{"id":61092,"date":"2022-11-05T11:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T15:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=61092"},"modified":"2022-11-05T11:31:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T15:31:06","slug":"week-9-buffalo-bills-game-info-matchups-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2022\/11\/05\/week-9-buffalo-bills-game-info-matchups-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9 Buffalo Bills Game Info\/Matchups to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Game Information<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buffalo Bills (-11.5) @ New York Jets (45.5 O\/U)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Date\/Time: November 6th, 2022, 1:00pm EST<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Announcers: CBS &#8211; Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Location\/Weather: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ (75\u2109\/10-15 mph winds\/13% chance of rain)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Referee: Land Clark<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>2022 Season Leaders<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Passing: Josh Allen (173\/264, 65.5% comp%, 2,198 yards, 19 TDs, 6 INTs)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rushing: Devin Singletary (71 att, 323 yards, 0 TD)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Receiving: Stefon Diggs (55 rec, 764 yards, 7 TDs)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tackles: Tremaine Edmunds (52)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sacks: Von Miller (6.0)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interceptions: Jordan Poyer (4)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Jets\/Bills History<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BUF leads all-time series 67-56-0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last Matchup: 2021, NYJ lost 27-10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last Jets Win: 2019, NYJ won 13-6<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Matchups to Watch<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sauce Gardner vs Stefon Diggs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens once said, \u201cget your popcorn ready!\u201d By now, I feel as though any opposing team\u2019s elite-level wideout is going to warrant this entry, so once again Sauce Gardner is my main matchup to watch. The battle between he and Stefon Diggs is going to be one that fans will appreciate for years to come. One of the best route runners in the game, Diggs comes in with 7 touchdowns on 55 receptions, and is unquestionably the hardest challenge to date for the Jets\u2019 rookie corner. I don\u2019t expect it to always look pretty for New York\u2019s 4th overall draft pick, but these games can easily propel Gardner into the discussion as a top cornerback in the league. Look for Sauce to lock up with Diggs in man coverage, particularly on third downs, something he has excelled at so far this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jets Tight Ends vs Bills Safeties<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bills have suffered two substantial injuries to their safety room, with both starters Jordan Poyer (elbow) and Micah Hyde (season-ending neck injury) out for this game. That means second-year defensive back Damar Hamlin had to step into a major role moving forward for Buffalo, starting the last four games. Although I don\u2019t see many scenarios where Hamlin will be locked onto TE Tyler Conklin or C.J. Uzomah in man coverage, I thought it was a matchup to note because Hamlin is allowing an 85.7% catch rate (6\/7) on the season. That means Conklin has a chance to find continued success with seam routes and glance routes stemming from the RPO game. The other new starter at safety is Jaquan Johnson, who has allowed 5 catches on 5 targets and 1 touchdown this season. This could be the weak link the Jets need in an otherwise championship-caliber defense. If Wilson can find his tights ends early and often, it will open up more of the playbook for this offense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Keys to Victory<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Limit Josh Allen on the ground. Force another Bills runner to beat you Sunday, so you don\u2019t need to assign an extra box defender to \u201cspy\u201d Allen. Apply pressure with the front four, using the stunts and twists that have been a proven success, and try to keep Allen inside the pocket. Let your backend of the defense do their thing in coverage against an elite group of pass-catchers. When \u201con the run\u201d or scrambling this season, Josh Allen has 26 rushes for 245 yards, according to PFF. He is also 2nd on the Bills in total rushing yards, 17 behind running back Devin Singletary. 67.6% of Allen\u2019s yards come after contact as a runner (207 of 306), so the first tackler to him needs to make sure they wrap him up until help arrives. He also has 15 missed tackles forced, as well as 12 runs of ten or more yards. Discipline will be imperative for this entire defense on Sunday.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep Zach Wilson within the timing of the play. This is obviously easier said than done, and will ultimately fall on Wilson\u2019s shoulders alone, but until he learns to consistently operate inside the framework of the designed play, things will not look easy for this offense. Offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur had playmakers schemed open several times against the Patriots, and Wilson simply refused the \u201cboring\u201d play in order to attempt the heroic one. If these same critical errors return with Wilson to MetLife on Sunday, the Jets will have no chance to overcome it, no matter how well the defense plays. Wilson told the media this week that he has learned from his mistakes and knows he has to trust his defense to get the ball back for him.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Predictions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Jets offense will not score a touchdown<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh Allen will be held under 245 yards passing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denzel Mims and Elijah Moore have 3+ receptions each<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere are still a lot of stripes we have to earn, but at the same time, the progress that these young guys are making and the things that we\u2019ve been able to do in all three phases of football have been exciting, but we still have a long way to go.\u201d Robert Saleh said when asked how he would assess the team at the halfway point of the season. Obviously, the Jets know that for all the good they have already done this season, they are far from their end goal. Most of the mistakes being made are correctable, which makes it easier, but until they get cleaned up there will be more bumps in the road. Most of the resolutions will be found within Zach Wilson, proving he can take what\u2019s available on any given play while living to see the next one. The Jets have been a fun story this year, but this game is just not theirs for the taking (yet). Fire up Greg Zuerlein! The Jets head into a much needed bye week at 5-4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Score:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Loss, 24-12<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Information Buffalo Bills (-11.5) @ New York Jets (45.5 O\/U) Date\/Time: November 6th, 2022, 1:00pm EST Announcers: CBS &#8211; Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn Location\/Weather: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ (75\u2109\/10-15 mph winds\/13% chance of rain) Referee: Land Clark &nbsp; 2022 Season Leaders Passing: Josh Allen (173\/264, 65.5% comp%, 2,198 yards, 19 TDs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":61093,"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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets-game-previews"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ZachWilsonPractice.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-fTm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61092","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61094,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61092\/revisions\/61094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}