MINNEAPOLIS — The Jets will play a significant recreation in December for the primary time in years this Sunday, reaching one in all their offseason objectives. Now, they've greater issues in thoughts.
The playoff push for the Jets (7-4) actually will start on the highway towards the great Vikings (9-2).
The Jets have cleared many hurdles this season. A giant one now awaits them as they tackle a first-place crew in a hostile atmosphere with lots on the road. That's an uncommon spot to be in for a franchise that has normally been taking part in for draft place this late within the season.
Head coach Robert Saleh tried to tamp down any speak of the playoffs this week and preached for his crew to remain within the second.
“It’s nice to be the place we're,” Saleh mentioned. “We anticipated to have a aggressive soccer crew, however on the identical time we haven’t completed something, there’s nonetheless six video games left. There’s nonetheless lots of soccer available, we’ve acquired six actually good opponents that we get to go play, first one being Minnesota. I at all times say there’s just one crew blissful on the finish of the yr, and the main target, you simply acquired to focus in your second. It’s superior to be the place we're proper now, like we mentioned taking part in significant video games, it’s enjoyable, it offers you function, it means that you can play for one thing greater than only a paycheck. However on the identical time, we’ve simply acquired to deal with our second.”
A victory would give the Jets their eighth win of the season, a mark they haven't hit since 2015, and could be their most victories by way of 12 video games since 2010.
The Vikings even have loads to play for. They might wrap up the NFC North title with a win, if the outcomes in just a few different video games this week go their approach. The Vikings have had a successful season with out blowing anybody out. Their level differential on the season is plus-5 and eight of their 9 wins have been inside one rating.
The sport options some attention-grabbing matchups, with Mike White making his second begin at quarterback this season for the Jets towards a Vikings protection that's lifeless final within the NFL towards the move. On the opposite facet of the ball is the Vikings’ all-world broad receiver Justin Jefferson towards the Jets’ excellent cornerback duo of Sauce Gardner and D.J. Reed.
The Jets’ first playoff push in years begins now.
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