Ryan Griffin found his niche in the Jets offense as a receiver – I sang his praises in that department yesterday. However, his lack of ability as a blocker was a major detriment to the Jets running game. There were a few examples in the team’s blowout loss to New England.
On this play, Griffin takes too hard of an outside angle against Kyle Van Noy, who is standing up wide of the edge. Van Noy throws a hump move to use Griffin’s momentum against him, winning to the inside. What could have been a huge running lane for Le’Veon Bell is clogged, and Bell is forced to cut back into traffic.