Preview: New York Jets vs Buffalo - November 2, 2008

By Razor Sharp Sports

Heading into this season, I don’t think anyone would even try to make an argument that anyone besides the New England Patriots would win the AFC East.  Now here we are with all the teams in that division with 7 games and it truly is a dogfight for all 4 teams.  The Patriots and the Bills are tied for the lead at 5-2, but the New York Jets are just a game back at 4-3 and even Miami is 3-4 and playing much better.  So this week when the Jets head up-state to take on the Bills, the AFC East lead will be up for grabs.  Let’s take a look at each of the teams in this crucial divisional match-up.

First you have the visiting Jets.  Heading into the season, the Jets were a media darling to make the playoffs.  They added a couple of key offensive linemen in Damien Woody and Alan Faneca and they had a favorable schedule.  Oh yeah, they also added the All-Time leader in passing yards, touchdown, consecutive games played and pretty much any other meaningful QB record in Brett Favre.  Favre has had his ups and downs this season.  He had the game where he threw 6 touchdowns, but since has just 3 TD passes while throwing 7 interceptions.  Maybe the Jets should take a look at the 2007 Green Bay Packers.  They were much more effective running the ball first last season and then letting Favre throw.  The Jets have 4 former 1st round draft picks on the offense line, still they rank 15th in rushing.  Thomas Jones is the teams leading rusher, but is averaging just 76 yards per game.  The defense is still the strength of this team.  They rank 4th in the NFL in rush defense but are 20th in points allowed.

The home team here may be one of the biggest surprises so far in the NFL.  Buffalo has gotten solid play out of young QB Trent Edwards, a strong running game with Marshawn Lynch and consistant defensive play.  Edwards is currently ranked 8th in the NFL in QB rating at 92.9.  He is completing 68% of his passes with 5 TDs and only 3 interceptions.  Marshawn Lynch is 4th in the NFL in Rushing TDs with 6.  He has also run for 450 yards.  On defense, the team is ranked 11th with 20.4 points per game and 302.3 yards.  After a 4-0 start, they have dropped 2 of their last 3 games.

So what do I expect here,  well we are starting to get to the time of the season when the weather starts coming into play for the northern teams.  Look for both of these teams to try to use their running games and solid defense to control the game.  I expect a low scoring contest here.  Free winner for this weekend, take the NY Jets/Buffalo game UNDER the total of 42.   Don’t forget you can always get a free winner each and everyday from us by going to www.freeplays.com and clicking on Razor Sharp Sports or you can alwasy call the Razor Sharp Free Pick Phone at 1-800-549-7111.