Monday Night Football Afterword: Titans vs Jets

Chris Johnson hand-wrote the names of all the Sandy Hook
victims and had a 94-yard TD run, a franchise record, in them.
Photo credit to Yahoo! Sports.

For once, I actually find myself offering some defense to Mark Sanchez after a 14-10 loss to Tennessee in which he threw four interceptions.

Tim Tebow was given a possession to run for the first time all season. It came in the middle of the second quarter, the play calling on the drive was bad, and it just was not the time to do something like that. Mark Sanchez came back in and was completely out of rhythm, which is what happens when you come out in the middle of the game.

Later interceptions seemed to be more a product of frustration, but it all comes back to poor coaching decisions by the Jets.

Chris Johnson hit a home run with a 94-yard touchdown run in the second quarter as he has quietly rushed for over 1,100 yards with two games left in the season.

The Jets, meanwhile, were eliminated from playoff contention with their narrow loss in the Music City. After the game, Rex Ryan said he was not ready at the time to say who would be the starting quarterback next week or the week after. I think it needs to be Mark Sanchez. I don’t like him, I don’t believe in him, but he’s the quarterback until they make a decisive move for someone more able, whether it’s in the draft or free agency. So unless they actually think Tim Tebow could be their full-time starter in 2013, he should not be starting the rest of the way this year.

Jake Locker was less of a factor than I thought he would be in last night’s game. He threw for less than 150 yards and no scores, but he did run the ball several times for nearly 50 yards and a touchdown to compliment Johnson’s 122 yards and a touchdown of his own.