In any sport, but especially football, a win is a win. How you won is irrelevant. The New York Jets did not play spectacularly well against the Cowboys in Week 1, but when they needed to make plays they were able to do so. The Cowboys were not. For that reason alone, the Jets deserved to win that game.
If you’re a Jets fan, I think you give Wayne Hunter a pass for right now. I know some people are getting on him for how he played against DeMarcus Ware, but he is facing a perennial Pro Bowl linebacker with a knack for making any offensive lineman look helpless. Unfortunately for Hunter, his bad game was on Sunday night before a national audience. His situation reminds me very much of Matt Slauson’s last year. Slauson had a rough beginning replacing the departed Alan Faneca but would go on to do a credible job and find his way.
Rich Cimini had a piece on ESPNY NY saying that the Jets can’t throw the ball 44 times a game often because they would then be putting their quarterback at risk for injury. To be fair, people were getting on offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer after last year’s opener for conservative playcalling against the Baltimore Ravens. The guy can’t make anybody happy. The Jets had to throw the ball against the Cowboys because the run game wasn’t working. It also didn’t help that the Jets were playing catch-up from the start of the game.
On the defensive side of the ball, the Jets surrendered 326 passing yards. I look for that number to go down next week against Jacksonville. Luke McCown is not Tony Romo. The Jets were able to stop the run allowing Dallas only 64 rushing yards. That number could go up with Maurice-Jones Drew coming to town.
To sum up, a win is a win and the Jets should be very happy they survived this game.
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