Ryan Fitzpatrick has done a fine job of carrying the New York Jets to victory over the past two weeks, playing some of the best football he's ever played.
If the Jets want to keep winning, though, they can't continue to rely on him to put the team on his back—or his beard.
On Sunday against the New York Giants, the Jets ran the ball 24 times for just 90 yards. That's the fifth time in the past seven games that they've rushed for 90 or fewer yards. Their ability to win goes way down when they aren't getting good production out of their running game; they are 2-4 when they rush for fewer than 100 yards, and they are 5-1 when they rush for more than 100 yards.