WHAT TO WATCH FOR: QB Chris Redman is expected to make his third consecutive start for the Falcons because of Matt Ryan's turf toe. For an old insurance man who was out of football for almost three seasons, Redman has impressed off the bench with at least nine plays of 18 yards or more in his last start. Granted, he looks to TE Tony Gonzalez a lot, but there's nothing wrong with that.
The Jets have given up a total of just 497 yards the past three games, and there's a good chance they won't be facing Falcons RB Michael Turner (ankle), who will be a game-time decision.
Offensively, New York leads the league with 169 rushing yards per game, and RB Thomas Jones is the first Jet since Johnny Hector in 1987-88 to have consecutive seasons of 10-plus touchdowns. Rookie QB Mark Sanchez (knee) returns to the starting lineup as the Jets try to stay in the AFC wild-card race.
Falcons DE John Abraham, a former Jet, returns to New York with only 3 1/2 sacks, and he got two of those in the season opener. :scared
Sanchez was not officially cleared to play Sunday by coach Rex Ryan, at least not publicly. But Sanchez took 75 percent of the snaps Thursday, up from 50 percent the day before.
Ryan, though, was pushing his star cornerback Darrelle Revis for league-wide honors. "If he's not the NFL Defensive Player of the Year," Ryan said, "something is wrong with the system. Nobody, and I mean nobody in maybe the history of the game, has had the challenges that he's faced week in and week out. You look at the top receivers in this game now that he's gone out and matched with and literally almost shut down. He's come up with six interceptions, but it's not about those numbers. Look at the passes that he's broken up." Revis has broken up a career-high 27 passes.
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Fawking Abraham is a classic example of a guy who got the millions and went into the shitter.
3 sacks for the year.
wtf
And Anderson on the other side DE is a joke.
Falcons have no pass rush .