We wont run the ball with the same success. They are getting a few D-line guys back next week. Cincy gets Benson back and he will make a difference for them. Simple formula for next week. If Sanchez doesnt turn the ball over we win. I think we're like 8-0 when we win the turnover battle. Its gonna be close...4-7 points which ever way it goes. Early prediction Jets - 20 Bengals - 16
It's really a fascinating rematch from a handicapper's point of view. NO ONE expected the Jets to dominate the Bengals' starters like that and who is to say the Jets just don't match up really well against them. Then again, it's extremely difficult to beat a playoff caliber team two weeks in a row. We'll see. I'm on cloud nine right now and I plan on staying that way for at least the next day or so. Then I'll worry about the rematch.
It's pretty tough to beat a good team twice in a row. Yes I saw the game last night and it sure was a beatdown and that has to help mentally next week. But it's in Cincy--maybe the Bengals can wipe the memory clean and start fresh with the home crowd going crazy and Benson in--it could be a very different feel. I think Sanchez has matured a bit but who knows how he'll react to early momentum going the other way, if it happens. I don't mean to be a downer I'm actually a glass half full kind of guy but I agree with the OP it's hard to get a sense of how the game will go.
As Jet fans we are all aware of the ups and downs the team, and we, have suffered through, but the Bengals have definitely had an up and down season of their own. The question is how does that affect you. We will certainly learn alot about the Bengals, and whether they show up. I am pretty sure the Jets will - momentum may not win you every game when you seem to have it, but it is definitely a factor, and the Jets have it. I think Rex has them believing, and it's not just that - the team seemed to have a great game plan, and the players believed in it and themselves. The Bengals, though, are more of a question mark.
We had to get in their heads after what we did to the starting team, especially their defense. I mean they new we were gonna run all day at them and they still couldn't stop us! Shone Greene looked like a f'n BEAST!
