Great article Pete! You cover most of my thoughts on the upcoming year. I have two other pieces that I would be interested to hear your opinion on...
1) Back to back - not only are they travelling less this year they have only 5 back to back games, I believe lowest or close to lowest in the league. These have been evil to the Jets and could make a difference in the fight for the playoffs.
2) Level of competition - the Jets did well against teams like Boston who were top notch defence first teams. Against the likes of Washington who are more offensive they got their backsides handed to them more often than not. For all the talk about the tougher more defensive teams in the West, I wonder if that might be more of a benefit that a hindrance to them?
Looking forward to a great year!