m going to have a conversation with D.J. regarding it,” Ulbrich stated. “That will be between the two of us. I love D.J. to death.
“He’s a guy that stands for everything with the way that he plays. The style of play is competitive, tough, scrappy. He’s a big part of why this defense has been as good as it has been the last couple of years.”
In Sunday’s loss, the Jets appeared undisciplined after committing 5 penalties throughout a single drive within the fourth quarter. Two of these gave Seattle a primary down.
Essentially the most egregious penalty was the Jets’ too-many-men-on-the-field infraction on 4th and 6. Believing the Seahawks had been going to punt, returner Xavier Gipson got here onto the sphere regardless of the Jets’ protection nonetheless being on the sphere and Seattle punter Michael Dickson having again spasms. Then, on the very subsequent play on 4th and 1, Jets cornerback Qwan’tez Stiggers was referred to as for cross interference, which gave the Seahawks a primary down.
Penalties have been an issue for the Jets the final two seasons. A 12 months in the past, the Jets dedicated essentially the most penalties within the league (124) and are at present fourth within the class with 5 video games remaining (89).
Reed was flagged for cross interference within the first quarter, which led to a Geno Smith landing cross to tight finish AJ Barner.
The refs, they’re not good,” cornerback Sauce Gardner stated. “We’re not perfect. If they think they see something, they’re going to throw the flag.
“So I’m not going to sit up here and just talk bad about the refs. Nobody’s perfect. They were doing their job how they felt. It’s the highest level, and that’s just what it is. And we got to live with those results.”
So as to add insult to damage, Ulbrich additionally had a Matt Eberflus second on the finish of the primary half. Seattle had the ball with a minute left earlier than halftime. Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith accomplished a cross to operating again Zach Charbonnet with 1:02 left, however Ulbrich determined to not use a timeout, and the clock continued to run with the staff main 21-16.
Due to that, the Seahawks punted the ball again to the Jets with six seconds left on their 36-yard-line. Gang Inexperienced ran simply two performs and headed to the locker room.
“I’ll take full blame for that,” Ulbrich stated after the sport. “They were going for it on fourth down. Initially, we thought their punt team was coming out, so their punt return unit went out, and then they decided to go for it on fourth.
“We have to be better at communicating that across the board. I’m so accustomed to signaling to the guys near the ball, forget sometimes that the returner is back there. That’s unacceptable.”
