JETS team better the Week 2 team that beat the Pats

[JetsFanInDenver]

Just to keep things in perspective for those wanting to jump off a bridge following Leonhard's injury.

Link:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets/week_winners_ZbTuZt3M9pK69MxeCoiE6I

Article:

The Patriots may have won 25 straight games at home when Tom Brady is under center, but the Jets aren’t about to flinch over going to Foxborough on Monday Night with the lead in the AFC East and home-field advantage through the playoffs at stake.

Two things feed into the Jets’ confidence as they enter the biggest game of their season:

1). They beat the Patriots, 28-14, at the Meadowlands in Week 2 of the season.

2). The Jets are infinitely better than they were in that first meeting.

REX'S GREATEST HITS

Sure, every team would like to say it has improved over the last nine weeks. But it’s not just lip service when it comes to the Jets. Let us count the ways:

l Wide receiver Santonio Holmes wasn’t with the Jets when they met on Sept. 19, sitting out the second game of a four-game suspension for violating the NFL substance abuse policy. He has since become the big-play performer Rex Ryan envisioned when the Jets traded for him during the offseason.

l Linebacker Calvin Pace, perhaps the Jets’ best pass rusher, didn’t play in the first meeting because of a foot injury suffered in the preseason. He missed the first four games of the season and is rounding into form after recording four solo tackles and a sack against the Bengals.

l Cornerback Darrelle Revis wasn’t in football shape after missing all of training camp in a contract dispute and pulled a hamstring trying to cover the since-departed Randy Moss in the first half of the Jets’ first game against the Patriots.

l WR Brad Smith was a non-factor in the first game, touching the ball just once on a kickoff return for 15 yards. Against the Bengals he accounted for 200 all-purpose yards.

l Matt Slauson was making just his second start at left guard and was more of swinging gate than a protector of quarterback Mark Sanchez.

No, these aren’t the Same Old Jets from Week 2.

“We’ve grown as a team,” said wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery, who plans on playing Monday Night after missing the last two games with a groin injury. “We’ve been climbing up the ladder statistically as an offense and the defense has been doing the same thing. That’s why it’s hard to say we haven’t gotten better.”

Defensive tackle Sione Pouha put it this way:

“We’re nine games better. We’re nine games into communicating better. We’re nine games into knowing how each other reacts, the chemistry and our ability to play together. We’re nine games better at knowing our ability to bounce back in games. We’ve been around the block a couple of times and we know each other’s mojo.”

And it’s not just lip service.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets/week_winners_ZbTuZt3M9pK69MxeCoiE6I#ixzz176ghCaCR

[MACPAC]

Just to keep things in perspective for those wanting to jump off a bridge following Leonhard's injury.

Link:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets/week_winners_ZbTuZt3M9pK69MxeCoiE6I

Article:

The Patriots may have won 25 straight games at home when Tom Brady is under center, but the Jets aren’t about to flinch over going to Foxborough on Monday Night with the lead in the AFC East and home-field advantage through the playoffs at stake.

Two things feed into the Jets’ confidence as they enter the biggest game of their season:

1). They beat the Patriots, 28-14, at the Meadowlands in Week 2 of the season.

2). The Jets are infinitely better than they were in that first meeting.

REX'S GREATEST HITS

Sure, every team would like to say it has improved over the last nine weeks. But it’s not just lip service when it comes to the Jets. Let us count the ways:

l Wide receiver Santonio Holmes wasn’t with the Jets when they met on Sept. 19, sitting out the second game of a four-game suspension for violating the NFL substance abuse policy. He has since become the big-play performer Rex Ryan envisioned when the Jets traded for him during the offseason.

l Linebacker Calvin Pace, perhaps the Jets’ best pass rusher, didn’t play in the first meeting because of a foot injury suffered in the preseason. He missed the first four games of the season and is rounding into form after recording four solo tackles and a sack against the Bengals.

l Cornerback Darrelle Revis wasn’t in football shape after missing all of training camp in a contract dispute and pulled a hamstring trying to cover the since-departed Randy Moss in the first half of the Jets’ first game against the Patriots.

l WR Brad Smith was a non-factor in the first game, touching the ball just once on a kickoff return for 15 yards. Against the Bengals he accounted for 200 all-purpose yards.

l Matt Slauson was making just his second start at left guard and was more of swinging gate than a protector of quarterback Mark Sanchez.

No, these aren’t the Same Old Jets from Week 2.

“We’ve grown as a team,” said wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery, who plans on playing Monday Night after missing the last two games with a groin injury. “We’ve been climbing up the ladder statistically as an offense and the defense has been doing the same thing. That’s why it’s hard to say we haven’t gotten better.”

Defensive tackle Sione Pouha put it this way:

“We’re nine games better. We’re nine games into communicating better. We’re nine games into knowing how each other reacts, the chemistry and our ability to play together. We’re nine games better at knowing our ability to bounce back in games. We’ve been around the block a couple of times and we know each other’s mojo.”

And it’s not just lip service.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets/week_winners_ZbTuZt3M9pK69MxeCoiE6I#ixzz176ghCaCR

No mention of the Pats being the same team as in week 2???

Mankins (did not play in game 2) will open some nice holes for Woodhead (did not play in game 2)

and Branch (did not play in game 2) will tear the Jets a new a$$hole.

[Greenranger]

No mention of the Pats being the same team as in week 2???

Mankins (did not play in game 2) will open some nice holes for Woodhead (did not play in game 2)

and Branch (did not play in game 2) will tear the Jets a new a$$hole.

Oh yeah, cause Branch is better than Moss.

[THE ILK]

Sounds like MACPAC is pyper.

[BUM-KNEE]

No mention of the Pats being the same team as in week 2???

Mankins (did not play in game 2) will open some nice holes for Woodhead (did not play in game 2)

and Branch (did not play in game 2) will tear the Jets a new a$$hole.

Hasnt this angle been talked up vehemently by Pats fans for the last 3 weeks?

[sirlancemehlot]

as it stands, I honestly believe the Jets are the better team. They are not playing as wel as the Pats are over the past few weeks though, and they are playing in Foxboro. I honestly don't think anyone on either side can predict how this pans out. It's a sit, drink, watch, and drink kind of game.

[BUM-KNEE]

And a pepto chaser.

[Integrity28]

No mention of the Pats being the same team as in week 2???

Mankins (did not play in game 2) will open some nice holes for Woodhead (did not play in game 2)

and Branch (did not play in game 2) will tear the Jets a new a$$hole.

The media has exhausted all of the points about how the Patriots are a different team since week 2, but as usual their bias has over-shadowed the fact the Jets have also improved significantly since week 2.

It will be a good game, and I'm sure if the Jets win we will not have to endure much more of your wanna-be TX routine.

[Integrity28]

as it stands, I honestly believe the Jets are the better team. They are not playing as wel as the Pats are over the past few weeks though, and they are playing in Foxboro. I honestly don't think anyone on either side can predict how this pans out. It's a sit, drink, watch, and drink kind of game.

Add in a couple of haymakers deep into the couch cushions, tearing off my C-Mart jersey and chucking it across the room and swearing it off, only to pick it back up and put it on again 5 minutes later and yes, you've nailed it.

[JerryK]

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think playing on turf removes another of Belichick's old advantages.

The wired locker room is the only problem remaining.

[sirlancemehlot]

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think playing on turf removes another of Belichick's old advantages.

The wired locker room is the only problem remaining.

And the snow plow. Don't forget the snow plow.

[Integrity28]

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think playing on turf removes another of Belichick's old advantages.

The wired locker room is the only problem remaining.

The Bears apparently hosed down their field last week vs. the Eagles to slow down Vick, worked like a charm.

I think the wet grass field, if that is what you are referring to, helped the early 2000's Pats ... but now that they are a "finesse team" and they are, the turf is better for them.

Ultimately this game, like most games vs. the Pats is going to come down to one thing... hitting Brady.

If he is standing around in the pocket all day, with a clean jersey, then we are done for... and frankly we wouldn't deserve the win. We know what the formula is to beat them, we just need to pull it off.

[JerryK]

And the snow plow. Don't forget the snow plow.

I SOOO wish I could be a Jets team assistant.

I'd have the coach and team huddle together tight and whisper really quietly. ...very very quietly...

..while lighting an M80.

Then I'd step into the tunnel and look for an intern with bleeding ears.

[THE ILK]

The Bears apparently hosed down their field last week vs. the Eagles to slow down Vick, worked like a charm.

I think the wet grass field, if that is what you are referring to, helped the early 2000's Pats ... but now that they are a "finesse team" and they are, the turf is better for them.

Ultimately this game, like most games vs. the Pats is going to come down to one thing... hitting Brady.

If he is standing around in the pocket all day, with a clean jersey, then we are done for... and frankly we wouldn't deserve the win. We know what the formula is to beat them, we just need to pull it off.

So if we don't hit brady once, but pick him off 6 times, then we don't deserve to win?

[JetsFanInDenver]

No mention of the Pats being the same team as in week 2???

Mankins (did not play in game 2) will open some nice holes for Woodhead (did not play in game 2)

and Branch (did not play in game 2) will tear the Jets a new a$$hole.

That adds a lot to you credibility. Keep it up!