These New York Jets

This whole circus comes to Gillette on Sunday

Tebow. Obviously the first word is Tebow, but The Jets are probably going to throw the ball 36 times with Sanchez because Rex Ryan will want to test The Patriots secondary (who wouldn't). Tebow will be seen on maybe 10 Offensive snaps, but he will play on Special Teams as a unique "personal protector." The Jets have already converted on fake punts through the air and on the ground. Tebow is a powerful runner, so he is a viable option on 4th and short.

Sanchez vs. Coney Island Cyclone as the bumpiest roller-coaster ride in New York? If you haven't ridden a wooden roller-coaster before, you wouldn't know, but the bumpy ups and downs on the ride leave you with bruised ribs and numb testicles. New Yorkers must be gluttons for punishment to accept the same kind of treatment from their starting QB. Still, The Patriots secondary seems like one of those Hell-evator rides that takes you up slowly and ends with you falling at incredible speeds. Sorry Sanchez, but even if you have an amazing day it will be about how bad The Pats DBs are.

People in my shoes should be looking at a guy like Mark Sanchez, who we openly laugh at on Sundays, as a great QB. Any and every QB looks good against this group, and we should reserve our criticisms of Sanchez for one week. The last thing we need to do is feed The Jets trolls. We should be nervous, and I am. RB Shonn Green finally got going last week. The Jets are feeling good at 3-3.

all stats are as according to ESPN.com 

Rex feels so good he can't control himself in press conferences. Revis, his best Defensive player is out, and his starting QB is completing 49.7% of his passes. Santonio Holmes is out, Dustin Keller has been injured, etc. Unfortunately, all people in New England want to talk about is who the Jets don't have. Let's talk about what the Jets actually do:

OFFENSIVELY
The Jets like to run the ball up the middle. Last week, 53% of their rushing plays (22/41 for 153 and 2 TDs) went behind C Nick Mangold. The Jets use that mentality to open up the off-Tackle stuff. The Jets only ran outside the Tackles 17% of the time, but they were effective (7.28 ypc). Up the middle, they had a 6.95 yard per carry rate, but they had sustained success the whole game. The Jets had a pretty good rushing day against a young Colts team with a front that is much different from the Love-Wilfork-Jones front that they'll face in Foxboro.

Will The Jets spread out the D and test the DBs
or will they look to ground n' pound?

I expect Sanchez to put up good numbers against The Patriots. Big surprise. All Sanchez needs to do to be successful in this game is don't throw any INTs. If he tries to over-extend himself due to the failure of the running game, then he's in trouble. That is, provided we stop Shonn Green (108 carries for 378 yards) and Bilal Powell (34 carries for 131 yards) out of the backfield.

Also we need to have constant vigilance and detailed preparation for how to handle the trick plays The Jets will inevitably run with guys like Joe McKnight and Tim Tebow under an OC like Tony Sparano. I expect The Jets to use some of those plays they've been saving for The Patriots.

DEFENSIVELY
The Jets have filled in admirably without Darrelle Revis, but his absence represents a huge advantage for Wes Welker. In years past, Revis has done a very nice job limiting Welker. Brady typically avoided anyone on Revis island last year, but it would have been interesting to see Revis vs Lloyd instead of Revis on Welker. Without him, The Jets are likely to match-up Antonio Cromartie against Lloyd. This leaves Welker with Kyle Wilson or Ellis Lankster (who is surprisingly not lanky at only 5'9").

Its pretty well documented that Cromartie
doesn't think highly of Tom Brady

Aaron Hernandez would have a favorable match-up anywhere on the field if Wilson takes Welker because he'd be too tall for Lankster, too fast for LBs Bart Scott, Calvin Pace, Garrett McIntyre or David Harris to handle alone. The Jets will likely use zone schemes with Safeties Yeremiah Bell and La'ron Landry paying a lot of attention to the TEs. The Jets usually mix in jams and free releases to disguise their coverage and disrupt Brady's timing on short routes, and I expect that to continue. Therefore, Hernandez and Gronkowski need to take advantage of their opportunities when they get a free release. Likewise, Brady needs to find the soft spots and be accurate.

The Jets know The Patriots very well, and this familiarity helps the Defense against the no-huddle. If Brady tries to hurry-up against The Jets, he won't be fooling them. It will all be about execution on Sunday. Brady may not be able to replicate the tempo he had against The Bills because Rex will keep his Defense simple. However, the no-huddle will limit the substitutions along the DL. The Jets DL is anchored by 325 lb NT Sione Pouha, but Rex will rotate him with 346 lb Kendrick Ellis. Wilkerson, DeVito, and Coples rotate at 3-4 end and move around in different fronts. All three are have been quiet this year, and the Rookie Coples leads the group with 1.5 sacks. The Jets Defense is not what it once was, but there is no lack of youth, size or talent.

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kick returner Joe McKnight has already registered a 100 yard TD return in 2012, let's not give up number two. The Patriots have injuries on the Special Teams, and it was a factor against Seattle. The Patriots need to keep their lane discipline, and Gostowski needs to boot it out of the endzone. McKnight hasn't been returning punts this year, instead it has been Jeremy Kerley shagging balls for New York. Kerley as well has been dangerous, taking one back for a 68 yard TD. Mesko and his coverage team need to be better than they were in Seattle.