Jets need to take care of Broncos before rough part of schedule starts

This is where the Jets can, and should, take off. Sunday’s home game against the Broncos at MetLife Stadium is a game in which the 2-1 Jets need to take care of business. Yes, we know the NFL mantra: One week, one game, one down. But the fact is this: A game against the Vikings awaits next Sunday in England, followed by a home game against the Bills, the class of the AFC East, then a road game at the Steelers. All three of those teams enter this week at 3-0. The Broncos are 1-2.They’re a young team with a rookie quarterback, Bo Nix.

And they must be dealt with by the Jets with force.From the opening kickoff. If we’re to believe in trends, the Jets look like a team on the come.

They responded to the rough opener against the 49ers with an inelegant but gritty road win over the Titans followed by a dominant victory over a weak Patriots team. The Broncos are better than the Patriots, but they’re not as good as the Jets. Aaron Rodgers, four-time league MVP and former Super Bowl winner, versus Nix, the Broncos rookie quarterback who has skills and moxie but is still very much a neophyte work in progress prone to mistakes. Who are you going to take? You take Rodgers, particularly after the way we’ve seen him progressively find his footing after the Achilles injury wrecked his season. It’s funny.The Jets have scored nine offensive touchdowns in their three games, which is exactly half as many as they produced in 17 games last season. Rodgers, by mere mortal standards, has put up terrific statistics through three games — 67.4 percent completion rate, 624 yards, five touchdowns and just one interception (on a deflection) with a 103.1 rating. Those are quarterbacking stats that project to 28 TDs, five INTs and 3,536 yards — the kinds of numbers Jets fans have dreamt about since … well, just about forever. Vinny Testaverde threw 29 TDs to seven INTs and for 3,256 yards in 1998, when the Jets went to the AFC Championship.

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