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Jets vs. Chargers: 4 predictions for New York’s Week 11 matchup

Four predictions for New York’s Week 11 showdown with Los Angeles.

Is Week 11 going to be the week the Jets break into the win column?

New York’s Sunday afternoon matchup with the Chargers is its best chance to notch a victory in 2020. Don’t be fooled by Los Angeles’ 2-7 record, though. The Chargers have been competitive on a weekly basis this season — a concept the Jets have yet to master.

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So, what could be in store for New York against Los Angeles? Here are four predictions for Week 11.

Keys to a Chargers’ victory over Jets in Week 11

Chargers Wire’s Gavino Borquez lays out how Los Angeles can get back to their winning ways when they face New York on Sunday.

The Chargers are set to host the Jets, desperately trying to pick up a win after dropping their third straight. There are a few things that Los Angeles will need to do in order to a secure a victory.

The Jets pass defense is among the league’s worst. They’re allowing 281.8 yards per game, making it a favorable matchup for quarterback Justin Herbert. New York fares a little bit better against the run, but they have been susceptible to missed tackles, ranking worst in the NFL with 91. Running back Kalen Ballage could exploit that with his physical style of running to take some pressure off the passing game to create all of the energy.

Defensively, Los Angeles needs to start strong and finish strong. The Bolts have had no issue of slowing opposing offenses, but it’s exclusively been in the first half. If L.A. can avoid missed tackles, busted coverages and blown assignments, along with forcing QB Joe Flacco into a couple of turnovers, it could be a long day for the Jets offense, which ranks dead last in points per game.

Staying disciplined on special teams is just as important as winning on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. The Chargers have been woeful on special teams, where they rank last in the league. Los Angeles will have to avoid unnecessary penalties, keep punt protection intact and rally to the football to avoid the Jets starting at a favorable field position off of returns.

3 key things to know about Chargers’ Week 11 opponent, Jets

Chargers Wire’s Gavino Borquez breaks down Los Angeles’ Week 11 opponent.

The Chargers are looking to show some life after suffering their seventh loss, as they’re set to go to battle against the Jets this Sunday.

Here are three things to know about Los Angeles’ Week 11 opponent:

Joe Flacco named the starting quarterback

The Jets have a controversy on their hands, as they have failed to establish consistency with the quarterback position. Sam Darnold entered the season as the starter, but he’s been hindered by a shoulder injury, forcing him to sit out for the fourth time in six games in favor of Flacco. In four games, Flacco has completed 56.7% of his passes for 659 yards, four touchdowns and two touchdowns. He is 0-3 as the starter, but he almost led New York to their first win over the Patriots in Week 9, falling just short, 30-27.

Offense is not good, but it has made strides

The Jets are dead last in points per game with a measly 13.4. Based on that stat alone, there’s no denying that the team has struggled immensely, which factors into the inconsistency and the quarterback position and the lack of talent/chemistry. But health is another thing, and it just so happens that New York has started to obtain it, including their starting wide receivers, Denzel Mims and Breshad Perriman. With them on the field, in combination of efficient pass protection, the Jets mustered 319 yards of offense in the first three quarters of their game against New England.

Defensive deficiencies

The Jets not only have holes on the offensive side of the ball. They lie on defense, as well. After finishing as one of the better units a season ago, they’ve taken a major step back in 2020. New York’s defense ranks 28th in yards allowed (402.7) and 30th in points allowed (29.8). The defense consists of youth and veterans who have struggled this season. It also didn’t help that they got rid of star safety Jamal Adams. This could be the perfect week for the Chargers to produce their most productive offensive outing.

Healthy offense, standout rookies among 4 takeaways from Jets’ Week 9 loss to Patriots

The Jets couldn’t pull off the win, but the offense proved it can play.

The final score looked bad and their record looks worse, but there was a lot to learn from the Jets this week.

New York’s offense put up its best performance of the season behind Joe Flacco, who totaled 262 yards, three touchdowns and one costly interception. It wasn’t enough, but it proved that a healthy Jets offense – besides its quarterback – can look like a competent football team. The Jets struggled, though, and that ultimately aided New York’s inevitable crumble when it mattered most at the end of the game. But that’s what happens with a winless franchise guided by rudderless coaches.

Here’s a look at some good and some bad to take away from the Jets’ Week 9 loss to the Patriots.

Breshad Perriman is Jets Wire’s Week 9 Player of the Game vs. Patriots

Perriman was the Jets’ leading receiver with five catches for 101 yards and two touchdowns.

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The Jets finally got all their playmakers on the field at once for the first time all season in Monday’s 30-27 loss to the Patriots. Breshad Perriman made the most of it.

Perriman was the Jets’ leading receiver with five catches for 101 yards and two touchdowns. It was the best game of his young Jets career, so he gets Jets Wire’s Player of the Game for Week 9.

Perriman’s most notable play was a 50-yard touchdown catch from Joe Flacco in the second quarter. According to NFL Next Gen Stats, that completion had a catch probability of 26 percent.

Perriman’s second touchdown catch was a thing of beauty, too. He completely crossed up his defender and had a wide-open, 15-yard touchdown late in the third quarter.

The Jets’ top receiver has had trouble staying on the field this season. Perriman missed a few games early in the season with an ankle injury and then missed last week’s game against the Chiefs with a concussion.

When Perriman has been on the field, had not been very productive. Before Monday’s performance, Perriman’s best game came against the Dolphins when he had eight catches for 62 yards. Perriman now has 16 catches for 219 yards and two touchdowns this season.

Monday showed how different the Jets offense looks when they have all three of their starting wide receivers on the field. With multiple playmakers, it opens up the field drastically and Perriman made the most of his opportunities.

We’ll see if that carries over into the Jets’ next game against the Chargers following their bye week.

Instant Analysis: Jets choke away their first win in gut-wrenching loss to Patriots

The Jets were five minutes away from picking up their first win of 2020.

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The Jets were five minutes away from picking up their first win of 2020.

And then they choked. Badly.

Joe Flacco tossed an interception into double coverage when the Jets should have been running the ball to salt away the clock. The Patriots scored on their ensuing drive, New York failed to break the tie on its final offensive drive and Nick Folk drained a 51-yard field goal to hand Gang Green its ninth straight loss.

The Jets have been embarrassed plenty so far this season, but make no mistake about it — this is the worst loss they have endured in a long time. Fans can take solace in New York still being the front-runner in the Trevor Lawrence sweepstakes, but Monday night was indicative of why the Jets are the laughing stock of the NFL right now.

Game Balls

Breshad Perriman: Perriman turned in his best game as a Jet going up against the Patriots’ banged-up secondary, catching five passes for 101 yards and two scores.

Harvey Langi: Langi played well in his first start in place of the departed Avery Williamson, registering 10 tackles from the inside linebacker position.

Tarell Basham: Basham was a force coming off the edge, recording three tackles, two of which came for a loss. He battled injuries throughout the night but fought through to make his fair share of plays.

Quick Thoughts

-The way the Jets performed in the final five minutes was flat out embarrassing. There is simply no other way to put it. All of New York’s incompetence came out at once and it cost Gang Green what was likely its best chance of winning a game in 2020.

-Why in the world is Flacco throwing deep into double coverage with a touchdown lead in the closing moments? Aren’t veteran quarterbacks supposed to be savvy and aware of what not to do in those situations? The Jets would not have been in this game if it weren’t for Flacco’s play, but he ultimately cost his team the game.

-Adam Gase and Dowell Loggains also deserve a heap of the blame for New York’s lack of execution down the stretch. Taking a shot downfield on a first down should not have even been on Loggains’ mind, yet he drew the play up anyway. Another week, another pitiful performance from the Jets’ shot callers.

-The Jets are 0-8, so naturally, they placed an emphasis on getting 37-year-old Frank Gore going early. They followed up that forward-thinking by punting on fourth-and-three from the Patriots’ 41 late in the first quarter. Those two decisions perfectly sum up New York’s 2020 season and how poorly the coaching staff has performed.

-Two more major negatives from Monday night’s win — losing Mekhi Becton and Brian Poole to injury. Hopefully, the two will benefit from the bye week and be back in action against the Chargers in Week 11.

-Wasn’t Pierre Desir signed to be a No. 1 corner? He has played more like a fringe roster player than a starter in 2020. At this point, it is practically tradition for the Jets to swing and miss on a top cornerback signing in free agency.

-Denzel Mims was a focal point of the Jets’ passing attack in the first half, yet saw only one target in the second. This is the third consecutive week that this has happened and, frankly, it is mind-boggling that New York is incapable of properly managing a rising star receiver.

-Bill Belichick continues to eat Gase’s lunch every time they square off. At least the two can share a laugh about it in the offseason when Gase is seeking new employment.

-Well, at least the Jets are still the front-runners to land Trevor Lawrence. New York has clearly embraced the tank and is dedicated to being the worst possible team on a weekly basis.

4 takeaways from Patriots’ nail-biter 30-27 win vs. Jets in Week 9

The Patriots should be thankful for everything Cam Newton does.

What a day for Cam Newton and Jakobi Meyers.

In an unlikely contest, Nick Folk came through with the game-winning 51-yard field goal to propel the New England Patriots to a 3-5 record. Despite a shoddy performance by the defense, Newton’s offense was able to squeak out the 30-27 victory against the New York Jets.

It wasn’t pretty and it definitely wasn’t the outcome that many expected for the Patriots when playing a winless team. Especially when that team has been embarrassed in countless weeks by some shaky squads. Without Meyers on the field, that winless team would’ve ran past the Patriots — and that’s the alarming element of the win.

But, Newton did it and the Patriots still have some life for a playoff bid. Here are four takeaways from the entertaining contest.

 

Patriots vs. Jets game recap: Everything we know

This one went down to the wire, but the end result was the same as it’s been all season for New York.

This one went down to the wire, but the end result was the same as it’s been all season for New York.

Playing the worst Patriots team they’ve seen in years, the Jets controlled most of the game before a brutal fourth quarter ended with New England nailing a field goal at the end of regulation. Up by double-digits earlier in the night, Gang Green lost, 30-27, against their bitter rivals.

The Jets are now 0-9 on the season heading into their bye week.

Watch: Joe Flacco throws 2 TD passes in first half for Jets

Joe Flacco threw two TD passes in the first half

Joe Flacco is a Super Bowl MVP, like another Joe, who played for the Jets. The former Baltimore Ravens QB was in fine form in the first half Monday as the winless Jets tackled the slumping New England Patriots.

And Joe Flacco did a poor man’s Joe Namath impression for Gang Green with a pair of TD passes in the first half. The first was for 50 yards to Breshad Perriman.

And the second, which had to be ruled a TD catch by a review, went for 20 yards to Jamison Crowder to make it 20-10 after the PAT.

The Patriots let up a big TD to the Jets, and NFL fans all made the same joke

*face palm*

The New York Jets took the lead against the New England Patriots in Week 9, and NFL fans saw a window to make jokes about Bill Belichick’s team — and not Adam Gase’s team — tanking in 2020 to land a quarterback atop the draft.

Quarterback Joe Flacco delivered a beautiful pass for a 50-yard touchdown to receiver Breshad Perriman, who toasted cornerback J.C. Jackson. With cornerback Stephon Gilmore injured, Jackson was the team’s top corner on Monday night. But it didn’t look like it on this drive, with Jackson allowing 67 yards in receptions while committing a defensive pass interference. And, of course, he allowed Flaccos’ long touchdown pass. Here’s a look.

This is the play that inspired the jokes about the Patriots tanking.

The Patriots are in rough shape.

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