Bills vs. Jets Key Matchup: Targeting Kyle Wilson

And before anyone asks why Stevie’s covered by Wilson in the picture: Revis didn’t play in the first BUF/NYJ game last year. :)

I think it would be a great idea to put Stevie in the slot a lot this game. Anything we can do to put the Jet’s DB’s out of their comfort zone. Nelson is capable of playing outside, (albeit at a diminished capacity) and that would leave Jones on the outside against Wilson where he doesn’t normally play. The other advantage i could see is making Revis fight through the traffic in the middle of the field to stay on Johnson. I would also love to run at him and try and rough him up a bit, despite the fact he is a sure tackler.

The other advantage i can see is sending Chandler early and often straight down the seam towards our old friend Jim Lenhard (sp?). Jim is like 5-10 and Chandler may not be able to outrun him, but he is a mountain of a man, so just throw it high.

FWIW – I love these types of articles. this is the type of content that I absolutely love reading – the other stuff is o.k. – but the more in depth analysis is part of the reason I came here to begin with.

so if you want to start more series like these then that would be much appreciated

As far as Kyle Wilson – I know there is “Revis Island” – but Stevie runs some extremely sick routes – I expect Fitz to throw some slants or fades because even Revis island will get juked by Stevie. His route running is almost tops in the NFL if you ask me

You need to hit them at the TE position, spread them out and force the safeties to stay between in the box and out of the box selling the run or the short passes.

Forget about Stevie Johnson, he’s on vacation this weekend. Wilson will be tested this week but this could be just as much as his coming out party then it could be his exploitation if you attack him. The kid has skills and it’s just chomping at the bit the show them to the world after he was exploited as a rookie. Revis and him training over the offseason was essential.

If you stick with your money makers, this game is going to be a nail biter for the Jets. Fred Jackson has been a beast for years, I always found it laughable that your organization treated him as a 3rd down back when he was obviously better then Lynch (Wasting a pick on Spiller was equally laughable).

Chandler is another person I expect to have major success, this will be exponentually great if the run game is going. Smith will be thinking another 5 WR run and bam he’s torched deep. I wish you guys the best of luck staying healthy, and I’m glad this game finally means something to both teams.

Fitz is pretty good vs Blitz so do JETS just Rush 3 and Steve Urkle, erghhh Aaron Maybin (Maybin our worst draft pick since Eric Flowers – similarities anyone?) and drop 7 in coverage to take away our split package

That would dicate our running the ball all day – and I like our chances then.

Seems like a day of slants, hitches and screens – and the 3rd and long staple – shuffle pass to Donald Jones or Freddy

We still have Brad Smith, Fred Jackson, Naaman Roosevelt, CJ Spiller and Scott Chandler. Somebody can move the ball out there.

I have been looking forward to this week since I first put eyes on the ‘11 schedule. Even before I knew we would be going into this game with the division lead I wanted nothing more than to beat the Jets at home. I’m just gonna get tickets instead of thinking about it

Wilson is playing VERY solid this year, especially in coverage and to a lesser extent tackling, he looks nothing like his underperforming form that you’ve seen previously.

He’s certainly not infallible or shutdown, but I consider him to be playing above the level of Antonio Cromartie. IMO Cro, much like Nnamdi, is a bit of a fraud. Cro is terribly inconsistent, has issues in coverage, issues with tackling, issues with holding and PI, and I have about a dozen gifs of Cro where he just isn’t even playing. Besides Donald Strickland, I haven’t seen anyone but Cromartie get picked on in the Jets secondary this year.

With all of that said, tight ends such as Hernandez and Gates seem to give Wilson the most trouble, more than actual receivers. This may just be my perception as the Safeties have blown TE coverage a decent portion of the past few seasons and Wilson usually mops up for them.

That Brad Smith completes a 3rd and 3, playaction, deep ball to Spiller for……… a …….. TD!!!

Articles like these are why there are no excuses for Bills fans to be uneducated about the nuances of football. Our editor has plainly laid out the fundamental beginnings of what a game plan looks like, and if I may I would like to build off of it a bit. The key to winning will be how well we can execute on third downs on offense. Or in layman’s terms, the passing game.
Although I agree that Revis and Johnson will be closer than Siamese twins on Sunday, I would expect to see a lot of slants and double moves as decoy routes for Stevie on this “off day”, you never know every once and a while even the great CBs in this league fall asleep and next thing you know, a big play occurs. However, this is unlikely, but it is extremely likely that Kyle Wilson will be picked on. Nelson, who is still our second best WR IMO is going to line up mostly in the slot, as usual, this makes him especially dangerous in this game for two reasons, this means he will either line up against a LB or a the Jets 3rd CB (Wilson). Although Cromartie may play him more towards the end of the game, (hopefully after the Jets have been gashed a few times) Cromartie historically does not playing in the middle of the field, thus diminishing his value and his ability to do it, so Rex likes to swap him and Wilson if the opposing team’s slot WR is strong. Not only is Nelson a huge mismatch for the Jets personnel, but I think the most under discussed gameplan element is that Chan Gailey will use his RBs in the passing game like he always does. Fred Jackson is a mismatch against anyone in the Jets LB core, let alone the speed that CJ Spiller possesses. Expect a healthy dose of scrimmage yards from the Jackson/Spiller connection. I expect to see the spacing of our offense hurt the effectiveness of the Jets 3-4 as much as possible, especially in the middle of the field. The Jets are a good football team. Rex is a fantastic game-planner on the defensive side of the ball, about as good as it gets. I will be interested to see what wrinkles he throws at Fitz, but personnel wise the Jets are very much a one trick pony. This is why I’m predicting a win for those that circle the wagons. Try and keep a look out and see if portions of this game plan are implemented on Sunday. Cheers!