New York Jets vs DENVER BRONCOS
Kickoff: Thursday, 8:20 p.m. EDT
Line: New York -4.5, Total: 41
The Jets know they must quickly forget Sunday night’s 37-16 crushing defeat to New England, as they have a short week to get ready for a Denver team on the rise.
The Jets have been complaining about this game for weeks, as they play a Thursday night game two time zones away after a Sunday night home game. They also have to prepare for a unique Broncos offense featuring Tim Tebow and a lot of zone option read plays, something most defenders haven’t seen since college. Tebow hasn’t been great, but he has made some huge plays in leading his team to three wins in four starts. Although RB Knowshon Moreno (torn ACL) is out and RB Willis McGahee (hamstring) is questionable, the Broncos still have enough depth at running back to move the football against New York’s mediocre run-stop unit (116 YPG, 15th in NFL). The Broncos are 7-3-1 ATS versus the Jets since 1992 and are eager to avenge last year’s home loss to New York when a questionable pass interference call on fourth down with under two minutes left sustained the Jets’ eventual game-winning drive.
The pick here is DENVER to cover, and possibly win outright.
Play Against - Favorites of 3.5 to 10 points (N.Y. JETS) - after having won 2 out of their last 3 games, a marginal winning team (51% to 60%) playing a losing team in the second half of the season. (74-34 since 1983.) (68.5%, +36.6 units. Rating = 3*).
The FoxSheets also provide a five-star trend expecting the game to finish OVER the total.
Rex Ryan is 10-0 OVER (+10.0 Units) after allowing 99 or less rushing yards in 2 straight games as the coach of N.Y. JETS. The average score was N.Y. JETS 25.6, OPPONENT 20.6 - (Rating = 5*).
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