Cincinnati calls out the Jets for "garbage" blitz tatics
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Per Helmet2Helmet:
“Notice he didn’t bring that stuff when our starters were out there,” Bengals offensive line coach Paul Alexander said, via Cincinnati.com. “We’d have scored quicker. If he wants to put his starting defense out there and blitz all that garbage against our third-stringers, if he feels good about it, then all the power to him.”
That the Jets didn't do it against the 1st-string Bengals offense was no coincidence, according to backup Jason Campell, since they got burned the only time they brought the house.
“They don’t want to create that one-on-one matchup (with Green),” Campbell said. “The one blitz they did bring (against the first-stringers) Andy caught A.J. in the slot and got 21 yards, and you didn’t see it again.
“Some of it was a little extreme,” said Campbell. “I remember back in the day, preseason games you didn’t see any blitzes. Everyone was so vanilla all the way to the regular season. Now it’s a different day and age and teams really just throw it all out there.”
I didn't see the game, but the Bengals have a point. It seems extreme to blitz with your 1st-string defense against a 3rd-string offense that probably won't see a whole lot of action unless there are a lot of injuries on the Bengals offense. The Jets won 25-17, avenging last season's blowout loss to the Bengals (well, sort of - it's preseason, so it doesn't count), but I'm on the Bengals side - this was an unnecessary show of force from Rex Ryan and Gang Green.
