Despite losing to the New Orleans Saints, 10-24, the New York Jets remained in Top 10 of Power Rankings on all three major sports websites. In fact, ESPN even moved the Jets up from #6 to #5. CBS Sports had the Gang Green down one spot from #5 to #6, while FOX Sports kept them at #5.
Here's what the top 3 websites had to say about the Jets:
ESPN: Even though Mark Sanchez played like a rookie against the Saints' blitz, the Jets proved they can compete on the road.
FOX Sports: WHAT A SURPRISE: Everyone thought he had "it" all summer, but until he went out and beat the Patriots in Week 2 nobody was 100% certain that the Jets could be a playoff team with rookie QB Mark Sanchez calling signals. Despite a rough Week 4, the kid's gonna be alright.
WHAT A LETDOWN: That said, it's no fun to see a seemingly good egg react poorly to a game-changing, goal-line INT against the Saints by chop-blocking at Saints LB Jonathan Vilma's knees. Hopefully, he got that out of his system.
CBS Sports: Mark Sanchez had his first real rookie moment against the Saints last week. That should be it for a while. This is a good team.
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | |
ESPN | 23 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
FOX Sports | 20 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
CBS Sports | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 6 |