AFC Championship Predictions

New York Jets	0	3	14	0	--	17
Indianapolis Colts	14	3	0	6	--	23

The team that “let up” in their regular season match-up allowing the Jets to make the playoffs will suffer the wrath of their own creation when the New York defense puts a halt to the Indy offense. Not! Indianapolis will struggle against a stout Jets defense but in the end Peyton Manning will have too many weapons at his disposal and despite a great effort of ball control offense and strong defense the Colts sneak out with a six point win.

TEAM STATISTICS

		New York Jet	Indianapolis Colts
	First Downs	16	17
	- Rushing	9	4
	- Passing	7	12
	- Penalty	0	1
	3rd Down Eff	6/17	5/14
	4th Down Eff	1/2	0/0
	Rushes-Yards	42-165	31-115
	Avg Rush	3.9	3.7
	Comp-Att-Int	12-27-1	18-32-0
	Passing Yards	110	248
	Sacks-Yards	1-6	0-0
	Fumbles-Lost	3-2	2-2
	Punts-Avg	6-42.0	5-38.0
	KR-Avg	6-23.2	4-28.0
	PR-Avg	5-10.0	6-10.8
	Penalties-Yard	4-35	8-44
	Time of Possession	32:20	27:40

Dolphins Make AFC East A Tight Race

Miami needed a win in a bad way over the New York Jets and they got it! Coming into the game the Jets had a one game lead on the New England Patriots and two games on the Dolphins. Leaving Miami the Jets were tied with the Pats and just a game ahead of the Dolphins putting the defending AFC East Champions in striking distance.

Miami torched a Jets defense that was highly touted going into the game for 413 yards and 31 points. The Dolphins controlled the ball for 33 ½ minutes and converted nine of their fourteen third down attempts. “I used to see all those gimmicks when I was coaching back in college,” Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan said about Miami’s Wildcat offense. Well, he may have seen it but he sure couldn’t stop it!

Speaking of gimmicks, Ryan had to use two fake punts to keep two different scoring drives alive and had it not been for those and a very questionable pass interference call that put the Jets inside the 1 yard-line this game would have been very ugly.

Broncos Shopping Marshall And Jets Are Interested

Remember when Denver Coach Josh McDaniels said that the Broncos weren’t going to trade Jay Cutler? Well Cutler is now a Chicago Bear and McDaniels is dealing with another troubled player that he says he’s not going to trade. If you’re able to read between the lines here you can see that receiver Brandon Marshall’s time in the Mile High City is limited.

Even though the Broncos aren’t actively seeking a trade with anyone rumors are that a price tag of a first round draft pick has been set for Marshall. Possibly willing to step up and pay the price to acquire him are the New York Jets who are about as deep at receiver as a rain gutter in the Nevada desert.

The thing to watch here is that the Broncos don’t want anything less than a first round pick, the Jets, right now, won’t give up a first round pick and Marshall is angry that he’s only making $2.2 million dollars a year. Who’s gonna budge first?

AFC East Free Agents

Here’s a quick peek at what the teams from the AFC East have done in the free agent market to this point.

BUFFALO BILLS

Free Agents Pos. Status
Keith Ellison LB Restricted
George Wilson WR Restricted
Kirk Chambers OT Unrestricted
Angelo Crowell LB Unrestricted
Melvin Fowler C Unrestricted
Jabari Greer CB Unrestricted
Teddy Lehman LB Unrestricted
J.P. Losman QB Unrestricted
Duke Preston C Unrestricted
Jason Whittle OT Unrestricted

Re-signed Pos. Status
Dustin Fox S Agreed to a contract on Feb. 27
Gibran Hamdan QB Agreed to a contract on Feb. 27
Corey McIntyre RB Signed a two-year extension on Feb. 26
John DiGiorgio LB Signed a contract on Feb. 18
Justin Jenkins WR Signed a contract on Feb. 17

Additions Pos. Status (Old Team)
Geoff Hangartner C Signed a contract on Feb. 28 (CAR)
Ryan Fitzpatrick QB Signed a contract on Feb. 27 (CIN)
P.K. Sam WR Unrestricted on Jan. 27 (CFL Toronto Argonauts)
Marvin Philip C Unrestricted on Jan. 27 (BAL)

Subtractions Pos. Status (New Team)
Robert Royal TE Unrestricted
Derrick Dockery G Signed a five-year contract (WAS)

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Players Pos. Status
Al Johnson C Unrestricted
Tab Perry WR Unrestricted
Derek Smith LB Unrestricted

Re-signed Pos. Status
Yeremiah Bell S Signed a four-year contract on Feb. 26
Channing Crowder LB Signed a three-year contract on Feb. 25
Vernon Carey OT Signed a six-year contract extension on Feb. 20

Additions Pos. Status (Old Team)
Gibril Wilson S Agreed to terms on a contract on Feb. 27 (OAK)

Subtractions Pos. Status (New Team)
Andre' Goodman CB Signed a five-year contract (DEN)
Renaldo Hill S Signed a four-year contract (DEN)
Matt McChesney G Unrestricted (DEN)

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Free Agents Pos. Status
Eric Alexander LB Restricted
Wesley Britt OT Restricted
Pierre Woods LB Restricted
Rosevelt Colvin LB Unrestricted
Heath Evans FB Unrestricted
Chris Hanson P Unrestricted
Rodney Harrison S Unrestricted
Russ Hochstein G Unrestricted
Larry Izzo LB Unrestricted
LaMont Jordan RB Unrestricted
Deltha O’Neal CB Unrestricted
Lewis Sanders CB Unrestricted
Junior Seau LB Unrestricted
Kenny Smith DT Unrestricted
Barry Stokes OT Unrestricted
Tank Williams S Unrestricted
Mike Wright DT Unrestricted

Re-signed Pos. Status
James Sanders S Signed a three-year contract on Mar. 1

Additions Pos. Status (Old Team)
Chris Baker TE Agreed to a contract on Feb. 27 (NYJ)
Fred Taylor RB Agreed to a contract on Feb. 27 (JAC)

Subtractions Pos. Status (New Team)
Matt Cassel QB Traded (KC)
Mike Vrabel LB Traded (KC)
Jabar Gaffney WR Signed a four-year contract (DEN)
Lonie Paxton OL Signed a five-year contract (DEN)

NEW YORK JETS

Free Agents Pos. Status
Abram Elam S Restricted
Eric Barton LB Unrestricted
Hank Poteat CB Unrestricted
Ahmad Carroll CB Unrestricted
Jesse Chatman RB Unrestricted
Jay Feely K Unrestricted
Bubba Franks TE Unrestricted
Ty Law CB Unrestricted
C.J. Mosley DT Unrestricted
Mike Nugent K Unrestricted
J.R. Reed S Unrestricted
Cody Spencer LB

Unrestricted Re-signed Pos. Status
Brandon Moore G Signed a four-year contract on Feb. 27
Tony Richardson FB Signed a one-year contract on Feb. 28

Additions Pos. Status (Old Team)
Lito Sheppard CB Traded for a 2009 second-round pick and a 2010 conditional pick on Feb. 28 (PHI)
Bart Scott LB Signed a six-year contract on Feb. 27 (BAL)

Subtractions Pos. Status (New Team)
Chris Baker TE Agreed to a contract (NE)
Laveranues Coles WR Unrestricted
Noah Herron RB Unrestricted
David Bowens LB Unrestricted
Brad Kassell LB Unrestricted
Brett Favre Retired

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