New York Jets Accused Of Tanking After Yet Another Mind-Boggling Clock Management Fail

The New York Jets were content with a seven-point deficit at halftime of Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers and chose not to call a timeout to throw a Hail Mary. It didn’t make any sense.

To make matters worse, this was the second week in a row where this kind of thing happened.

NFL fans are starting to get suspicious. Are the Jets trying to tank or are they truly incompetent?

Deja vu all over again.

New York had a chance to score against Denver before halftime in London last weekend. The first few plays of the drive went pretty well and even converted a 4th-and-1 on a fake punt.

However, Aaron Glenn decided not to take a shot at the end zone with about 20 seconds left in the second quarter and let the clock expire. Garrett Wilson was irate with the decision and gave his head coach a piece of his mind as they walked back to the locker room together.

He lated explained his reaction.

“I just didn’t know exactly what the plan was. Once I figured it out, I was disappointed. I’ll just say that,” Wilson said. “I didn’t know exactly what the plan was. Once we converted the fourth down, I just thought we were going for the, trying to make the play. Obviously, we get to another fourth down and it’s a tough spot to be in. In hindsight, I get why they did that, but in the moment, I was just like, ‘man…’. I don’t know. Yeah.”

At first he was mad. And then he was dissapointed.

Wilson is going to be mad and disappointed on Sunday because the exact same thing happened again.

The New York Jets let the clock expire.

The Jets trailed the Panthers by seven with exactly 15 seconds remaining in the second quarter. They had a timeout.

Justin Fields dropped back to pass on 2nd-and-10 from the Carolina 44 but he was sacked for a loss.

Timeouts do not carry over to the next half so most people would agree that it was a smart idea to stop the clock. Take a shot to the end zone or even throw a quick pass to the sideline and try to kick a long field goal. Do something. Anything, really.

Glenn apparently disagrees. He decided to go into the locker room at the break with a timeout in his pocket while trailing by a touchdown.