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No...it won't be snowing on the inside Sunday when the Jets invade Motown this Sunday to play the paltry Detroit Lions. But it can be a long cold flight home if the Jets don't start looking like the team they are capable of being. I STILL am upset over that 9-0 loss to Green Bay last weekend...but when your running backs and receivers pull a Roberto Duran move on you your offense is going to become one-dimensional. Everyone is praising Capers and his defensive strategy against us as a blueprint for other teams to use...I'm not buying it. Turn some of those drops around and the Jets chalk up their 6th straight win. This game worries me on some fronts...the Lions have lost 42 of their last 47 games...no doubt they are a very beatable team. But if I were the Jets I wouldn't allow them to hang around as McNabb and the Redskins found out last week. The Lions are ranked 30th in the NFL in the rushing department...so look for Ryan to be running numerous blitz packages all day long...I fully expect our defense to do the marvelous job it has done so far this year.But our offense...let's take a look at it shall we?

We are 37 of 97 on 3rd down conversions...that has to get better. Sanchez' completion percentage is 53%...and his QB rating is a paltry 78.8. But again these figures don't show all the stone-handed drops that have plagued this offense this year. Santonio Holmes has 10 receptions for 131 yards and 0 TD's...I know he came back late but he has to step his game up. Keller and Edwards have combined for 763 yards and 9 TD's so far this season. This offense is anemic considering the talent we have. LT is having a great year so far... 544 yards rushing and 144 receiving with 5 TD's under his belt. Needless to say we have to establish the run to help along the passing game. If I were Rex I'd have Edwards and the rest of the dropsie corp working with a football throwing machine set as high as I could set it. It has to be ultra frustrating for the defense to allow 10 and 9 points and lose games. (Ravens and Green Bay losses)

This team needs to stop the bragging...realize their potential...and bring it to the field...PERIOD!