but their schedule isnt packed in the middle with the same degree of difficulty i believe. they play pitt towards the end when who knows how much it will mean to them. They play the thanksgiving game at home compared to pats on the road after the indy game . They play clev and detriot back to back. whereas the pats play minn before and pitt after cleveland which by no means is a gimme.
Couple of things to consider:
- Jets have to travel to NE, where their "grabby" DBs get more attention from the officials
- After the Lions game in 2 weeks, the Jets have 8 straight games outdoors in cold weather sites. Sanchez has only played in 5 games under 50 degress (possibly in his life since he rarely left California as an amateur). Here are his stats:
BUF...10-29, 119, 0 TD, 5 INT (44 degrees with 18 MPH wind)
at NE...8-21, 136, 1 TD, 4 INT (45 degrees with 10 MPH wind)
ATL...18-32, 226, 1 TD, 3 INT (29 degrees with 20 MPH gusts)
CIN...8-16, 63, 0 TD, 0 INT (20 degrees with 20 MPH wind)
at CIN...12-15, 182, 1 TD, 0 INT (21 degrees with 11 MPH wind)
1 good game, 1 nothing game (Cincy wasn't trying) and 3 disasters. I wouldn't make the assumption that Sanchez won't have his passer rating fall like the temperature.