Deconstructing: New York Jets

Remember Buddy Ball? C'mon, who can forget the aggressive 46 defense, bounties on opposing players, and the brash attitudes of Buddy Ryan's boys?

Well, his son Rex Ryan has brought Rexy Ball to the Jets. The Jets are blitzing more than any squad and attempting to run the ball down opponents' throats. In addition, with the recent addition of Braylon Edwards, Ryan and GM Mike Tannenbaum have shown they will be equally aggressive in the trade market.

Let's examine the fantasy impact of the Jets' new toy and style of play.

Mark Sanchez won the starting QB gig over Kellen Clemens in the preseason. Let's be honest: Clemens never had a chance. He had twice as many INTs (10) as passing TDs (five) when he held the starting job in 2007. Moreover, the Jets had 45 million reasons to hand the rook the job. There was never a doubt Ryan was going to go with his QB.

From a fantasy perspective, Sanchez is nothing more than an average QB2. The Jets are third in the league in rushing attempts (161) and 26th in the league in passing attempts (134). Ryan is determined to establish a run-first identity and protect his raw signal caller from mistakes. Nope, this isn't going to change with Edwards in town.

Sanchez is going to have his moments with a nice stable of receiving weapons. He has a strong arm and great grasp of the offense. In addition, if you watched Monday night's game versus the Dolphins, you also know he's comfortable in the pocket and has the advanced ability to go through his progressions. The issue for owners is predicting when these "moments" will happen.

Sanchez currently sits as the 22nd-ranked QB. There's no question his numbers (especially his TDs) will go up with Edwards in town. That said, don't expect miracles and only throw him in your lineup if the matchup is perfect and you're lacking other options.

SANCHEZ'S WEEK SIX OUTLOOK (v. BUF): 170 PaYDs, 1 PaTD, 1 INT

This is not a week you should bank on Sanchez having an upside game. The Bills defense is decimated by injuries to their linebacking corps. As a result, coming off a game against the Dolphins where they were man-handled and verbally abused by their coach, the Jets will make a statement by creating an episode of "Running Backs Gone Wild" against the Bills. Sanchez will throw less than 25 times.

The Jets' running game is only going to get better with a proven deep threat like Edwards. The lack of a downfield threat was clogging both the running game and short-passing game as safeties camped out "in the box." Edwards will command safety respect.