Penalties: The Jets had only two penalties called on them for 10 yards in the first half. In the second half, they were flagged 10 times for 73 yards.
“We’ve got to take a hard look at this tape, just the operation, the penalties, a little bit of a lot of different stuff,” he said. “We’ve got to make sure we’re cleaner there. … I’ve got to look at every single one of those penalties and see exactly if they’re real, if they’re not real, what caused them. And it’s not OK, It’s not acceptable, it’s not our standard. Penalties ultimately extend drives and we can’t let that happen.”
Ulbrich even took the personal blame for a couple of miscues. Late in the second quarter, Seattle got the ball with 1:05 to play at its 21 and went 3-and-out. But the Jets didn’t call any of their timeouts there and wound up with the ball at their 36 but with 6 seconds left in the half. “In hindsight,” he said, “that might have not been the best thing to do.”
And in the fourth quarter, with the Seahawks going for it on 4th-and-6 from their 33, presumably because punter Michael Dickson was fighting through an in-game injury, the Jets were flagged for too many men on the field, with the 12th man being punt returner Xavier Gipson, whom coaches didn’t signal to get off the field because the visitors weren’t punting. Ulbrich: “We’ve got to be better communicating that across the board.”
But the coach was right again to spread the responsibility around, not only because that’s what HCs do but because whatever the results of the Jets’ final five games are, all the players and staff will contribute to it. So what do the Jets do now, with their record precluding even a bid for a winning season? Ulbrich set his jaw before answering.
“Keep pushing. We don’t have a whole lot of options other than we’ve got to keep working and stay together,” he said. “It’s a true test of every man and every coach in that locker room. We’ve got to respond. That’s the only…
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