The Patriots are tough to beat but not unbeatable. When the Patriots are playing mistake free, or close to it, football, I'd say the odds are strongly in their favor.
I don't think it's a good article but I think it's pretty much common sense. The offense really carries the Patriots far more than their defense does. And Brady is the nerve center. He makes everyone around him better. If you want to beat the Pats, you have to hit him and keep hitting him hard. But this is commonly accepted for football, even Bill Walsh, whose West Coast Offense was seen more to his success than anything, always preached about the need to generate an effective pass rush in the later stages of the game.
I don't think the strategy to beat an NFL team once you break down their tendencies is all that hard, I think it's the execution part that's a struggle. The Jets simply don't have a very good pass rush. Then again, neither do the Patriots and many other teams. Teams are more pass happy and it's evolved to a more QB league based on the reality of the salary cap (where QBs are still highly valued but RBs are not in comparison as more teams shift to a RBBC) and the rules which do favor the offense ( offense sells and is marketable to the NFL) more often than not. ( Not just the Pats, but every NFL offense)
It's hard to have a dominant defense when the rules and game become so much more limiting to defensive players in general.
IMHO, it might come down to a bad day by the Patriots O line and a killer day by the Jets D in terms of pass rush that will decide this game. Rex Ryan isn't totally wrong, it might come down to his rushing schemes versus Belichicks adjustments.
During Hard Knocks, I don't think Rex Ryan and Mike Westhoff were wrong. If you aren't sure what you are supposed to do, just start hitting people really hard and good things are probably going to happen. It's a compliment to Brady that the best way to stop him is simply to pummel him.
