Mike Dussault

We made it through the bye week!! It was a fairly boring day of football watching at the Ministry of PatsPropaganda, especially with the Jets come back win over the Chargers.

Let’s refocus on what’s ahead for the Pats and how the rest of the AFC is shaking out.

First we must begin with the Jets who turned in an impressive win over the unimpressive Chargers. I think Mark Sanchez still looks off to me, but their defense finally stepped up and sparked the team with some big plays.

The game itself looked a lot to me like the Jets win over the Patriots in the playoffs last year. Even with two wins in a row I still see the Jets as a second level AFC team, similar to the same way I see the Chargers who suddenly look like their following up on their first missed playoff appearance in a while with another lackluster season. A lot of that probably has to do with how banged up they are.

Mark Sanchez still just seems off to me. And everyone can suddenly pretend Plaxico is back to the threat he was before prison, but he still looks, as one scout put it, “like he has a piano on his back” to me.

This sets up a great match up for the Jets and Bills after the Jets bye week. The Jets will need that time to prepare, especially for Fred Jackson. I love that the Jets have to go to Buffalo this time. After this game we should have a pretty good sense of whether it’s a one or two team race for second place in the AFC East. 🙂

Stick a harpoon in the Dolphins, they are done.

It’s definitely premature to say this but as of this moment it seems like the AFC representative in the Super Bowl will be us, the Steelers or the Ravens. I’m not convinced the Bills have the horses to hold up all season. The Texans could be a wild card but I have my doubts about Matt Schaub and their secondary.