The New York Jets quarterback entered the season as the undisputed starter, but a broken jaw knocked him out of the lineup.
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“Ryan is our QB right now”, Bowles said. “We’re doing good; we have good chemistry going”.
Ryan is our starting quarterback right now.
Smith broke his silence about the incident with Enemkpali last week, saying he is “extremely pissed” he lost the starting job because of the punch, not because of his play.
And that fact has been obvious during the Jets’ 2-0 start as he’s completed almost 64 percent of his throws for 423 yards and four touchdowns, precisely what has been needed to complement the Chris Ivory-led power running game.
Smith expressed confidence in his ability to lead the offense but he also acknowledged, “I’m in a different position now, so you’ve got to be realistic about things”.
During the game, I received a text from an National Football League coach: “The Jets are good, man. They are better without Geno”.
Fitzpatrick was a sneakily savvy signing for the Jets seeing how experienced he is with Chan Gailey’s offense from their days in Buffalo.
“This whole off-season”, linebacker David Harris said Monday after the game, “the emphasis was on creating turnovers, and so far, through two games, we have 10”.
The Jets are tied with the New England Patriots for first place in the AFC East, but haven’t played a divisional opponent yet.
Now, much of that has to do with the Jets defense playing well.
“He has to get reps in practice”, Bowles said of the third-year quarterback.
New York is Fitzpatrick’s sixth team, and he’s started multiple games for every one.
Oddly enough, Brandon Marshall had a forced fumble, and he is not a defensive player. I’m not surprised. We’ve been working hard and we’ve been grinding and as the team comes together, like I said, it’s a process to get to where we want to be. A report from NBC Sports on Tuesday, September 22, quotes Jets head coach Todd Bowles on a confirmation of this decision.
Smith has been practicing on a limited basis for the past two weeks.
New York’s defense played superbly into the fourth quarter, but then exhausted a bit and gave up a long touchdown drive that made it a 10-7 game with plenty of time to go. “When you haven’t read the defenses and set the fronts and called out blitz protections, that takes a minute”.
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Making matters worse, Murray left practice Wednesday with a hamstring injury. It’s a collective bond, and it was that way when I was projected the starter and when I got hurt it was that way. Decker is day to day after spraining his knee against the Colts on Monday, though he hasn’t been ruled out.
