With ‘target’ on backs, Jets look to clamp leaky secondary

So much as gone wrong for the Jets (1-3) the last two weeks that there’s little reason for optimism against the Steelers (3-1), who are coming off a 43-14 drubbing of the Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday night.

The good news for Haley and the Steelers: Bell is game for whatever.

Some teams do similar things with wide receivers or tight ends, but Bell gives the Steelers the ability to dictate the matchups he gets because of his versatility. Before the season, Marshall proposed a bet to Brown that whichever receiver finished with the most yards this season would get the other one’s auto.

Time will tell, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Jets left Week 5 with a 1-4 record while Pittsburgh left with a 4-1 record. “He was everywhere. He made plays all over the field for us”. At times, he’s a receiver.

But Davis hurt his back in Game 3, and it was time for the other rookie, Burns, to step forward. “It’s things like that that really make it a blessing for me”. It will be hard against the Steelers with their two-headed monster they have at running back. “It’s just like, ‘Hey man, if I do my job, you do your job, everybody does their job, everything is going to be fine'”. “It gets your creative juices flowing”.

The experts at ESPN, FOX Sports, CBSSports and even the haters here at SB Nation all think the Steelers will send Ryan Fitzpatrick and company back to the Big Apple with a Big “L”. He has 1,012 yards passing with four touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Defensively, Pittsburgh is giving up just 20 points per game, but they are allowing 399 yards per game, including 320.8 passing yards per contest. Ben Roethlisberger threw five touchdown passes, including two to Antonio Brown. NY is giving up 26.3 points and 304.8 passing yards per game right now. He gets the ball a lot, gets the ball a ton.

It helped having Bell back because of the matchup issues he creates. In case fans didn’t know, Bell is one of the most unsafe players in the National Football League, but more from him later.

While the team recovers from their latest victory and puts the Jets plan in motion we’ll be busy looking for mentions of your Black & Gold so we’ve got you covered.

“We’ve got some veteran guys and they probably have the best O-line coach in the world in coach Munch”, Roethlisberger said. “That’s what you want in your quarterback”. But the Green & White have often given as good as they’ve gotten against Roethlisberger, who in those eight games has thrown seven TDs to nine INTs with a 79.5 passer rating and has been sacked 23 times.

Check status of STEELERS ORT Marcus Gilbert (injured left ankle in Week 4), LBs Anthony Chickillo (injured knee in Week 4) and Jarvis Jones (injured ankle in Week 4) and WR Darius Heyward-Bey (injured shoulder in Week 4).

Linebacker Ryan Shazier (knee) also did not participate again, and neither did cornerback Justin Gilbert (knee) a day after leaving practice early. Safety Robert Golden (hamstring) and wide receiver Eli Rogers (toe) will also miss their second straight game. The Steelers will likely promote Matt Feiler from the practice squad to add depth.