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Every week in this space, Chris Wesseling will roll out the power rankings for one specific NFL position, attribute or award.

So far, we have covered Offensive Rookie of the Year candidates, defensive front sevens, satellite backs, wide receivers, the Around The NFL quarter-season All-Pro team and best offseason bargains.With a cool half-dozen Comeback Player of the Year candidates fueling Arizona's rise to the top of the NFC West, it's a good time to review the top comeback players.

As this is the most nebulous NFL award, let's quickly examine its history.

Since 1972, when Pro Football Weekly began handing out the award, quarterbacks have won roughly half of the time. If there is no obvious choice at the other positions, voters typically default to the quarterback who exceeded expectations (i.e. Philip Rivers in 2013). It will be interesting to see if Andy Dalton is considered under that precedent even though he was simply a league-average starter in 2014.Running backs must excel in returning from a debilitating knee injury (Adrian Peterson, Willis McGahee, Garrison Hearst).

Wide receivers must produce a career year (Randy Moss, Steve Smith) on the heels of a disappointing season or take advantage of weak competition for the award (Robert Brooks).

Rob Gronkowski became the first tight end to win the award last year.

The criteria shift to suit the whims of the voters, often leaving production as the decisive factor. Since breakout stars such as Tyler Eifert, Dion Lewis and Travis Benjamin were never established as NFL starters prior to this season, they are not convincing candidates for the award. Since James Jones led the Raiders in receiving last year, he's not a compelling choice.

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~ ~  6. Brandon Marshall, New York Jets wide receiver : Acquired on the cheap after playing through a high-ankle sprain and fomenting dissent in the Bears locker room last season, Marshall is the first Jets wide receiver since Don Maynard in 1968 to generate four consecutive games of 100-plus yards. One of the NFL's most effective red-zone threats, Marshall is averaging 102 yards and nearly a touchdown per game.

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For the first time in what seems like forever, the Jets will show up Sunday in Foxborough, Mass., and force Bill Belichick to pick his poison.

And here’s the message from Jets offensive coordinator Chan Gailey:

Go ahead and load up to stop Chris Ivory.

We have an answer.

His name is Brandon Marshall.

“I’m confident every week, but I really do think that if they want to stack the box, I like our matchups outside,” Gailey said. “If they want to roll the coverage and leave the box open, then I like our matchups there, too.

“Our line’s done a good job of being physical up front, and it’ll take that, they’re pretty physical up front themselves. You have to go into it generic and then see what they’re doing, and then evolve from there offensively.”

Belichick no longer has Darrelle Revis or a big corner like Brandon Browner to combat Marshall.“[Marshall] could hurt them. He could definitely hurt the secondary,” Keyshawn Johnson told The Post.

Keyshawn was the same big target for Vinny Testaverde that Marshall is for Ryan Fitzpatrick.“I think if you put Brandon Marshall, Larry Fitzgerald, a young Andre Johnson, you put those guys in any system, and they’re gonna succeed,” Keyshawn said. “Whereas like a Julian Edelman, who’s probably only gonna succeed in a New England system — which is OK.”

So what makes Marshall able to thrive in any system    ?

“I think it’s his size first and foremost — he can play inside, outside,” Keyshawn said. “He can run after the catch. … He’s physical. He’s willing to block.“He is as complete as they get. I don’t think the New York Jets have had a complete wide receiver since I left.”Marshall’s towering presence (37 catches, 511 yards, four touchdowns) has made life easier for the rampaging Ivory (83 carries, 460 yards, four TDs) for Eric Decker (four TDs in four games) and, of course, for Fitzpatrick. Marshall may be as smart at his position as Revis is at his. A 6-foot-4, 230-pound football Einstein can be dangerous.

“I don’t think people appreciate how intelligent of a football player he is,” Fitzpatrick said.

Not to mention competitive. Quinton Coples still can’t get over Marshall ripping an interception away from Tashaun Gipson in the home opener against the Browns.“I’ve never seen somebody compete receiver-wise the way he does,” Coples said. “I mean, some of the stuff he does … The thing he did at Cleveland, most receivers probably would have just gave up or whatever. That stuff that I ain’t really seen, you know what I mean, like people don’t do that.”

Not to mention driven.

“His size is unbelievable, and he’s got great hands,” “Inside the NFL” teammate Boomer Esiason told The Post. “And then on top of all of that, knowing him over the last year, how committed he is to the craft. Now listen, he’s crazy

? He’s a personality and all that other stuff, but he’s really commuted to his craft. He

wants to be great. He shows me some of the texts between he and Ryan Fitzpatrick on a Tuesday over there and saying: ‘Look what he’s sending me, look at this, I know this now!’ And then I asked him this week, ‘Of the texts he sent you last week, did any of that work against the last team you played?’ He goes, ‘Yeah, absolutely it worked. He knew exactly what he was doing.’ It’s a good thing for him, it really is.”

Fitzpatrick was asked why he sends Marshall all these texts.

“ ’Cause communication is key,” Fitzpatrick said.

It is invaluable if and when Belichick tries to make the journeyman quarterback win the game.

Marshall and Ivory are the most formidable 1-2 tandem the Jets have trotted out since Keyshawn and Curtis Martin in 1998, the year Bill Parcells took the Jets to the AFC Championship game. Belichick, Parcells’ right-hand man at the time, had yet to coach the Patriots.“He’s a big mismatch receiver,” Belichick said this week. “They get the ball to him in different situations, certainly single coverage. It looks like that’s the matchup they will go to, really any time — first down, third down, red area. He’s a big player. He’s a physical receiver. He can go up and get the ball, and he’s a hard guy to tackle. I think he’s done a good job for them.”

Gailey was asked what makes Ivory tick.

“I don’t know. I wish I knew, ’cause I’d want to instill it in a lot of people we got,” Gailey said. “I don’t know what makes him tick, but I know he is a ferocious runner. He is attacking the line of scrimmage. He’s not just sitting there and getting hit and getting up and proving that he’s a tough guy, he is attacking and trying to make something happen with every snap. To me, that’s the mark of a really great back.”Marshall is Beast Mode as well. Marshall’s importance is evident given how invisible Jets tight ends have been (two catches by Jeff Cumberland). Marshall’s 53 targets are exceeded by just Julian Edelman (57) and Steve Smith Sr. (57) among wide receivers who have played five games.

“There’s only one football,” Gailey said, “and there’s a lot of good players that we have that need to touch it. We’ll keep trying to spread it around enough to create indecision on the defense, but keep making sure that our guys that have, to this point, had great production continue to have great production.”

>      http://nypost.com/2015/10/22/the-jets-unbelievable-weapon-the-patriots-have-no-answer-for/

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-- A look at the New York Jets players who were “up” and those who were “down” in the team's 34-20 loss to the Oakland Raiders on Sunday :

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Brandon Marshall, wide receiver: He was one of the few bright spots in a mostly dismal performance by the Jets. Marshall caught nine passes for 108 yards in recording his fifth 100-yard receiving day of the season. He probably thought he was back in Denver, the first stop in his NFL career, because he was targeted a remarkable 18 times. Give him credit for playing; he suffered toe and ankle injuries but kept coming back. He declined to reveal the results of post game X-rays and said only, "I'll be OK."

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They’ve had some prolific receiving tandems in their history, most notably Al Toon-Wesley Walker and Keyshawn Johnson-Wayne Chrebet over the past three decades. But the New York Jets never had a duo that scored as many touchdowns in the same season as Eric Decker and Brandon Marshall.

Decker scored his 10th touchdown in Saturday night’s 19-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys, making it 21 between him and Marshall -- a new team mark. They passed Toon-Walker (1986) and Don Maynard-Art Powell (1960).Marshall was held out of the end zone for only the fourth game, but he managed to grab a piece of an individual record. With four catches for 74 yards, he tied Toon’s team record for most receptions in a season -- 93. Marshall increased his yardage total to 1,261, third on the Jets’ all-time list in a single season.

It has come together quickly for Marshall, Decker and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. This is their first season together, but they’ve developed chemistry in a short amount of time. Fitzpatrick missed much of the offseason as he recovered from a broken leg, so it’s not like they had a lot of reps in the spring. But you can’t tell, can you ?  After the win, the Jets’ fourth straight, Marshall and Decker seemed more excited about their backups, Quincy Enunwa and Kenbrell Thompkins, than their own accomplishments. Enunwa made a third-and-14 conversion to set up Decker’s touchdown in the fourth quarter and Thompkins put them in range for the game-winning field goal with a 43-yard reception with less than a minute to play.

“The more Fitz gets comfortable with them, the more we can spread defenses out and they can’t take away certain things,” Decker said.

Talk about an unlikely pair. Enunwa and Thompkins entered the game with only 26 catches between them. The only reason Thompkins was in uniform was because rookie Devin Smith was placed on injured reserve.Thompkins probably deserved to play ahead of Smith in recent weeks, but he got caught in a situation where the coaches wanted to force-feed Smith, a second-round draft pick. Thompkins has a history. Two years ago, he scored a last-second, game-winning touchdown to lift the New England Patriots over the New Orleans Saints.

On Saturday, he told Fitzpatrick early in the game the Dallas cornerbacks were sloppy in their Cover 2 technique. Keep an eye on me, Thompkins kept telling him. Fitzpatrick didn’t forget, looking for him on a first down from their 31 with a minute to play. He beat cornerback Byron Jones down the sideline and the safety was late with deep help.Thompkins made it more dramatic than it needed to be, bobbling the ball at full speed. It says something that he and Fitzpatrick were able to communicate and connect despite minimal practice time together.

“A lot of guys aren’t household names, but they’re stepping up and making plays,” linebacker Calvin Pace said. “That’s what you have to have to make a run, to get in the tournament.”

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-- One of the lasting images from Week 7, New York Jets at New England Patriots, came from the Jets' locker room after the game. Brandon Marshall sat on his locker stool for what seemed like 20 minutes, staring into space as teammates dressed around him. He was so upset with his performance that he took to Twitter to tell his followers he deserved to be walking back to New Jersey.Marshall played perhaps his worst game of the season, dropping two passes (including one in the end zone) and finishing with only four catches for 67 yards. He also was called for a game-ending penalty as the Jets attempted a desperation comeback in the final seconds. They lost, 30-23.

It's redemption time for Marshall.

The rematch is Sunday at MetLife Stadium, a game that "is everything for us," according to quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Jets (9-5) need a win to maintain a realistic hope of making the playoffs. What they need is a vintage performance by Marshall, who insisted he's not dwelling on The Drop, which would have given them an eight-point lead early in the fourth quarter."It's part of the game, man," said Marshall, who has a total of seven drops, according to ESPN Stats & Information. "It's unfortunate that it's a play that probably would've put us in position to win. But it happens. You get targeted 180 times and you drop 10 balls. I know that's probably high for some of you guys, but I'm OK with that. As long as I'm shooting a high percentage and putting our team in a good position, I'm fine with that."

For Marshall, the October matchup stood out for another reason: It marked the first time he was neutralized by an opponent. Patriots coach Bill Belichick has a reputation for game planning to stop the opponent's No. 1 weapon, and he was successful against the Jets.Was it an exotic plan to stop Marshall? Not really. The Patriots covered him with No. 2 cornerback Logan Ryan, who received safety help over the top. That allowed them to put No. 1 cornerback Malcolm Butler on Eric Decker in single coverage. It was a very Belichick-ian strategy.

It frustrated the Jets, who looked at times as if they were playing with one-hand tied behind their back.

"It worked for them last time, so we have to look at what they’re trying to do and try to have the counter to that," Jets coach Todd Bowles said, alluding to the double-teaming of Marshall. "You never know what they’re going to come out with. They come out with different game plans all of the time."Obviously, the Jets have to do a better job of getting the ball into Marshall's hands -- he has a team-high 93 receptions -- but there is a fine line. They don't want to force it.

"There are times when they’re going to have multiple guys on him and it’s going to be hard to throw to him," Fitzpatrick said. "He’s a guy we always want to get the ball to, but we’ve also just got to make sure that we kind of pick and choose the right time to do it. But he’s always going to be a big part of our offense."

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-- One of the lasting images from Week 7, New York Jets at New England Patriots, came from the Jets' locker room after the game. Brandon Marshall sat on his locker stool for what seemed like 20 minutes, staring into space as teammates dressed around him. He was so upset with his performance that he took to Twitter to tell his followers he deserved to be walking back to New Jersey.Marshall played perhaps his worst game of the season, dropping two passes (including one in the end zone) and finishing with only four catches for 67 yards. He also was called for a game-ending penalty as the Jets attempted a desperation comeback in the final seconds. They lost, 30-23.

It's redemption time for Marshall.

The rematch is Sunday at MetLife Stadium, a game that "is everything for us," according to quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Jets (9-5) need a win to maintain a realistic hope of making the playoffs. What they need is a vintage performance by Marshall, who insisted he's not dwelling on The Drop, which would have given them an eight-point lead early in the fourth quarter."It's part of the game, man," said Marshall, who has a total of seven drops, according to ESPN Stats & Information. "It's unfortunate that it's a play that probably would've put us in position to win. But it happens. You get targeted 180 times and you drop 10 balls. I know that's probably high for some of you guys, but I'm OK with that. As long as I'm shooting a high percentage and putting our team in a good position, I'm fine with that."

For Marshall, the October matchup stood out for another reason: It marked the first time he was neutralized by an opponent. Patriots coach Bill Belichick has a reputation for game planning to stop the opponent's No. 1 weapon, and he was successful against the Jets.Was it an exotic plan to stop Marshall? Not really. The Patriots covered him with No. 2 cornerback Logan Ryan, who received safety help over the top. That allowed them to put No. 1 cornerback Malcolm Butler on Eric Decker in single coverage. It was a very Belichick-ian strategy.

It frustrated the Jets, who looked at times as if they were playing with one-hand tied behind their back.

"It worked for them last time, so we have to look at what they’re trying to do and try to have the counter to that," Jets coach Todd Bowles said, alluding to the double-teaming of Marshall. "You never know what they’re going to come out with. They come out with different game plans all of the time."Obviously, the Jets have to do a better job of getting the ball into Marshall's hands -- he has a team-high 93 receptions -- but there is a fine line. They don't want to force it.

"There are times when they’re going to have multiple guys on him and it’s going to be hard to throw to him," Fitzpatrick said. "He’s a guy we always want to get the ball to, but we’ve also just got to make sure that we kind of pick and choose the right time to do it. But he’s always going to be a big part of our offense."

>     http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/57344/chance-for-redemption-comes-sunday-for-jets-wr-brandon-marshall

Marshall throughout his career has been OK with bracket coverage. He dropped like 3 passes plus the Penalty so it wasn't BB that stopped Marshall!

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