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