Jets v. Broncos Preview

The Jets come into the game as one of the hottest teams in the league after taking down good teams like Minnesota, Miami and New England.  The Jets fly into Denver to face a Broncos team which excels in the passing game and seems to have its sole mission be to get Kyle Orton 10,000 yards passing.  The Jets secondary will have to be ready to combat a QB who may throw the ball 50+ times.  Our defense's bend but don't break philosophy has been pretty good all year and if we can shut down the Broncos passing attack in the red zone I can see us running away with this game because they have absolutely no running game.  The Jets offense will have to control the ball with the run and keep Denver's offense off the field.

What to watch for....

• The Jets still haven't allowed a first quarter point.  Let's see if they can continue that trend today.

• Darelle Revis did not look like himself last week coming off the hamstring injury and he will be needed this week to shut down the Broncos passing attack.  IF Revis plays, he has to be sure he's 100% ready.
• The Jets need to take advantage of a very beat up secondary of the Broncos.  Brian Dawkins, Andre Goodman and others in their secondary will be missing and Sanchez will have to take advantage of that.

Who to watch for...

• Tomlinson should be able to pick apart the Broncos run defense.  He has looked great in the past few weeks and I fully expect him to pick up near 100 yards today.
• Calvin Pace, Jason Taylor, Shaun Ellis: These three (and others) will need to get after Orton and not allow him to sit in the pocket and pick apart the secondary.  Get to him early and make him play a step quicker for the rest of the game.
• Santonio Holmes:  I think Holmes will have a good game today in his second full week back.  He should be full go today and he will need to cut out some of the drops that plagued him last week.

The Jets should go in to Denver and win this game.  However, I am more nervous about this game than I normally would be against an average team because of the Broncos passing attack.  They will attack, attack, and attack more in the passing game and we can't allow big plays.  

Prediction:

Jets- 31

Broncos: 17

Game Review: Jets v. Bills

Jets- 38
Bills- 14

The Jets went up to Buffalo and turned in a dominant performance against an abysmal Bills team.  The running game finally took off as both LT and Shonn Greene both went over 100 yards and the defense completely shut down the Bills offense.  The Jets move to 3-0 in the division and 3-1 overall and are in a great position.  The Jets running game was absolutely dominant and they really had no chance to stop either LT or Greene.

Thumbs Up...

• LaDainian Tomlinson and Shonn Greene:  Both went over 100 yards and LT looked particularly dominant in this win .  His signature 26 yard touchdown run included a cut that made him look like the LT of old.  

• Dustin Keller:  Keller picked up another two touchdowns to continue his torrid streak.  

• Antonio Cromartie:  Cromartie has looked great in the last few weeks and today he shut down Lee Evans.  Cromartie had very tight coverage on every throw to his side and used his long arms to disrupt Evans and Fitzpatrick.

Thumbs down...

• Kyle Wilson:  Wilson has to do a better job turning to find the ball.  He got burned on the Bills second touchdown and he shouldn't be giving up plays like that.

The Jets came into this game expecting to win and delivered a great performance.  The running game and defense were top notch and there wasn't really much of a question who was going to win the game going into halftime.  The Jets sit atop the division and are looking great going into a Monday night game against Brett Favre and the Vikings.  The scary thing about this team is the potential return of three pro bowl players in Revis, Pace, and Holmes.  There is no other team in the league that is sitting at 3-1 (3-0 in the division) that is getting the kind of talent back that the Jets are.  Long time to wait until the next game.