Game Preview - Week 4: New York Jets at Buffalo Bills

New York Jets: The Jets are no great shakes on offense (ranked 28th) but look to get healthy this week facing a Bills defense that hasn't stopped anybody on the ground or through the air. Thomas Jones must be licking his chops after seeing Ronnie Brown roll up 211 yds and 3 TDs against a Bills defense missing a slew of starters. Quarterback Chad Pennington is still nursing an ankle injury but is expected to start. WR Jerricho Cotchery is questionable with a shoulder injury. He's been limited in practice but expected to play.

Start: RB Thomas Jones, WR Laveranues Coles
Consider: WR Jerricho Cotchery, QB Chad Pennington
Sit: RB Leon Washington, TE Chris Baker

Buffalo: The Bills have been outscored 64-10 in their last two games, have been decimated by injuries, and seem to have lost all contact with Lee Evans. Evans has a grand total of 5 catches for the year, 29 yards and zero touchdowns. Ouch. Trent Edwards will start at quarterback for the injured J.P. Losman (knee) who left last weeks game in the first quarter. Edwards filled in, but only managed 10-of-20 for 97 yards and one interception against one of the best teams in the league… the New England Patriots. Normally, this might be a good spot for the Bills to get healthy, as the Jets don't' impose any real threat on defense but Buffalo is in such disarray personnel wise, their chances of winning this game are slim to none.

Start: RB Marshawn Lynch
Consider: WR Lee Evans
Sit: QB Trent Edwards, QB J.P. Losman, TE Robert Royal WR Peerless Price, WR Josh Reed

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

New York Jets
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 16	Chad Pennington	Pass: 220, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 13	Thomas Jones	Rush: 115, 1 Rec: 2-10, 0
RB 44	Leon Washington	Rush: 15, 0 Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 23	Laveranues Coles	Rec: 7-95, 1
WR 48	Jerricho Cotchery	Rec: 4-55, 0
WR 66	Justin McCareins	Rec: 2-30, 0
TE 28	Chris Baker	Rec: 1-15, 0

Buffalo Bills
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 27	Trent Edwards	Pass: 195, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 5	Marshawn Lynch	Rush: 110, 1 Rec: 2-15, 0
WR 35	Lee Evans	Rec: 4-60, 0
WR 59	Peerless Price	Rec: 3-35, 0
WR 61	Josh Reed	Rec: 2-30, 0
TE 26	Robert Royal	Rec: 2-15, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

New York Jets
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	NE	H	L 14-38	-24
2	2007-09-16	BAL	A	L 13-20	-7
3	2007-09-23	MIA	H	W 31-28	+3
4	2007-09-30	BUF	A	L 14-17	-3
5	2007-10-07	NYG	A
6	2007-10-14	PHI	H
7	2007-10-21	CIN	A
8	2007-10-28	BUF	H
9	2007-11-04	WAS	H
10		Bye
11	2007-11-18	PIT	H
12	2007-11-22	DAL	A
13	2007-12-02	MIA	A
14	2007-12-09	CLE	H
15	2007-12-16	NE	A
16	2007-12-23	TEN	A
17	2007-12-30	KC	H

Buffalo Bills
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	DEN	H	L 14-15	-1
2	2007-09-16	PIT	A	L 3-26	-23
3	2007-09-23	NE	A	L 7-38	-31
4	2007-09-30	NYJ	H	W 17-14	+3
5	2007-10-08	DAL	H
6		Bye
7	2007-10-21	BAL	H
8	2007-10-28	NYJ	A
9	2007-11-04	CIN	H
10	2007-11-11	MIA	A
11	2007-11-18	NE	H
12	2007-11-25	JAC	A
13	2007-12-02	WAS	A
14	2007-12-09	MIA	H
15	2007-12-16	CLE	A
16	2007-12-23	NYG	H
17	2007-12-30	PHI	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	NYJ Offense	BUF Offense	NFL Average
Points for	19.3	8.0	21.4
Rushing yards	90.0	108.0	111.8
Rushing yards per attempt	3.21	4.32	4.06
Completion %	61.1%	59.7%	62.4%
Passing yards	172.3	92.0	218.3
Passing yards per completion	9.40	6.90	10.83
Passing yards per attempt	5.74	4.12	6.76
Interceptions	0.7	0.7	1.0
Fumbles lost	0.0	0.3	0.9
Sacked	3.3	2.7	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 3 of the 2007 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Defense Stats Comparison

	NYJ Defense	BUF Defense	NFL Average
Points against	28.7	26.3	21.4
Rushing yards	121.3	177.3	111.8
Rushing yards per attempt	3.87	5.17	4.06
Completion %	68.7%	65.7%	62.4%
Passing yards	264.7	281.0	218.3
Passing yards per completion	11.68	12.58	10.83
Passing yards per attempt	8.02	8.26	6.76
INT return	0.3	0.7	1.0
Fumble recoveries	0.0	0.3	0.9
Sacks	0.3	1.0	2.2

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Team vs. Team History

New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	3	2000-09-17	BUF	NYJ	14-27	NYJ
2000	9	2000-10-29	NYJ	BUF	20-23	BUF
2001	4	2001-10-07	NYJ	BUF	42-36	NYJ
2001	16	2001-12-30	BUF	NYJ	14-9	BUF
2002	1	2002-09-08	NYJ	BUF	37-31	NYJ
2002	12	2002-11-24	BUF	NYJ	13-31	NYJ
2003	6	2003-10-12	BUF	NYJ	3-30	NYJ
2003	14	2003-12-07	NYJ	BUF	6-17	BUF
2004	5	2004-10-10	BUF	NYJ	14-16	NYJ
2004	9	2004-11-07	NYJ	BUF	17-22	BUF
2005	6	2005-10-16	NYJ	BUF	17-27	BUF
2005	17	2006-01-01	BUF	NYJ	26-30	NYJ
2006	3	2006-09-24	NYJ	BUF	28-20	NYJ
2006	14	2006-12-10	BUF	NYJ	31-13	BUF

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 and 2005 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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