"The play was so strange and surreal that you couldn't help but hit the rewind button a few times. For all the talk about the Jets' stagnant offense, an innocuous four-yard completion to Jeremy Kerley midway through the third quarter of last week's loss to the Patriots was a microcosm of a pedestrian unit.

On third and 6, Gang Green went with a five-receiver, empty-backfield look. All five wideouts ran a route short of the first-down marker before Mark Sanchez, sensing pressure, quickly fired a pass to Kerley.

It was a three-man rush.

Losers of three in a row, the Jets are at a crossroads entering Monday night's divisional showdown with the Dolphins. A week after failing to exploit the Patriots' NFL-worst pass defense, Sanchez & Co. will have a crack at the 31st-rated pass defense. Gang Green's inability to stretch the field is an indictment of an offense that hasn't clicked yet. Sanchez, who averages 6.8 yards per pass attempt (21st in the league), attempted only two passes for longer than 20 yards last week."