Over the first few weeks of the regular season, NFL offenses are still working out the kinks, especially those with a new offensive coordinator and quarterback.
For the New York Jets, in their first year with Frank Reich and Geno Smith, they have struggled to get plays in quickly.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Smith spoke about the tendency to let the play clock run down close to zero.
“I think we’re going to use all the time we can on the play clock to get as much information as we can, and there’s times when we’ll get up there and we’ll snap it quick.
“It’s all a part of the game and we want to be mindful of the clock, we don’t want to be burning timeouts when we need them, also don’t want to take delay of games, and so there’s a chess match out there that you have to play, and we’re aware of the clock, and there’s things that we can do better, and I think that’s one of them.”
Throughout Sunday’s overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers, Smith and the Jets’ offense were consistently behind the play clock, sniffing a delay-of-game call a few times.
Jets head coach Aaron Glenn has struggled immensely with game management and timeout usage. Consistently burning unnecessary timeouts has been one of the recurring issues.
Over the next few weeks, we will see how the Jets’ overall offensive operation develops. For now, Smith has clearly acknowledged the team’s tendency to let the play clock run down more than normal.
Gang Green has enough concerns overall. The last thing they need to be worrying about is the play clock stalling their offense.
