Robert Saleh not second-guessing Mike LaFleur’s 1-yard decision: ‘Call your best play’

Jets coach Robert Saleh went over a essential scenario from Sunday’s 27-22 loss to the Vikings that has drawn criticism. 

The Jets had third and fourth down from the 1-yard line with just below two minutes left the sport, trailing by 5, and threw the ball twice. Each passes have been incompletions and the Jets couldn't get the 1 yard wanted to take the lead. 

Saleh stated the third-and-1 play was a run/move possibility. White selected to throw the ball, however broad receiver Garrett Wilson stumbled and the ball sailed incomplete. 

On fourth down, as an alternative of handing it off to working again Zonovan Knight or working a quarterback sneak, offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur ran a move play from an empty formation, which means there have been no working backs within the backfield. White threw the ball to Braxton Berrios, who was open, however the ball was barely behind Berrios and the receiver couldn't make the catch regardless of the ball hitting his fingers. 

“It’s name your greatest play,” Saleh stated on what LaFleur was pondering. “Name your very best play that you simply’ve been engaged on your complete recreation, the one which’s going to discover a method to get open and we had a man open. It simply didn’t work out. You'll be able to say somewhat bit off, catch the ball, no matter it's.” 

Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur at practice in Florham Park, NJ.
Mike LaFleur’s last-minute play-calls weren’t a lingering stressor for the Jets on Monday.
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Saleh was requested if LaFleur ought to have not less than had a working again within the backfield as a decoy. 

“Might you set a man within the backfield to indicate run? Certain,” Saleh stated. “Anytime one thing doesn’t work you’re at all times going to wish to hit the rewind button. At that second, you’ve bought to stay to your preparation, follow what you’ve finished.What's the neatest thing we are able to name at this second? And that’s what we went with.” 

The Jets took a protracted take a look at what occurred within the crimson zone for his or her offense on Sunday. The Jets solely scored one landing in six journeys contained in the 20. They put up a season-high 486 yards however misplaced, primarily due to the red-zone struggles. 

“It comes all the way down to execution,” Saleh stated. “There are issues we might have finished higher as a training workers and there’s issues we might have finished as gamers from an execution half. Then, credit score to them, too. They performed conditions rather well. … Yeah, clearly, it simply wasn’t a superb day within the crimson zone.” 


The Jets are twenty sixth within the NFL in red-zone effectivity this season at 48.6 %. During the last three weeks, they've been even worse, going 2-for-9 and rating thirty first within the league. Jets kicker Greg Zuerlein kicked 5 subject targets to maintain them within the recreation, however not scoring touchdowns killed the Jets. 


“We’ve simply bought to search out methods to complete these drives and get six as an alternative of three,” deal with Duane Brown stated.

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