The New York Jets are off to a great start this season. A lot of things have changed since last season. Defensive guru Rex Ryan is in his first season as head coach in the NFL. After losing future hall of famer Brett Favre in the offseason, the Jets took Mark Sanchez out of USC in the first round. Sanchez has made big plays at times and has thrown for 606 yards and 4 touchdowns through 3 games. Not outstanding stats, but Sanchez has done a great job of managing the game for the Jets who are now 3-0. Coach Ryan (defensive coordinator at Baltimore last year) watched Joe Flacco go through ups and downs last season. It seemed like from day one, the Jets were going to start Sanchez, even though there was a so-called position battle at QB. Sanchez doesn’t need to go out and be Peyton Manning in order for the Jets to win ball games. The Jets have been tremendous on the defensive side of the ball this season. Rex Ryan has brought a flair into the Jets locker room, something that seemed to me missing last season.
The D is allowing only 11.0 points per game (2nd best in league), 256.0 yards of total offense per game (3rd best in league) and only 82.7 yards a game (9th best in league). They have brought heat to the quarterback this season. Using a variety of blitzing schemes against the Texans, Patriots, and Titans has been very successful thus far. The defense has been led by impressive play from the gritty LB Bart Scott and shut down CB Darrelle Revis. The Jets seem to have regained popularity in New York and Mark Sanchez is looking like could be the next coming of Joe Namath. At some point this season, the Jets are going to rely on Sanchez making big plays in order for the team to win. It will be interesting to see how the rest of this season goes. Last year the Jets started the season strong, going 8-3 in the first eleven games. They ended up missing the playoffs going 1-4 in their last five games. Rex Ryan has talked smack all season, and the Jets have been backing it up. We see the Jets making the playoffs, and being a team capable of making it to the Super Bowl, as long as the team doesn’t lose their spark once they lose a game.
As far as a fantasy perspective we like the Defense but this weekend they have a very explosive opposing offense. The Jets have showed they can shut down top offenses this season so, start them at your own risk against the Saints this weekend. Drew Brees looks like he is out there playing a video game, throwing for ridiculous stats nearly every game. We also like Thomas Jones even after the rough day he had on Sunday. The Saints are only allowing 67 yards rushing a game, which is 5th best in the NFL. Play Jones this week at your own risk. Someone has to take pressure off of Sanchez, so he will get plenty of chances to make plays. The game is in The Big easy so the Jets need to bring their A game in order to come out with W. Our prediction, Jets win by three.
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