Oct 6, 2006 Chiefs 41 SF 0
Chiefs were on fire that day. We didn't throw the ball after half time at all. They were TRYING to ice it, but we got a fumble recovery and an interception that led to a FG and an easy Larry TD run, and Dante got a punt return for a TD
Nov 1 2004 Jets 41 Miami 14
Pennington only threw 19 passes that day. They did most of this damage on the ground with TWO runners over 100 yards. They did throw long and get one early in the 3rd quarter. Chrebet's TD in the first quarter was the first TD pass that a Jets reciever had caught since week 1 that season. *this was their 8th game*
Dec 5, 2004 Jets 29 Texans 7
Texans were up 7-6 at the half. Pennington had good numbers (completed his fist 9 attempts) at the beginning, but once again Herm decided to get to the ground game in the second half to protect that 1 point lead. Curtis Martin went off for 134 yards and a TD though, and then caught a pass in the flat in the redzone that he got into the endzone on. This was not a case of an offense going for the throat. This was a case of an inept defense getting smashed by an offense that was in the tubes for a the whole month previous to this game.
Dec 19, 2004 Jets 37 Seattle 14
This game is your first good example. Pennington needed to win the confidence back of his team. He'd had a *30* quarterback rating the previous week in a loss to the Steelers. So, despite having a decent lead early in the second quarter, they continued to hit passes deep over the middle. Santana Moss had complained to the media about not getting the ball enough the week before, and so they got him 2 of Chad's 3 touchdowns. Of course, true to form, with the lead the Jets ran the ball more than twice as much as they threw it, but the TYPES of throws were different as evidenced by the gamebook, which shows numerous downfield throws, and Chad's average yards per completion was over 10 yards. That's not Herm's brand of football, but it shows what the Jets were capable of against a well coached Holmgrem team.
Oct 12, 2003 Jets 30 Bills 3
The Jets were coming out of their bye week and were 0-4. "We were desperate," (Curtis Martin after the win). However, the win was very much a defensive win. Seven Bledsoe sacks and 4 turnovers led to a couple of VERY short scoring drives of 4 yards, 18 yards, and 4 yards. They did move the ball well on the ground again, and Testaverdi was sharp with all of his 17 pass attempts for a 6.8 yard average.
The rest of these games I can't find the gamebooks of because they were so long ago. They're probably out there, I just don't want to look. Regardless, you're not really proving you're point. You're just proving that Herm has (a dozen or so times in his 103 games) put up a decent margin of victory.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...7/drz.edwards/