This game has the potential to be the biggest beat down of the season as the Patriots will be inspired again.  “Spygate” has to be in Coach Belichick’s mind and he will have his team relentless in trying to run up the score in this game.

The Jets might have a chance to keep the game closer than the 25-pointspread as long as Thomas Jones has a good game running the ball.  Teams only are averaging 99.6 yards rushing per game against the Patriots this season but they are allowing 4.3 yards per carry so the Jets should be able to run the ball some.  They need to run the ball well or the Patriots are going to bring the dogs against QB Kellen Clemens and the results will be ugly.

The Patriots will probably run the ball a tad more than usual as the Jets are allowing 141.9 yards rushing per game and 4.3 yards per carry.  So, look for Laurence Maroney to have a solid game this Sunday.  Tom Brady has been amazing this season (123.5 QB Rating) and he should have no trouble moving the football around to take advantage of the Jets secondary.

PREDICTION:  NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 49, NEW YORK JETS 6

The Jets look like they are finally waking up as they defeated the Steelers in overtime last week and they fell in OT against Washington in the game before.  The Cowboys are looking like they are the 2nd or 3rd best team in football right now.

The Jets will likely try to run the ball a lot with Thomas Jones (723 yards rushing) and Leon Washington in an attempt to keep the ball away from the Cowboys offense.  That will be easier said than done as the Cowboys only allow 84.3 yards rushing per game and 3.6 ypc.  Kellen Clemens did make some big throws in the game last week but he must be careful against a Cowboys defense that has 15 interceptions  already this season.

The Cowboys will likely try to get the lead passing and then pound the ball on the ground to finish up the game.  Tony Rom0 (2,848 yards, 27 TDs and 12 INTs) and Terrell Owens (58 rec, 1.028 yards, 12 TD receptions) will likely be playing a game of catch all game long unless the Jets are effective in blitzing like they were last week against the Steelers.  Marion Barber and Julius Jones should both have decent games against the Jets defense which is allowing 148.2 yards rushing per game.

PREDICTION:  COWBOYS 28, JETS 17

This game has the potential to be a big-time shootout as both teams have good skills players on offense and terrible defenses.  These two teams are two of the most disappointing teams in the NFL this season as the Jets are 1-5 and the Bengals are 1-4.

If the Jets were smart (LOL) they would run the football to attempt to keep their own defense on the sidelines.  Thomas Jones (420 yards rushing) appears to be waking up and he should have a good game Sunday against the Bengals defense who are allowing 145.8 yards rushing per game and 4.9 ypc.  Jets’ QBs have been sacked 15 times this season already but if the line gives Chad Pennington time to throw he will have a good game.  Laveranues Coles and Jerricho Cotchery will give the young Bengals corners all kinds of trouble in this game.

With Rudi Johnson doubtful to play in this game look for an Air Raid by the Bengals offense.  Opposing QBs are sporting a 100.1 QB Rating against the Jets so Carson Palmer has to be licking his chops right now.  Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh will likely have big games against the Jets who are allowing 243.3 yards passing per game.  Kenny Watson (5.2 ypc) has played well while Rudi Johnson has been out and the Jets are allowing 131.5 yards rushing and 4.2 ypc so the Bengals will run the ball if they get an early lead in this game.

PREDICTION:  This will be the most entertaining game of the day if you like offense.  I will side with the Bengals because they have better skill players than the Jets do.  BENGALS 34, JETS 28.

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Both of these teams are desperate for a victory as the Eagles are 1-3 while the Jets are 1-4.  Donovan McNabb is still trying to get into his groove as something appears to be missing from his game.  Chad Pennington of the Jets is still trying to fight off Kellen Clemens for his starting job.

The Eagles will be getting RB Brian Westbrook back this week from injury and that should scare the Jets who are allowing 127.6 yards rushing per game and 4.0 yards per carry.  Westbrook is averaging 171.3 yards rushing and receiving per game and 7.3 yards per touch so far this season and he will be a major pain in the side of the Jets Front 7 on defense.  The Jets only have 3 sacks this season so McNabb should have time to throw against a Jets defense that is allowing 239.6 yards passing per game.  Look for both Kevin Curtis (19 rec, 323 yards, 3 TDs) and Reggie Brown (8 rec, 81 yards) to have good games against the Jets.

The Eagles blitz from all angles and that will cause the Jets problems.  The Jets have allowed 12 sacks this season while the Eagles already have 16 sacks in only 4 games.  DE Trent Cole (5 sacks) will get to have body contact with Chad Pennington early and often in this game.  The only way to slow the pass rush of the Eagles is to run the football so the Jets will attempt to run the football with Thomas Jones (290 yards rushing, 3.3 ypc) against the rugged run defense of the Eagles which is allowing only 74.5 yards rushing per game and 3.4 yards per carry.  The Jets must keep the passing game short to Laveranues Coles (32 rec, 300 yards, 4 TDs) and Jerricho Cotchery (30 rec, 414 yards) because they likely won’t have much time to throw the ball.

PREDICTION:  The matchups spell doom for the Jets in this game.  Look for the Eagles to win this game as the fans start yelling for Kellen Clemens before halftime.

 

This is a big game for both teams.  The Jets are a surprising 1-3 and they were shredded last week by a rookie QB making his first NFL start.  The Giants have seem to gotten back on the right track as they have fixed up the defense.  The defense allowed 80 points in the first two weeks (both losses) but they have only allowed 20 points in the last two weeks which were both wins.

The Jets look like they might be in some trouble in this matchup as they have been having offensive line problems and the Giants had 12 sacks against Donovan McNabb last week who is much more mobile than Chad Pennington.  With that in mind look for the Jets to run the football and throw short passes for the receivers.  Thomas Jones has been a disappointment so far this season for the Jets as he has 254 yards rushing (3.4 ypc) but the Giants allow 105.3 yards rushing per game and 3.9 yards per carry so look for the Jets to try out the running game.  Chad Pennington (105.8 QB Rating) will have to get rid of the ball fast against a Giants defense that has 16 sacks already this season.  Jerricho Cotchery (26 rec, 382 yards) and Laveranues Coles (24 rec, 211 yards) will have to make some big plays over the middle because the Jets won’t likely have much time to throw the ball.

The Jets defense is really bad against the pass and that’s bad news when playing the Giants.  The Jets are allowing 253.0 yards passing per game so Eli Manning (890 yards passing) will likely spread the football around to Plaxico Burress (19 rec, 286 yards, 6 TDs), Amani Toomer (19 rec, 217 yards) and TE Jeremy Shockey (16 rec, 197 yards) and the Jets will have problems stopping them.  Brandon Jacobs is ready to return to work and that is bad news for the Jets defense that is allowing 112.5 yards rushing per game.  Jacobs is a bully and he will try to bring the pain to the Jets defense.

PREDICTION:  The Giants almost win every matchup in this football game and they are playing much better than the Jets.  Look for the Giants to win this game by 7-10 points.