NY Jets 5-6-0 vs Buffalo 4-7-0 — +3 37 (Played in Toronto)

Pick Bills to win and cover ATS;

Buffalo Bills don’t necessarily get “home field advantage” this week since they are calling The Rogers Centre Home Base in Toronto, for tonight’s divisional match up Vs the Jets.

Despite the fact that playoffs are more like a distant dream then a possible reality for both teams, however Buffalo essentially needs to win out to have a chance of playing an extended season and if they don’t, 2009 will be 10th straight year the Bills will be absent from the playoffs, they owe it to the fans who helped them achieve the respected “Sold Out Status” with the Hopes that T.O. would be the key to the dream team that would go to the playoffs, maybe next season, now that they have made fundamental changes.

Both Teams have played this season with less then impressive numbers, with the Jets holding a 5-6-0 Record Straight Up, and 5-6-0 Against The spread, only covering the spread 45% of the time; where as the Bills are only 4-7-0 straight up, but they are 6-5-0 against the spread, covering 54.5% of the time, (a number that increased from last week), statistically, the Bills are poised to take advantage of the +3 line as an underdog at a virtual home field, however, the Bills have played 2 games in that stadium before, one in preseason, the other during regular season, while the Jets have only had a superficial walk through, giving a little more leverage of comfort for the Bills.

Weather wont necessarily be a major factor, since this is a dome, however, it is still December, and Mark Sanchez lost his heat that once began as 3-0, when he played in weather under 52 degrees (any California Sun brat can vouch for how gruesome extreme weather is to adjust to, as a former USC super Star, Sanchez has yet to adjust his winning game strategy to level out the chill factor) The Jets have gone 0-5 ATS in the last 5 games in December with the total going under 7 of the last 8 December contests.

Leadership is fundamental in any battle, and the Bills have proven to have taken to the new leadership of Perry Fewell, who has stepped up to the plate to replace Dick Jauron who was suddenly canceled like a bad date. The Bills are responding well to executing the new strategies of a new leader and they have had success ever since Dick Jauron’s departure, breaking a 3 game losing streak, winning their last two matchups with Terrell Owens having back to back stellar performances, finally being able to put the hush on the critics who have been slightly disappointed with his stats as a Buffalo Bill less than expected. T.O. proved that he was not the problem, the person calling the shots (ahem Jeruon) was not strategically using him to execute big plays like he was use to, now that is all water under the bridge now as Fewell has made more than a few effective roster changes, starting with the key position of QB; thankfully, benching the veteran Trent Edwards, handing the keys to a younger Ryan Fitzpatrick, who has led the Bills to a 2-2 record, going 3-1 ATS. Another bold change was playing Fred Jackson in luie of Marshawn Lynch as Buffalo’s starting tailback; Last week Lynch totaled a dismal three carries for six yards while Jackson ran the rock 15 times for 73 yards and a pair of scores.

With all the changes the Bills have endured, one would expect a dazed and confused performance, but surprisingly, they not only made role changes, they made changes of the tempo and the moral of the team as a whole and they are much more fierce and confident now, presenting a mortal threat to the not so improved Jets.

The Jets do deserve some credit for finally winning with 17-6 over the mousy Panthers, however if they have any desire to reach the playoffs, they need to add more wins to that column. Jets are not all that bad paying well deserved big bucks to Veteran back Thomas Jones, who leads the league in rushing attempts (389) and ranking second in rushing offense (161.3 ypg), hopefully the Bills did enough homework with film from Week 6’s match up where they struggled to stop the fancy footed Jones who killed it with a career-high 210 yards on 22 carries, but film will help the more strategic fewell to put a stop to a replay, so the Jets should be afraid, very afraid, of this new, more confident and capable Bills who will stomped over them again, like week 6 resulting in the Jets’ 16-13 overtime loss to the Bills, where the remnants of Sanchez’s unconscious anxiety of facing the team of which he posted his worst game of his young career after completing only 10-of-29 passes for 119 yards and five interceptions. Not to mention, Jets only rank No. 30 in passing offense, posting a paltry 176.8 ypg.