{"id":517043,"date":"2022-11-28T03:34:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T00:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jets-look-ready-to-finally-in-play-meaningful-december-games\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T00:34:12","slug":"jets-look-ready-to-finally-in-play-meaningful-december-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jets-look-ready-to-finally-in-play-meaningful-december-games\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jets look ready to finally in play meaningful December games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df3c3c33c9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df3c3c33c9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jets-look-ready-to-finally-in-play-meaningful-december-games\/#%E2%80%9CJets_look_ready_to_finally_in_play_meaningful_December_games%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jets look ready to finally in play meaningful December games&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJets_look_ready_to_finally_in_play_meaningful_December_games%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Jets look ready to finally in play meaningful December games&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mike Vaccaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Jets don\u2019t play this Thursday. Thursday will be a practice day, Day 2 of their preparation for a critical <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> in Minnesota three days later. But in so many ways, Thursday will have profound meaning for the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, midnight, the calendar flips from November to December.<\/p>\n<p>It will be Dec. 1. The Jets will be 7-4. They will be in position to make the playoffs for the first time in a dozen years, but best of all they will play games that matter in December. In some NFL precincts that would induce a yawn and a ho-hum.<\/p>\n<p>Around here, it\u2019s big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, sure, disparage Sunday\u2019s opponent, the woeful Bears, as much as you like. Yes, they are a bad team with an abysmal defense. Yes, they were absent the one player who makes them remotely watchable, quarterback Justin Fields, down with a bum shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>But the Jets beat Chicago soundly, 31-10. They shrugged off an uncharacteristically slow start by the defense. They shrugged off the weather, the sky spitting rain from opening kickoff to final gun. They shrugged off a boisterous week in which the fair-haired quarterback of tomorrow became the street-clothes-wearing third-stringer of today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ignored all the noise,\u201d Jets coach Robert Saleh said about 15 minutes after his giddy players sloshed off the MetLife Stadium field. \u201cThe guys did a great job executing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK17.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jets\" class=\"wp-image-24806937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mike White<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bill Kostroun<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They did. They spotted the Bears a 10-7 lead even after Mike F. White led them on a 75-yard touchdown march on their first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of the game, the defense looking like maybe they still had a bit of a Thanksgiving hangover.<\/p>\n<p>But the moment White hooked up with Garrett Wilson on a 54-yard scoring play with 4:57 left in the second quarter to give the Jets the lead back, the tenor and the feel of the game changed permanently. The defense allowed no more points. The offense worked as efficiently as it has in years, White piling up 315 yards and scattering his 22 completions to 10 different receivers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK73.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jets\" class=\"wp-image-24806864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jets running back Ty Johnson (25) celebrates his touchdown with a spike during the third quarter.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bill Kostroun<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat was too much fun, and it was reflected in the score,\u201d crowed Elijah Moore, a forgotten man for much of the season who caught two balls, one for 42 yards, one a 22-yard touchdown that pushed the Jets\u2019 lead to 24-10 in the third. \u201cThat\u2019s real New York Jets football. That\u2019s the definition of team football.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Moore would get no argument from the other 52 men clad in green or any of the 77,963 inside MetLife who enjoyed a good three-hour soaking but still seemed to be having a hell of a time, chanting both for their J-E-T-S and for their quarterback, presently the leader in the clubhouse for the office of mayor of Florham Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s awesome to go out there playing football with your friends,\u201d White said. \u201cIt was a complete team win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most encouraging part of Sunday is that the Jets, almost to a man, enjoyed their win without getting carried away by it, with the underlying understanding that there is still work to do, and a lot of it.<\/p>\n<p>Playing meaningful December games is a lot different than winning them, and the assignment next week \u2014 against the 9-2 Vikings, at Minneapolis\u2019 U.S. Bank Stadium \u2014 kicks off a stout two-week gauntlet that will include a return date with the Bills at Orchard Park.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK22.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jets\" class=\"wp-image-24806936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK22.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK22.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/112722JetsBK22.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jets tight end C.J. Uzomah (87) and guard Laken Tomlinson (78) celebrate the win over the Bears. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bill Kostroun<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur guys don\u2019t flinch,\u201d Saleh said, and what\u2019s also clear is they don\u2019t much carry things over week-to-week \u2014 positively and negatively \u2014 from week-to-week, either. Part of that was undoubtedly the presence of White, who didn\u2019t only play a terrific game but by his mere insertion as QB1 reflected a simple yet essential part of the meritocracy Saleh is trying to establish.<\/p>\n<p>You perform well, you play.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t, you sit. No matter your draft-day pedigree.<\/p>\n<p>It is a fine lesson to teach a young quarterback like Zach Wilson, and it is an even greater message to send to the other folks on the team who have pushed the Jets to where they are, to the doorstep of December, to the precipice of a playoff push. The season stopped being about moral victories months ago. Only the real ones will do now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to keep the main thing the main thing,\u201d said C.J. Mosely, the soul of the defense who had an interception, repeating a mantra he instills in his teammates often. \u201cWe haven\u2019t scratched the surface of how great we can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The best part of that? If he\u2019s right, the Jets have the opportunity to back up those words. Next week in Minnesota would be wonderful place to start.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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