Former Jet Bart Scott goes off on New York coach Todd Bowles

The New York Jets were bad on Sunday.

Actually, let us amend: the Jets’ offense was bad on Sunday. The defense did its job, holding the Miami Dolphins to just 168 total yards of offense, a paltry 3-for-16 third-down rate, and did a good job getting to Brock Osweiler, sacking him four times and hitting him seven.

The offense, however, managed just six points, as quarterback Sam Darnold had four interceptions in the 13-6 loss.

And yet.

Todd Bowles: Defense needs to ‘do a little more’

After the game, the Jets’ sixth loss of the season, coach Todd Bowles was asked if the defense was a bright spot on an otherwise difficult afternoon. As noted by Yahoo’s Kimberley A. Martin, Bowles inexplicably responded, “Still got to get turnovers. You don’t play well when you lose ballgames, so we got to get turnovers and do a little more.”

Ummm … by current standards, Todd, your defense played pretty darn well against Miami, especially since the Dolphins’ lone touchdown came courtesy of their defense – a Jerome Baker pick-six in the fourth quarter.

Bart Scott isn’t hearing it

Now that we’ve provided the backdrop, the following clip will make more sense. It’s from SNY’s Jets Post Game show, which features former Jets Ray Lucas, Willie Colon and Bart Scott.

Of the three, Scott is the only one who played defense (Lucas was a quarterback and Colon a guard), and didn’t like Bowles seemingly pinning any part of the loss on that side of the ball.

“That’s bullcrap!” Scott shouted as a response to Bowles’ claim. “‘We gotta get turnovers.’ Really? Three-for-16, that’s a turnover. When you get them three-and-out [as the Dolphins were on 6-of-11 true possessions], that’s a turnover. That’s getting the ball back to the offense. What are you talking about?

“Four sacks. Holding Osweiler to 15-for-24 for 139 [yards]. What the hell are you talking about? That’s the type of statement that pisses me off in the locker room as a defensive player, and we gotta have a conversation. Because you start pointing fingers that we ain’t doing good enough – you didn’t do good enough! You didn’t represent us good enough! You didn’t prepare us good enough! You didn’t make adjustments. We had questions, and you didn’t give us any answers! How about that?”

Scott knows from experience

Scott, a linebacker who followed Rex Ryan from the Ravens to the Jets, where he finished his career, knows what it’s like to be part of a strong defense on a team with a mediocre offense.

In 2005, his first season as a starter, Baltimore was top-10 defensively in yards and points allowed, but 24th and 25th, respectively, in those categories on offense. In 2007, he watched as the Ravens started Kyle Boller at quarterback for half the season as the team trudged to a 5-11 mark. He experienced some similar scenarios with New York, though the disparity between the defense’s performance and the offense’s wasn’t always as great as it was in Baltimore.

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