{"id":41345,"date":"2018-09-29T08:31:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T12:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=41345"},"modified":"2018-09-29T08:31:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T12:31:11","slug":"new-york-jets-vs-jaguars-key-head-to-head-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2018\/09\/29\/new-york-jets-vs-jaguars-key-head-to-head-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets vs Jaguars Key Head-to-Head Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1-2 New York Jets head in to Jacksonville where they’ll take on the Jaguars who can’t be all that pleased at the moment after losing 9-6 last week against the banged up Tennessee Titans.\u00a0 A definite super bowl contender, the Jaguars could be the toughest game the Jets play this season, depending on which version of Blake Bortles shows up.\u00a0 Which battles will be key?\u00a0 Let’s take a look.<\/p>\n

LT Kelvin Beachum vs EDGE Yannick Ngakoue:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, we couldn’t have picked a worse time to publish this article<\/strong><\/a> on the Jets offensive line with the Jaguars up next.\u00a0 This will be the best group the Jets have played up to this point and they’re likely to give the Jets O-line fits all day.\u00a0 Ngakoue does a nice job of lining up wide off the edge and using an array of moves to get to the quarterback.\u00a0 Beachum did a nice job against Myles Garrett last week, but things don’t get any easier this Sunday.\u00a0 Another key will be for Beachum and RT Brandon Shell to contend with Dante Fowler as a situational pass rusher.<\/p>\n

QB Sam Darnold vs Pressure:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jaguars defense can get after the quarterback from so many different places that Darnold’s head could be spinning before he even gets his bearings.\u00a0 As much as fans don’t want to hear it, don’t be surprised if there’s another heavy dose of quick screens from Darnold to offset the Jags pass rush.\u00a0 An early deep ball or two might be a good idea to loosen things up, but don’t count on it.<\/p>\n

ILB’s Darron Lee and Avery Williamson vs RB Leonard Fournette:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fournette is an old school banger out of the backfield who can make defenders pay if he gets them lined up one on one.\u00a0 Fournette getting\u00a0 a head of steam up the middle against Darron Lee is not something the Jets want to see at any point.\u00a0 Williamson is better suited to take on the bruising back and he had a huge game last week against the Browns.<\/p>\n

DL Leonard Williams vs LG Andrew Norwell:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Williams can play it cool all he likes, but he’s got to be feeling the heat after being shut out on the stat sheet last week.\u00a0 He’ll likely get his share of matchups against Norwell, who is one of the league’s best pass blocking guards.\u00a0 If Williams can win some one-on-one battles against Norwell, it would do wonders for his confidence and get him trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n

WR Robby Anderson vs CB Jalen Ramsey:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ramsey is one of the best up-and-coming cornerbacks in the game and Robby Anderson hasn’t made an impact play since his 41-yard touchdown reception against the Lions in week one.\u00a0 Even if it’s just to plant it in Jacksonville’s mind, the Jets have to take a deep shot or two to Anderson who is likely to draw Ramsey in coverage.<\/p>\n

S Marcus Maye vs TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maye is expected to make his 2018 debut and Seferian-Jenkins would like nothing more than to stick it to his former team that wasn’t willing to outbid the Jags for his services this offseason.\u00a0 The big bodied Seferian-Jenkins is a likely red zone target.\u00a0 Will he be able to hold on to the ball this time around?<\/p>\n

RB Bilal Powell vs LB Myles Jack<\/strong><\/p>\n

One aspect of last week’s loss that hasn’t come up much was the lack of work Bilal Powell got against the Browns.\u00a0 Powell has proven over the years that the Jets offense is far more potent when he’s included in the passing game.\u00a0 Jack is has a reputation as one of the better cover linebackers in the league, so this one could be interesting.<\/p>\n

It’s a big game early on in the season for the Jets and an opportunity to see how Sam Darnold fares against an elite defense on the road.\u00a0 Kickoff is at 1pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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The 1-2 New York Jets head in to Jacksonville where they’ll take on the Jaguars who can’t be all that pleased at the moment after losing 9-6 last week against the banged up Tennessee Titans.\u00a0 A definite super bowl contender, the Jaguars could be the toughest game the Jets play this season, depending on which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":37094,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[258],"tags":[2834,2373,2392,2643,2447,2856],"class_list":{"0":"post-41345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets-game-previews","8":"tag-avery-williamson","9":"tag-darron-lee","10":"tag-kelvin-beachum","11":"tag-marcus-maye","12":"tag-robby-anderson","13":"tag-sam-darnold"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_3579.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-aKR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41345","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\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41350,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41345\/revisions\/41350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}