Jets Week 4 Preview!

This is pretty much a must win! The Jets are coming into the game on an expected 2 game losing streak and the defense pretty much stunk at any point Kris Jenkins was not in the game.

I expect the Jets to win the field position battle courtesy of the presence of last year's team MVP, Leon "the Jet" Washington (that is a dual reference to Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez of The Sandlot - this is the moment where one reminisces about one's childhood and the classic movies associated with baseball...Rookie of the Year, Little Big League and my personal favorite Angels in the Outfield! (my favorite quote - "Oh look, it's God's thumbnail" by JP... ahhhhhh good times!) anyway back to the NFL. Washington will force kicks designed to start the Jets on the 30 yard line as opposed to the potential of Washington taking it to the house.

Thank you to the New York Post for the picture.

The 2 keys to the game from the Jets stand point.

1) Kris Jenkins will dominate the middle as usual if his back allows him to play. Last I heard he is playing and that makes everything roll on defense. The Jets will have little problem stopping the weak running attack of the Cardinals with Jenkins in the game. That will allow the Jets to create a better pass rush (without the fear of the run), this will cause the Jets corners and safeties to compete with the elite level wide receivers of Arizona. The Jets need pressure of else Kurt Warner can continue to throw deep patterns to Fitzgerald and Boldin.

2) Brett Farve needs to be on the same page as the Jet wide receivers. If he is then the Jets can hide their weak running attack. I don't think Thomas Jones has the ability at age 30 that he had during his solid seasons in Chicago. He was never considered elite which is why he has bounced from team to team throughout his career and he just can't seem to consistently gain yards. I would get the ball to Leon Washington as much as possible through screens, draws and straight runs. If he touches the ball 20 times a game it gives the Jets a much better chance of winning. I think running a bit of hurry up offense and putting Favre in the shotgun to give him more time to scan the field will also help the offense (as it did last week during the comeback attempts).

Prediction: Jets 24 Cardinals 19

Note: The Rutgers football team finally won a freaken game - it was against the lowly Morgan State Bears. It is about time and the Scarlet Knights have seriously failed to meet expectations and are not close to being a big time program. They lost to Navy last week!

I hope the Giants enjoy their week off!

Yaros