There was a lot chatter concerning the Jets and their lack of self-discipline, even relationship again to final season.
In Sunday’s loss to Seattle, Gang Inexperienced dedicated 12 penalties for 83 yards.
So, how does Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich outline a disciplined participant?
“A disciplined player is a player that executes his job to the best of his abilities every single play, and you see that,” the coach mentioned. “That doesn’t essentially imply they win or lose the down, it means they’re executing and doing precisely what you requested. A part of that course of is the penalty or lack thereof.
“Some penalties, as we spoke about at size earlier than, are aggressive penalties, and you reside with them. Solly’s [Solomon Thomas] penalty with the horse collar, he’s within the pits scrapping for a third and 1, 4th and 1, you’re simply making an attempt to seize at no matter you possibly can seize at. The great thing about that play is when he realized it, he let it go and in the end, that wasn’t what tackled the man. Should you get known as for stuff like that, we will stay with these.
“The ones that you can’t live with are the illegal shifts, the illegal formations, the delay of games, offsides, those are absolutely unacceptable, and those are the illustration of lack of discipline at times, so got to be better in that way.”
Penalties, or self-inflicted wounds, because the teaching workers has repeatedly known as them, have been a constant situation for the Jets. They led the NFL in penalties final yr (124) and are additionally among the many main offenders this season.
Gang Inexperienced is fourth within the league in penalties, with 89 by 12 video games. In the course of the fourth quarter in opposition to the Seahawks, the Jets dedicated 5 penalties on a single drive.
Among the many penalties had been too many males on the sphere, cross interference, and a horse collar penalty that helped Seahawks working again Zach Charbonnet rating the eventual game-winning landing. After the sport, Jets cornerback D.J. Reed blasted officers on social media.
“@NFLOfficiating you f—— suck, yall should be ashamed of yall selves!” Reed mentioned on X earlier than later deleting the submit.
Ulbrich mentioned he holds Jets gamers accountable throughout workforce conferences to attempt to stop penalties from being dedicated.
Like many different groups, the Jets have a positive system for gamers who’re late or get a warning, which might result in fines for committing preventable penalties. Gamers obtain a warning and after that they may very well be fined for each infraction that they obtain.
Workforce fines will also be lower than what the NFL decides to positive gamers for hits or penalties.
“It’s a bunch of different ways that you can do it,” Jets left guard John Simpson mentioned to the Every day Information. “I felt like I by no means actually had an issue with it. I feel it’s about making these issues a precedence at displaying these issues in the beginning of the week, and that’s one thing that we do now.
“We show certain things that go on in the league and allow people to understand and know this is what will happen when you do something like that. Not everybody knows what a penalty is. When they show us, that information helps guys for sure.”
This week, the phrase “undisciplined” additionally got here up after Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was suspended three video games for his unlawful hit on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence throughout Sunday’s recreation. In the course of the first half of Sunday’s recreation, Lawrence slid following a scramble when Al-Shaair hit the quarterback within the head with a forearm blow. Lawrence rapidly went into the fencing place after struggling a concussion, and he was later carted off the sphere.
Al-Shaair was ejected from the sport, however not earlier than he engaged in a brawl with numerous Jaguars gamers.
Al-Shaair apologized on social media Monday to Lawrence, saying first that he didn’t see the quarterback sliding till “it was too late,” and it occurred “in the blink of an eye.” On Wednesday, the Jaguars positioned Lawrence on injured reserve, which suggests Lawrence is out at the very least 4 video games.
With 5 video games remaining and a 2-10 file, Lawrence’s season is probably going over.
“Every time I see a quarterback run, my thoughts are to go hit him,” Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley advised the Every day Information. “I used to be taught as a younger backer, you all the time dive for the top as a result of after they do slide, you will goal excessive. In the event that they slide, you must go over and in the event that they don’t dive then, it’s a physique shot and for me it’s that straightforward.
“Some quarterbacks slide late, some attempt to attract a penalty. On that one, it was a bang, bang play. You possibly can take a look at it each methods, however on the finish of the day, you’re taught to dive excessive and in the event that they slide late, you attempt to goal over their head.
“That’s the only coaching point I would receive. Some hits can be avoidable, but on that one, it was tough. Obviously, on the offensive side, you are going to take offense to it and on the defensive side, you are going to be defensive about making a legal tackle.”
