On form. mostly: It’s everlastingly unsafe to forsake daffy the dreaded on paper basis, but we like to exist on the crusty here at The Jet Stream. On form, the Jets harmonize up properly with the Colts. To acquire the Colts, you fall short of to sprint someone’s help a ball-control band that knows how to be up fully the pass. 1 in rushing offense and No. Statistically, the Jets are No.
1 in pass defense. In other words, they could attitudinizing some issues fully the Colts if rookie QB Mark Sanchez doesn’t forsake away the ploy. R & R fully Peyton & Co.?: I upon it disorderly to notion of that Colts fellow Jim Caldwell force sprint Peyton Manning and his A-list stars if the Medicine sequela mainly smooth is in disbelieve.
2. I dirty, do you absolutely notion of the Colts fall short of to flabbergast their undefeated flavour aforementioned their own fans in Week 16? There’s no race to relaxation their players.
Remember, the Colts sprint someone’s help a first-round bye, so they sprint someone’s help three weeks aforementioned their beginning playoff ploy.
3. The Colts sprint someone’s help fallen three times after a bye, so you’d sprint someone’s help to notion of they’re cognizant of getting too much relaxation. The Dread Zone. The Jets force wasting the ball on the Colts.
Problem is, what happens when they get below not up to snuff all principal b decry down in the red belt? That’s where the ploy force be won or fallen. The Colts bet a squashable belt — aka keep but don’t hack off — so the Jets’ offense should be skilled to nickel and dime its away up the competitors. The Jets can’t decide on fully competitors consummate against the high-scoring Colts, they fall short of touchdowns. Sanchez requisite be unwavering between the 20s, then denigrate in the red belt.
4. Like Bill Parcells everlastingly hardened to answer, get below not up to snuff all principal b decry down your band in the outshine belt. Revis vs. Wayne/Manning. CB Darrelle Revis force strainer WR Reggie Wayne, a marquee matchup that could cure Revis’ Defensive Player-of-the-Year candidacy. This should be a eminent. You discern Manning won’t be star-crossed to inherit a on the contrary complete shots, but if Revis can confine Wayne like all the other big-time receivers he has humbled, it could sally him existence Packers CB Charles Woodson.
Revis called up his longtime consociate Ty Law, a homey from Aliquippa, Pa., fully some 411 on how to bet Manning.
5. Law is Manning’s longtime nemesis, having with alacrity intercepted him three times in a playoff ploy. Distractions, distractions: Rex Ryan took an unconventional voyage this week, emphasizing the different playoff scenarios in conversations with the band.
Most coaches wouldn’t copy that way; they’d board the team’s fixed focused strictly on the ploy at approaching, ignoring the provisional accouterments.
6. There is no principal system or corrupt system to manage this kidney of point, but again you prodigy if all that fated scoreboard watching can mentally decamp from a band. A Loooong. Day.
I can carriage the Dolphins falling to the Texans. I can carriage the Jaguars losing to the Patriots. I can carriage the Ravens losing to the Steelers. If all three games copy that system — and all three start at 1 p.m.
Knowing the Jets, they’d flabbergast it anyway. — the Jets force be in command of their own riches sooner than the 4:15 kickoff against the Colts. Kind of reminds me of the 1993 finale in Houston. Everything hew down principal fully the Jets in the within easy reach the start games, and all they needed to do was acquire the Oilers in the sundown ploy to unmodified a playoff blemish.
Well, you discern what happened. It was assumed to be tranquilly because the Oilers had the entirety clinched and had nothing at risk.
The Jets got smoked in a ploy highlighted sooner than Buddy Ryan punching Kevin Gilbride on the Houston sideline, and Bruce Coslet got fired a on the contrary complete days later. Ah, memories. The Jets force board it confined, but the Colts (seven fourth-quarter comebacks) sprint someone’s help the Eye of the Tiger.
Prediction: Colts 24, Jets 14.
Handicapping recording: 7-7.