{"id":1787,"date":"2008-11-12T22:56:46","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T03:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2008-11-12T22:56:46","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T03:56:46","slug":"week-11-preview-ny-jets-at-ne-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2008\/11\/12\/week-11-preview-ny-jets-at-ne-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 11 Preview: NY Jets at NE Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Tom Kiss
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\nComing off one of the most dominating performances in Jets history, the 6-3 Jets have the chance to avenge their week two loss to the Pats Thursday night in Foxboro.\u00a0 This is as big a regular season game that I have seen in my 25 years as a Jet fan, and a win here could really get the Jets rolling.\u00a0 It won’t be easy to beat the Pats, who are also 6-3 and tied for the division lead with the green and white.\u00a0 This is a huge game for this organization, and a win here would ease the minds of Jets fans who wonder if Belichick doesn’t have Mangini’s number.
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\nWhen the Jets have the ball:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The key for the Jets this week is going to be the running game.\u00a0 The offensive line has looked much improved lately, and last week they blew the Rams of the ball constantly.\u00a0 Thomas Jones has been running the ball better than the Jets could have hoped when the traded for him.\u00a0 If the Jets can run the ball half as well as they did last week it will be a great advantage.<\/p>\n

Favre threw just 19 passes last week, but you can bet that number will be a bit higher this week.\u00a0 This is the game the Jets brought Favre in for and you can bet he’ll be ready to go.\u00a0 The real question is will Favre play like he has the last two weeks, by which I mean within himself, or if he will try and do too much and get himself in trouble.
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\nWhen the Patriots have the ball:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jets defense has started to look like something special the last few weeks.\u00a0 Kris Jenkins has been superb in the middle, and he is a leading reason as to why the Jets have gone from a glorified track to a stone wall.\u00a0 The Pats could try and run at this defense early and see if they can get something going, but the smart money is on Belichick running occasionally while using the short passing game to move the ball.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the wild card comes in, Matt Cassel.\u00a0 In the week two game, Cassel managed the game very well and didn’t make a mistake, but that won’t be as easy this time.\u00a0 As the defense has come together, the pass rush has been very effective.\u00a0 Calvin Pace and Bryan Thomas have given opposing QB’s fits, and Jenkins has also been effective up the middle.\u00a0 Expect the Jets to use an array of ways to create pressure, including sending corners and safeties.
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\nMatch up of the game: Eric Mangini vs. Bill Belichick<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the match up of the game.\u00a0 Belichick, as much as I dislike him, has done a good job with the Pats this year despite some major injuries.\u00a0 Mangini, despite early struggles, has got this team peeking at the right time.\u00a0 As these two face each other for the seventh time it is their decision making, game management, and ability to adjust that will be the difference.<\/p>\n

Prediction:\u00a0 NYJ 20 – NE 19
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By Tom Kiss Coming off one of the most dominating performances in Jets history, the 6-3 Jets have the chance to avenge their week two loss to the Pats Thursday night in Foxboro.\u00a0 This is as big a regular season game that I have seen in my 25 years as a Jet fan, and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[258,36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-new-york-jets-game-previews","7":"category-tom-kiss"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-sP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}