Alright, what do we know about the current Jets?
They had the #4 overall defense last season and that was due to a stellar defensive secondary, #3 in yards allowed, and #1 in TDs allowed. Their run defense was not so great, as in the middle of the road, 16th in yards allowed, and 14th in rushing TDs. They have Q Williams who had 11 sacks this preseason.
What we also know is that Nathanial Hackett is the Jet's new OC and he was at one time the Buffalo Bills OC under St. Doug. Mallone eventually fired him and he was the Packer's OC for a few years until becoming the HC of the Broncos. He never called the plays in Green Bay as HC Matt LaFleur called them. Hackett's stint as HC of Denver was a complete disaster as he called the offensive plays for part of the year until he handed them over to the OC.
(I do think the only reason Denver hired him was to lure QB Aaron Rodgers to Denver. That seemed to work for the Jets.)
What Hackett did best as the Bills OC was call run plays up the middle to the tune of 80% or so of the run plays. The 2013 Buffalo Bills did have the #1 offense in rushing attempts, #2 in rushing yards, and #10 in rushing TDs. Fred Jackson and CJ Spiller were the RBs, and EJ was the QB. 6-10 was their record.
Anyway, Hackett stated that Aaron Rodgers will call his own offensive plays. I have a feeling that the Jets will try and run the ball down Bill's throats knowing that Buffalo has an undersized 2nd-year ILB that didn't play this pre-season. Buffalo had better be able to stop the run or Dalvin Cook and Breece Hall will make this a long evening for Bills fans. With McD, It might be smart to put an extra DT/DE at LBer to stop the run and force Rodgers to throw, just a thought.
On offense, Buffalo faces a top defensive secondary that could present a ton of problems with the Bills passing offense. It just might be time for Allen to become captain check-down this game with the short passes to the TEs and Cook. That new two-TE Buffalo offensive scheme might just throw a wrench into the Jet's defensive game plan. Buffalo was last in the NFL in 2022 to run a two-tight-end offense in 2022.
Buffalo should win this game.