Times Colonist

After weird opening week, Jets will soar past Bills

- BARRY WILNER The Associated Press

So you think this is easy? Here’s what we were up against on opening weekend: road teams going 9-7, nine teams trailing in the fourth quarter before winning.

We’ll take our 13-3 straight up, not publicize barely breaking .500 against the spread, and look to tonight’s Jets vs. Rex, Part 3.

Rex Ryan’s current club, the Bills, swept his former team, the Jets, in 2015, including keeping New York from making the playoffs with a victory in the season finale.

“I think when you put everything you had into a place, and then you leave it, it was more emotional,” Ryan said of being fired after the 2014 season, then landing immediatel­y in western New York.

“But now it’s been a year away, and I’m firmly, well, firmly, maybe some people don’t think I’m firmly situated here. But I feel that I’m firmly grounded here, and this is my new team and my new home in Buffalo. All the other stuff I think is not in play as much as it probably was last year.”

While Buffalo’s offence was invisible in a 13-7 defeat at Baltimore, New York fell 23-22 to Cincinnati in part because its always-reliable placekicke­r, Nick Folk, missed a field goal and, for the first time in his nine-plus NFL seasons, an extra point.

The Jets are three-point underdogs at Buffalo. That’s the value of a Folk field goal. He’ll actually make more than one — and all his extra points JETS, 20-10 ATLANTA (plus 4 1⁄2 )

at OAKLAND Jack Del Rio won’t need to go for the two-point conversion to win at the end of this one. RAIDERS, 30-21 KANSAS CITY (plus 2)

at HOUSTON K.C. nearly burned us in knockout pool last week. We didn’t learn. CHIEFS, 24-23 INDIANAPOL­IS (plus 6)

at DENVER Tempting to make this my best bet. BRONCOS, 22-13 GREEN BAY (minus 2 1⁄2 )

at MINNESOTA New stadium, but Vikings need some old-fashioned Adrian Peterson, which wasn’t there vs. Titans. PACKERS, 27-23 SAN FRANCISCO (plus 13) at CAROLINA A huge spread, but Niners come off Monday nighter for crosscount­ry journey. PANTHERS, 30-12 MIAMI (plus 6 1⁄2 ) at NEW ENGLAND Dolphins will give Patriots a good test. PATRIOTS, 17-14 SEATTLE (minus 3 1⁄2 ) at LOS ANGELES If the Rams play in their return to L.A. like they did at the 49ers, SoCal might boot them back to St. Louis. SEAHAWKS, 19-13 DALLAS (plus 3) at WASHINGTON If the Redskins play in their second home game like they did vs. Pittsburgh ... REDSKINS, 17-16 TAMPA BAY (plus 6 1⁄2 ) at ARIZONA After winning at Atlanta, the Bucs could make a real statement here. Nope. CARDINALS, 30-23 CINCINNATI (plus 3 12⁄ ) at PITTSBURGH Both teams are 1-0 despite being short-handed. Both have plenty left. STEELERS, 24-23 MONDAY NIGHT PHILADELPH­IA (plus 3) at CHICAGO These aren’t the Browns that Philly is facing. BEARS, 16-14 NEW ORLEANS (plus 5) at N.Y. GIANTS Drew Brees will pile up more yards, TDs, points — and another loss. GIANTS, 33-30 TENNESSEE (plus 6) at DETROIT Titans showed little at home against Minnesota. Lions showed plenty at Indy. LIONS, 31-17 BALTIMORE (minus 6 1⁄2 ) at CLEVELAND Ravens used to call Cleveland home. It will feel comfy Sunday. RAVENS, 18-6 JACKSONVIL­LE (plus 3) at SAN DIEGO Each team performed decently in opening defeat. CHARGERS, 28-26 ——— 2016 RECORD: Against spread (8-7-1). Straight up: (13-3)

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