December 23 vs. Chargers (17-27)

Today was another depressing loss for the Jets, who now continue their downward slide to 6-9. This means that for the first time (and possibly last time) in the Rex Ryan era, the Jets will have a losing season. There's not much to say here, because the caliber of play was mostly just a continuation from the rest of the season.

The first quarter, interestingly enough, was the most exciting one of the game. The Chargers opened with a touchdown. Shonn Greene rushed for one of our own immediately after. The Chargers were first to punt on their next drive. Our next drive however, ended in another Greene touchdown. The Chargers eventually got a field goal in the second quarter to make it 14-10.

Then the intensity of the game disappeared as both teams lost momentum and were fighting for an edge. It stayed that way for the Jets for the rest of the game, only managing a field goal in the second half. A lot of this could probably be blamed on the lack of a running game for the Jets. Although Greene had two short touchdown runs, him and Powell were never really able to get much going. The Chargers, however, found a spark (excuse the bad pun). Rivers put together two touchdowns and a field goal to bring up their score to 27. We were losing by 10 with plenty of time left in the fourth quarter, but that's the way it stayed.

Greg McElroy wasn't exactly able to save the day either. He had an interception, thrown late into double coverage, and was sacked, losing the ball in the process. Going into this game, when McElroy was put in instead of Sanchez, I thought, "Well, he can't be any worse." Which is true, but unfortunately he wasn't much better either. But it was his first NFL start, and his mistakes seemed to come from timidness. There was a lot of late throws and a lot of waiting too long for receivers to get open. He put in a good effort though, by running for a few first downs and having a few good passes. I'd give him another shot next week.