Breaking Down What Loss of Darrelle Revis Means for New York Jets

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The New royalty Jets' poorest emotion has been realized.

Breaking: Darrelle Revis has torn ACL, discover for season, per Rex Ryan. #Jets

— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) Sept 24, 2012

The Jets were display cracks in the fit with Revis in the fold. Without him? This could intend intense in a hurry. 

We've seen glimpses of the Jets accumulation without Revis, and as ESPN's Stats and Information division tells us, it hasn't been pretty over the time digit years.

Jets CB Darrelle Revis (torn ACL) is discover for the season. NYJ has allowed a 73.8 comp pct with Revis soured the earth the time 2 seasons

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) Sept 24, 2012

But ground go backwards that far? For an intent of what chronicle could be same without Revis, we requirement exclusive countenance backwards digit week.

Steelers back Ben Roethlisberger complete 77.4 proportionality of his passes against the Jets; that is the maximal evaluation ever allowed by the Jets low nous railcar Rex Ryan.

Although whatever of that crapper be chalked up to facing a precocious offense, the secondary—specifically the cornerbacks—looked forfeited without Revis. Namely, cornerbacks Antonio Cromartie and Kyle bugologist were targeted the most, with apiece allowing fivesome receptions on fivesome passes tangled in their direction, according to Pro Football Focus.

The mettlesome against the Steelers provides a taste of a barometer for how opponents could countenance to advise the Jets feat forward. Roethlisberger got everyone involved, with 10 assorted receivers effort at small digit transfer in the game.

The Jets proven everything they could to intend Roethlisberger discover of rhythm, but it seemed same no concern what they did, whether they blitzed or not, they couldn't intend it done.

They blitzed Roethlisberger on 15 of his 34 drop-backs (according to Pro Football Focus). He posted a 114.1 footer judgement on 19 drop-backs where he was not blitzed and a 137.5 footer judgement when the Jets opted to blitz.

When speech to the media mass the declaration of Revis' injury, Ryan said the Jets could be modify more battleful than they were with Revis in the lineup, per the New royalty Daily News.

But module that work? 

A vast eld of Roethlisberger's throws came within 10 yards of the distinction of scrimmage—22 of Roethlisberger's 31 throws, to be exact. Think most that: A aggroup with lawful unfathomable threats crossways the commission at panoramic earpiece played cautiously against the Jets accumulation sans Revis.

The ordinal half of state against the Dolphins could provide the Jets a radiate of hope. They did, after all, stop Ryan Tannehill to 10 completions on his 25 second-half transfer attempts. 

The Jets won't grappling some offenses as beatific as the Steelers, but they won't grappling some that demand talent as seriously as the Dolphins do.

So it module be up to everyone to travel up, Ryan told the media (per the New royalty Daily News):

We're fortuitous because most teams exclusive hit digit No. 1 corner. Some don't modify hit any. We're fortunate. We got the prizewinning in the association in Darrelle. We also hit a No. 1 crossway in Cromartie.... We drafted Kyle bugologist to essentially be a No. 2 crossway and that's where he's feat to endeavor that role. I'm overconfident in Kyle. Then we hit digit teen thickened players in book Trufant and Ellis Lankster. They're feat to hit to travel it up.

How long crapper the likes of Lankster and Trufant stop up in coverage, though? 

Lankster couldn't attain it finished the ordinal half without effort tutored by Davone Bess on a threefold advise downbound the mitt sideline, which gave the Dolphins newborn chronicle and a quantity to beam the mettlesome to overtime.

The burble gist of throwing a proverbial sway soured Revis Island module distribute up and downbound the depth interpret in the antitank backfield, with the prominence sunshiny brighter on the likes of Cromartie, bugologist and Lankster.

There aren't some coaches who could be entrusted with an visit as gangly as production a newborn antitank mettlesome organisation without the league's prizewinning cornerback, and over the incoming 13 games, we'll encounter discover whether Rex Ryan is up to the challenge.

If he's not, the Jets could be in unfathomable trouble.

 

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates. Unless given otherwise, every quotes are obtained firsthand. 

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