Odds to win AFC East Division: +130
Odds to win the AFC Conference: 6/1
New York Jets Odds to win Super Bowl XLV: 10/1
Regular Season Wins Total Line: 9.5
*all odds quoted from Bodog*
Following is a breakdown of this season’s schedule for the Jets:
Week 1 Monday, September 13, 2010 vs. Baltimore Ravens
Analysis: Ryan will face his former team for the first time in a matchup of two of the early-season favorites to win the AFC on Monday Night Football.
Week 2 Sunday, September 19, 2010 vs. New England Patriots
Analysis: Both teams enter the season as co-favorites to win the AFC East, and the Jets will get an opportunity to prove themselves with divisional games each of the next three weeks.
Week 3 Sunday, September 26, 2010 @ Miami Dolphins
Analysis:. The Dolphins swept the Jets in two meetings a year ago, scoring 30 points or more both times against the NFL’s top defense.
Week 4 Sunday, October 3, 2010 @ Buffalo Bills
Analysis: The Bills return home following back-to-back road games at Green Bay and New England.
Week 5 Monday, October 11, 2010 vs. Minnesota Vikings
Analysis: The Vikings will be coming off a bye week and start a brutal five-game stretch against playoff teams from last year.
Week 6 Sunday, October 17, 2010 @ Denver Broncos
Analysis: The Broncos play the first of two straight home games against the Jets following consecutive road games at Tennessee and Baltimore.
Week 7 — BYE WEEK —
Week 8 Sunday, October 31, 2010 vs. Green Bay Packers
Analysis: The Packers visit New York in between difficult home games against Minnesota and Dallas before their bye week.
Week 9 Sunday, November 7, 2010 @ Detroit Lions
Analysis: The Jets play their next two games on the road against teams that combined to go 7-25 last year.
Week 10 Sunday, November 14, 2010 @ Cleveland Browns
Analysis: The Browns will be hosting their second straight AFC East opponent after New England visits the previous week.
Week 11 Sunday, November 21, 2010 vs. Houston Texans
Analysis: The Jets set the table for last year’s successful campaign with a 24-7 win at Houston in the opener en route to a 3-0 start.
Week 12 Thursday, November 25, 2010 vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Analysis: Cincinnati must visit the Colts, Jets and Steelers during a period of five weeks with home games against the Bills and Saints in between.
Week 13 Monday, December 6, 2010 @ New England Patriots
Analysis: The Jets surrendered nine points to New England at home in the first meeting last year but gave up 31 on the road in the second.
Week 14 Sunday, December 12, 2010 vs. Miami Dolphins
Analysis: New York could possibly win or lose the division between this home game against Miami and last week’s visit to New England.
Week 15 Sunday, December 19, 2010 @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Analysis: The Steelers host the Jets in the middle of a three-game homestand, which will also be the return of former Super Bowl MVP Holmes to Pittsburgh.
Week 16 Sunday, December 26, 2010 @ Chicago Bears
Analysis: The Bears have to play their two toughest divisional games of the season on the road before and after this home game against the Jets.
Week 17 Sunday, January 2, 2011 vs. Buffalo Bills
Analysis: The Bills finish their season by playing three straight games against divisional foes, including road games at Miami and New York.