NEW YORK JETS WEEK 2 GAME SUMMARY

I think this may very well be 1 one my favorited games of the whole season! This game was a real biggie in my eyes and seems that coach Ryan was right on top of it by wanting to go big on the DB putting most of the focus right there. And so right he was in doing so! Although in order to do this he had to deactivate DE Mike DeVito, DT Howard Green and DE Ropati Pitoitua, all of whom played in the opener at Houston, not because they were unable to play but to make room for some of the Jets’ talented DBs in an effort to counter Tom Brady’s ability to get the ball to his receiver.

Two of the frontline DBs, starting CB Lito Sheppard and nickelback Donald Strickland, had to come out of Sunday's victory with injuries and the reserves had to step up.

And they did in a big way. Sheppard, who forced the Pats to settle for a field goal after knocking the ball out of Joey Galloway’s hands in the end zone but left with a strained quad, was replaced by Dwight Lowery, who sealed the “W” on the Pats' last offensive play of the game with a pass breakup on Brady’s fourth-and-10 pass.

After Strickland, who racked up six tackles, came out in the third quarter with a sprained ankle, Coleman went in to make three tackles. Eric Smith, playing what the Jets call the "X" position in the dime, came through with a hit on Brady, a PD and three tackles.

“It’s definitely exciting when you know you can rattle arguably the best quarterback, and we know other teams are going to look at that,” said Coleman. “Even though we didn’t get a sack, we got 23 hits on him and we rattled him. He didn’t make the clutch throws that he usually makes. It was definitely exciting and we’re going to take that into the next few games.”