With the Patriots game coming the following week does anyone else think that the Jets might play down to the Redskins level coming off the bye? They don't seem to be as bad as originally thought with a 2-2 record.
I don't think this should be categorized as a potential trap game. The Redskins are playing pretty well right now so it would be foolish for the Jets to look past them regardless of who the following opponent is. Not to mention having a 2 week layoff to think about the game.
With the Pats game the week after, I think that is all the more reason to be prepared against Washington. The Pats are monsters this year.
Are they really??? week 1 - vs Pittsburgh who didn't have leveon or martavious Bryant Week 2 - buffalo .. We've seen that they are mediocre Week 3 - Jacksonville I don't think they are the juggernaut that everyone is portraying them to be. And this week they get a Brandon weeden led Dallas team
Kirk Cousins looks like a deer in the headlights whenever he's blitzed. Give Bowles 2 weeks to prepare? I'm confident.
Not a trap game, but one where they may be overlooking Washingtonand towards a shot at Brady, Belichick and Gronk. It's football nature to do this. The Jets did overlook Philly with an eye on Miami and London. Hopefully the lesson was learned. I sure hope Bowles has team better prepared off the bye week than our previous head coach
I agree. they have been pretty lucky with the sched so far as on paper they had two tough early games but there are 4 all-pro quality players missing from those teams (DAL/PIT). I was surprised that they man handled buffalo but im still optimistic. I find it hilarious all the articles have headlines like "pats prove they can win without cheating"... not only are they playing easy games but im sure that the same thing was said after spygate... turns out they were still cheating lol
as a side note it will be interesting to see how bowles comes out after the bye as rex was notoriously awful after a bye, im not even sure if hes won a game after the bye...
Anyone doubting the Patriots potency and sheer dominance on the offensive side of the ball is falling into the same trap we said last year. The "pig is ripe for the slaughter" and "the decline of brady" were thrown around a lot here and they won a superbowl. Until I see Brady struggle for half a season he is still the second best qb in the league and as dominate as ever. Now onto Washington. They have a very underrated defense, that can supply pressure to the qb and stop the run. They will give Fitz and company a lot more trouble than any other defense we have faced this year. Luckily, they will also be the worse offense we will face this year so far. Both of their running backs are the kind of players that usually do not gash this defense. Its the small elusive types i.e sproles, spiller etc., that give our team fits.Reed is a serious question mark to play this week and next with a severe concussion and Desean Jackson is out forever with a hamstring which is even more good news for our defense ( Revis on Garcon, I take that every day). Our defense should murder ( and i put that lightly ) Kirk Cousins. I expect to see him running for his life and us getting 4 turnovers and 5 sacks. I wouldn't call this a trap game, more of a game the jets usually lose due to imploding on offense and giving Cousins the ball in our own redzone. If we can avoid that we can look to the daunting task of the flats in new england, ugh.
Hate to disagree with you when it comes to hated New England, but they've beaten better teams than we have. Pittsburg may not have had Leveon or Martavious but they did have Rothlisberger which makes them a (much) better team than the concussed QB-turned Manziel Browns team from week #1. Buffalo "mediocre?" Then you can more then say the same thing about the Colts. As for the Eagles, they didn't have their top back Murray. And Miami? In their current state (esp. if Philbin were still coach) who wouldn't think NE would drop well over 40 on them? They've acquired talent on the defensive side of the ball and aren't imo as unbalanced offensively/defensively as they've been in past years. 'Much' better?
If the Redskins (that's right, I said it) knock off the Falcons, will their fans worry about them playing down to the level of the Jets?
The question isn't "Can we beat the 'Skins?", it's "How badly can we beat the 'Skins without showing NE anything?" And I'm not too worried about NE. Heck, GENO took them to overtime twice last season when THEY had Revis. Jets 28 NE 26
