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I also think the Jets have a chance to go into New England and beat the Patriots on Sunday. The Jets have beaten them before this season, and I really believe it will be a much closer game than that 45-3 game on Monday night in Week 13. The Patriots just ran away with that game.
If you really studied it, that game featured some poor decisions by the Jets early on that got them out of kilter. And once it starts snowballing on a team, it takes away the effort and the enthusiasm of the downtrodden, and it just goes from bad to worse.
I don’t believe the Jets will use the same game plan that worked so well for them against the Colts in the wild-card round. Against New England and Tom Brady, the Jets have to take away those underneath passing routes. And they have to pressure Brady. I believe they will do a lot more blitzing of Brady than they did against Peyton Manning the other night.
I think the Patriots, as well as they closed out the regular season, can be beaten. Now, it would be a shock. They have played so well down the stretch, and most of their wins have been blowouts. But if they get into a tight ballgame, you can never tell what may happen. Some doubt could enter into the minds of some of their younger players who really haven’t been there before. There’s a totally different kind of pressure in the playoffs