Are the Jets for Real?
Some football odds situations just don’t sound right coming off the tongue and the following phrase: “the Jets are a good team” is one of them. But believe it. Through two games the Jets have looked like one of the best football odds teams in the league.
And all this with a rookie QB and a rookie coach. Who would have thought that Mark Sanchez would have been an upgrade from Brett Favre? But Sanchez has been outstanding not only avoiding errors and turnovers, but making big plays to keep his team in the games –a rare trait for football odds rookies.
Rookie head coach Rex Ryan has also been outstanding. He has transformed a mediocre defense into a QB-killing machine. In Sunday’s massive win over the division rival Pats Tom Brady was running for his life. It is not easy to rattle Brady, but at Giants Stadium on Sunday, Brady was rattled.
Two weeks is hardly a revealing sample size, but right now the Jets are best team in the AFC East pro football odds and one of the top teams in the AFC.
The next 16 weeks will reveal just what kind of team this is. It will surely encounter some speed bumps in the NFL football odds competition along the way. And of course Sanchez is due for drop off in play and bound to have some bad Sundays.
But out of the gates, few teams have looked as impressive as the Jets. Aside from the QB play, the team has run the ball when necessary and sustained drives. On defense they’ve harassed the QB, stuff up running lanes and looked surprisingly good in pass coverage.
It may sound strange, but the Jets are a good team.
