The Jets proved how bad of a football team that they are by losing to the Buffalo Bills.  Chad Pennington completed 32 of 39 passes for 290 yards with 1 TD pass and 2 costly interceptions.  Thomas Jones had another lousy game as he rushed for 35 yards on 12 carries (2.9 ypc) and he also caught 2 passes for 20 yards.  Leon Washington had a solid game though as he carried the ball 4 times for 24 yards (6.0 ypc) with 1 TD run and he also caught 8 passes for 38 yards (4.8 avg).  Jerricho Cotchery led the way for Jets’ receivers as he caught 8 passes for 106 yards (13.3 avg).  Laveranues Coles also had a decent game with 8 catches for 65 yards (8.1 avg) with 1 TD grab.

Jonathan Vilma (8 tackles), Darrelle Revis (8 tackles) and Victor Hobson (6 tackles, sack, fumble recovery) led the way for the Jets defense.  The Jets did a good job against the run as the Bills only rushed for 86 yards on 28 carries (3.1 ypc) but they completed 22 of 28 passes for 218 yards.

When the Jets traded for Thomas Jones they felt they had solved their running problems from the 2006 season.  Jones however got off to a rough start as the Jets had hard times blocking the outstanding defenses of the Patriots and Ravens.  Jones went off last week against the Dolphins and the Jets scored 31 points because he gave them balance in the offense.  Look for Jones to continue to run well this season as he only needs a little crack in the defense to do his damage.  Jones has carried the ball 63 times for 219 yards (3.5 ypc) but he has the talent to be much better than that.  He is the key to the Jets offense this season.

The New York Jets finally got on track with a hard fought victory over the Miami Dolphins last week while the Bills suffered another devastating loss that has left them scrambling to find enough football players to assemble a team.  The Jets offense has to be licking their chops watching game film of the Bills’ defense that is allowing 177.3 yards rushing per game and 281.0 yards passing!  The Jets would like to have balance to the offense like they had last week when they got RB Thomas Jones going.  Look for Jones to pad his season stats this week against a front 7 of the Bills that has been ransacked by injuries so far this season.  The Bills also have big problems at cornerback so look for Chad Pennington to attack them deep with WRs Jerricho Cotchery (18 rec, 276 yards) and Laveranues Coles (16 rec, 146 yards, 3 TDs).

The Jets defense has been nothing to write home about this season either as they have allowed 121.3 yards rushing per game and 264.7 yards passing.  But, the Bills are very young on offense and they likely will have problems exploiting the weaknesses of the Jets defense.  Rookie Trent Edwards is starting at QB for the Bills this week and the Jets will no doubt disguise coverages and blitz him from all angles when he drops back to pass.  The best chance for an upset for the Bills is to keep the football on the ground with rookie Marshawn Lynch.  Lynch has carried the ball 57 times for 228 yards (4.0 ypc) with 2 TD runs and he’s run against solid defenses like New England’s and Pittsburgh’s.  Still, the Jets will gang up on him if the Bills don’t have the threat of a passing game.  The Bills would like to get WR Lee Evans going (5 rec, 29 yards) but the Jets will no doubt double cover him and make someone else beat them.

PREDICTION:  The Bills just don’t have enough offensive players to make this a game because the Jets are going to score a lot of points against their defense.  Take the Jets and lay the points.

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The Jets didn’t really play that well yesterday but it was just good enough to beat the Dolphins.  Chad Pennington did a solid job of managing the game as he completed 15 of 22 passes for 124 yards with 2 TD passes and 0 interceptions.  He also carried the ball 4 times for -1 yard and a TD.  Thomas Jones had a really solid football game as he carried the ball 25 times for 110 yards (4.4 ypc).  Leon Washington also was important yesterday and it wasn’t for his running as he carried the ball 7 times for 18 yards (2.6 ypc).  It was for his kickoff returns as he returned 2 for 111 yards (55.5 avg) including a 98-yarder for a TD.  Jerricho Cotchery (5 rec, 54 yards), Laveranues Coles (3 rec, 30 yards, TD) and TE Chris Baker (1 rec, 4 yards, TD) all pitched in with the passing game.  The Jets finished up with 141 yards rushing on 38 carries (3.7 ypc) and they completed 15 of 22 passes for 115 yards.

The Jets defense really didn’t play too well yesterday.  S Erik Coleman (11 tackles) and CBs David Barrett (8 tackles) & rookie Darrelle Revis (8 tackles) all were very busy with the Dolphins’ passing game.  The Dolphins rushed for 112 yards on 23 carries (4.9 ypc) and they also completed 23 of 36 passes for 312 yards.

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