The New York Jets begin the week on the outside looking in regarding the NFL playoff picture. They have the same record as the Los Angeles Chargers (7-6), but would lose a tiebreaker if the season was complete because of a worse conference record.<\/p>\n
But the season did not end yesterday, and Jets coach Robert Saleh boldly predicted, “We’re gonna see these guys again.”<\/p>\n
That, folks, is a mouthful of a prediction.<\/p>\n
And Saleh not only said it to the media in Buffalo following the Jets’ 20-12 loss to the Buffalo Bills, he said it to his team, too. Which means not only is Saleh predicting that the Jets will make it into the playoffs, but that they’ll match up with Buffalo in the 2-7 game on the first weekend of the postseason. Or they might meet the Bills somewhere further down the line in the postseason, since Buffalo could stay in the No. 1 spot. That’s since they own the tiebreaker edge over the Kansas City Chiefs. Both teams are 10-3.<\/p>\n
With the Jets priced at +140 to make the NFL playoffs, Saleh is offering you a 40% return on your investment by backing his<\/em> boast with your<\/em> money. Anybody want to play that game? Especially when Saleh is the coach of a team which was baited into this encroachment penalty yesterday by some Bills trickery, keeping alive a drive that led to the only touchdown of the first half.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLonCBS\/status\/1602023392273637384<\/p>\n If someone had told you on Jan. 1 of this year that Mark Zuckerberg’ company, Meta, wold drop in value by nearly 66%, that Occidental Petroleum would rise by nearly 102%, Elon Musk would buy Twitter and reinstate Donald Trump, and China would go from starting December still chasing a “Zero- COVID” strategy to comparing the virus to the flu less than two weeks later, you would have blamed his bong.<\/p>\n But all of those things really happened, as did a 6-3 start\u00a0 by Gang Green that climaxed with a home victory over the Bills back on Nov. 6. Fast forward five weeks, and the Jets are now looking at a pair of must-win games in a span of five days, beginning next Sunday when they play a Detroit Lions team that just knocked off the Vikings. That’s followed by a Thursday night game against a Jacksonville Jaguars team that got 368 passing yards from Trevor Lawrence yesterday. That’s the highest total by any NFL quarterback, and came in in a victory over the division-leading Tennessee Titans that ended a nine-year winless streak for the Jags in Nashville.<\/p>\n And that is the easy part.<\/p>\n The Jets close the regular season with road games against the 7-6 Seattle Seahawks and 8-5 Miami Dolphins, and they probably need to win three of those games to ensure one of the three available wild card spots. They are competing with the 7-6 Chargers and the 6-6 New England Patriots, who own the tiebreaker over the Jets from sweeping the season series, and will be playing tonight on Monday Night Football against the 4-8 Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n So, yeah, bold words from Saleh.<\/p>\n The Jets have lost four of its last six games and two straight. Despite that, coach Robert Saleh is not only confident his team will make the playoffs but they could play the Bills a third time.https:\/\/t.co\/VECLSEhOTM<\/a><\/p>\n — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe Value Of Saleh’s Prediction<\/h2>\n
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