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Agreed DBrick is having his worse year ever, and Mangold is not what he once was but is still quite good,RG is a mess and LG and RT is average, but they are a big line anddepending on match ups have some great games. The D line IMHO is good, but with the exception ofDavis has no speed and Davis hasbeen somewhat meh. Harris hurt his back last game and he has been having a great year.
I worry about Gronk and the Pats short passing game, Pats D is good, but not Dallas good, I can see the Jets racking up 27 points?
It was a big slap in the face vs Dallas when the Jets couldn't pick up 6" or a yard when needed. In that respect us Jet fans have been spoiled over the recent years. The oline could always overpower the D for the important short yards. Really hope that is some sort of easily fixed issue.
As far as the Pats O? Well #1 there's Brady. Don't really have to discuss that one. Other than that though, I've been saying for a while now, missing Edelman is huge! Many will disagree, but in the Pats O, Edelman > Gronk. If Edelman is out, that allows for easily doubling Gronk.
Last game don't think the Jets did too bad vs Gronk. Coples did let up a wide open TD when he decided to blitz along with the safety just for $hits and giggles. Smh, yeah let's leave the best TE in the game wide open for a TD in the 4th quarter. Thankfully that dumb@ss is gone now.
Before that though, Gronk didn't kill us. Especially before Pryor got hurt.
If the Jets lose this game, they don't deserve to make the playoffs anyway. Though still more than any AFC South or NFC East team.
**Edit: I just realized Amendola may miss the game too! Sure ya always wanna face (and hopefully beat) the opponent at full strength, but given the tight wildcard race... Hells Yeah!!! Jets better not lose this game if Edelman and Amendola are out. In fact the Pats may want to consider "resting" Brady. He's gonna have to hold onto the ball quite a bit longer w/o those two in the lineup. Wilk, Sheldon, Snacks, Williams gonna have a field day vs that oline.