It’s amazing how quickly things change in the NFL. Following their Week 2 win over New England, the Jets were 2-0 and you already heard people talking about the playoffs, and how far New York could go once January rolled around. After Week 3, when the Jets beat the Titans, if you listened to Jets’ fans, you would have thought that they were a lock for the Super Bowl.
Now, as the Jets get ready to take on the Patriots Sunday in Foxborough, they’ve lost five of six, and at 4-5, though mathematically they’re still alive, they have no shot at the playoffs. No Kris Jenkins. No Leon Washington. A rookie quarterback who has a lot to prove, and a first-year head coach who’s experiencing his first crisis. And now the Patriots. New England is 6-3 and coming off one of its worst losses in recent memory last Sunday at Indianapolis.
With the injuries to Jenkins and Washington, the Jets’ slide, the addition of Wes Welker, who did not play when the teams met earlier this year, and a hungry Patriots’ team looking to seek revenge, and angry over last week’s loss, this one could get ugly.
Since I can’t wait until Sunday, I’ll make my prediction now: Patriots 38, Jets 16
