Hopefully the rain gods show us mercy and hold off tonight so the Jets can play their second preseason game against the Bengals. There are a lot of story lines to watch out for tonight and I'm just going to mention a few.
1.) Plaxico Burress makes his Jets debut. I’m not expecting big things from Plax tonight maybe 2 catches, one in the red zone for a TD. It will be interesting to see how his legs are; playing in an actual NFL game is the only way to get your legs back. Having said all that, it will be interesting how the ball is spread around between Holmes, Plax, Mason, and Keller. The Jets have awesome weapons on offense and I’m interested in what plays Schotty is going to call tonight, I think it will work out well, especially in the red zone.
2.) How will LT look? Last year LT came out in the pre-season and looked like an absolute beast, taking away the starting job of Shonn Greene. This week I’m looking forward to what LT has left after slowing down at the end of last year, which is important to me because I’m not completely sold that Shonn Greene can stay healthy a full season/ be the feature back. In last week’s game LT didn’t get much work, 1 carry for 4 yards to be exact, but I expected as much in his new role as a 3rd down back.
3.) How good are the Jets other RBs? Let’s say my skepticism is right, and Greene misses a couple weeks, I want to make sure we have solid running backs behind LT. Again, with Greene out this week Bilal Powell and Joe McKnight look to get more playing and I have to say I like what I saw from both in the game against the Texans, granted it was against 2nd stringers.
4.) The Rookies Mo Wilkerson and Kenrick Ellis. Both had solid games vs. Texans, but neither really jumped out and said, whoa look out for this kid, granted it was their first NFL game ever. I’m particularly interested in watching Ellis, who with Sione Pouha out will get more snaps with the 1st string.
5.) The Aaron Maybin experiment begins. "He served a hard, 2-year sentence in Buffalo and just got his release papers." Our always out-spoken LB Bart Scott strikes again. The guy was a bust in Buffalo and has justly been given the Vernon Gholston tag, both of whom have yet to record a sack. Jets fan will be interested to see if Rex can get anything out of this kid, who unlike Gholston, actually sounds like he loves the game of football. All the Jets need him for is to fill Jason Taylor’s role from last year as a situational pass rusher, it was a nice low risk/high reward kinda deal.
6.) Most Importantly, Mark Sanchez. This observation goes without saying. The kid looked nice against the Texans, whose defense also looked great against the Saints (love that kid Brooks Reed), but that’s a very small sample size. This week he’ll get more snaps and we can have a better look at Captain Sanchize, and like I mentioned above, it will be interesting to see how the offense will look with these new targets and Tom Moore’s influence on Jets OC Brian Schottenheimer.
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