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No bluster as Jets prepare to face Brady and the Patriots

BARRY WILNER New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passes during an NFL football practice, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in Foxborough,
AP Pro Football Writer Mass. The New York Jets are to play the Patriots Sunday, Oct. 25 in Foxborough.
NEW YORK (AP) — The blus-
ter is gone. Rex Ryan left to Associated Press
coach the Buffalo Bills.
In his place as coach of 55,000. Brady is 21-6 vs. the Carolina gets past Philly. AFC North team, the bum- Ryan needs 83 yards pass-
the New York Jets is Todd Jets, and few quarterbacks If the Eagles are as sloppy bling Baltimore Ravens, on ing against Tennessee to
Bowles, who has them off can handle the blitz the on Sunday as they were last Monday. reach 30,000 in his career,
to a 4-1 start. The Jets are way he can. Monday in their win over Baltimore has some history and running back Devonta
the NFL’s dominant defen- “They bring everybody,” the New York Giants, the on its side, having made Freeman leads the NFL with
sive team, have a pen- Brady said. “So it looks like Panthers, who have won its biggest comeback the 10 touchdowns — more
chant for takeaways, and everybody gets a turn, and nine straight regular-season previous time these teams than any Falcon scored all
will blitz you from the time they’re just very aggressive matches going back to last met. In 2011, Joe Flacco of last season.
the team leaves the hotel with the blitz. They blitz a lot. season, should remain un- led Baltimore back from a In another scheduling quirk,
until the final seconds tick You’ve got to be prepared beaten. 24-3 second-quarter hole the Titans wrap up a home-
off the clock. for it at all times.” Running back DeMarco and won 30-27. stand of four home games
Now comes the big test, The Philadelphia Eagles go Murray, the offensive play- The Ravens spend a month and a bye. They last played
and a chance to make a to the Carolina Panthers er of the year with Dallas in without hitting the road af- on the road on Sept. 20 at
huge statement. The Jets with each team coming off 2014, had 109 yards rushing ter this one, while the Car- Cleveland, but ahead are
travel to Foxborough, and a big win attained in dia- and a touchdown vs. the dinals play four of the next three road games in four
a win on Sunday over the metrically opposite ways. Giants and could be ready five away from University of weeks. Rookie quarterback
unbeaten New England The Panthers staged a siz- to break out. Phoenix Stadium, including Marcus Mariota is battling a
Patriots would establish zling comeback at Seattle, After a stumble in Pitts- all three NFC West trips. sprained left knee.
New York’s credentials as making all kinds of clutch burgh, where the Arizona Atlanta has had plenty of Off this week are three 6-0
a title contender. But don’t plays in the fourth quarter. Cardinals did nothing in the time to stew after its first loss, teams: Green Bay, Denver,
expect any outlandish It could be a defining win second half, they look to at New Orleans on Oct. 15. and Cincinnati. Chicago
statements from Bowles or for this bunch — provided rebound against another Falcons quarterback Matt has a bye, too.q
his players.
“I don’t discourage any-
body,” he says of holding
back what his players say.
“I just try to make sure we
act professionally, and we
do the things that we need
to do to win. “It’s not about
talking or discouraging or
monitoring guys’ conversa-
tions or anything like that.
It’s about being mature as
a football team and under-
standing where we are and
what we need to do.”
What the Jets need to do is
try to slow down Tom Brady.
New England barely has
been tested so far, and the
38-year-old Brady — who
said this week he would like
to play another 10 years —
needs 43 yards passing to
become the fifth quarter-
back in NFL history to reach