Friday, Jan. 14, 2011
12:32 p.m.
By Ray Didinger
CSNPhilly.com
Another matchup of bitter division rivals, this one with the verbal spice added by Jets coach Rex Ryan who this season talked enough trash to turn Staten Island into a landfill. Ryan has been talking Super Bowl for months and on Sunday, he faces his biggest hurdle when he meets the Patriots, the team with the NFLs best record.
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The two teams split their regular season meetings. The Jets won at home in Week 2, 28-14, as they intercepted Tom Brady twice (half of just four interceptions Brady threw all season). But since then the Patriots have reinvented themselves, trading away Randy Moss and turning the offense over to some youthful no-names (Danny Woodhead, Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez) and trusty veterans (Wes Welker and Deion Branch).
This Patriots defense isnt as good as the ones coach Bill Belichick assembled during their earlier Super Bowl runs, it is younger and more prone to breakdowns, but with the way the offense is playing (averaging 32.4 points per game during the regular season) it almost doesnt matter.
The Jets are looking for revenge for the 45-3 embarrassment the Patriots inflicted on them last month on Monday Night Football, but I dont see it happening.
Patriots 30, Jets 20