Jets vs. Patriots

So here we go with "the most important game of the season" label. I thought that was last week? Or the two previous weeks? Well whatever I think the Jets actually have a great chance to win this game, not because NE has lost two straight games, but it seems like they have more momentum then they did earlier in the season. In the last game the offense had seven 3 and outs against the 32nd ranked passing D in the league. What the hell was the problem in that game? It's over, so it really doesn't matter much now. So what are gonna be the obstacles tonight?

1.)Mark Sanchez- I am no Phil Simms but it seems to me that unless everything goes right for Mark, he cannot get it done. He needs the running game to be firing on all cylinders, he needs the middle of the field to be open, and he cannot have defenders rushing him up the middle. Seems like the book on stopping him is clogging up the middle of the field and forcing him to throw outside the numbers. You know NE is gonna stuff the run, like they did last time, and this will negate the play action. 

2.)Brian Schottenheimer-So if I know that NE is gonna sell out to stop the run, you think he would know that right? Wrong! He thinks he has the best running game ever, so when he should be passing more he will continue to do all his motioning just to run a play that will net 2 yards. Hopefully he has devised a game plan that will attack NE down the field. The patriots starting S Patrick Chung is nursing a foot injury, can we please take advantage of that??

3.)Pressure- I think there was another time that a big showdown between these two teams took place in the second half a season, with the division on the line. Oh yeah that was last year when the Jets lost 45-3. It seems that when there is a chance to put NE away and show them and the NFL that they are for real, the Jets choke it away. Granted they made it to the AFC championship last year, but it could have been a lot easier. The Jets need to win this game by at least 10 points.

Prediction: NE-27 NYJ-23 The Jets are not ready to overtake the Patriots, sorry.