With the Jets acquisition of Santonio Holmes everyone is running to anoint the New York Jets as the 2010-2011 team to beat, or at least one of the teams to beat.

There are plenty of good reasons to like the Jets. Their beefed up their league best defense from last year and added offensive weapons that should give them one of the better offenses next season. But if you want to make some money, you should plan on betting against the Jets.

All of the hype they are getting for their off-season moves means oddsmakers can set the spread pretty much anywhere and expect the public to back the Jets for awhile. So, bet on the Jets’ opponents ATS in the preseason and the first two or so games.

Santonio Holmes is suspended for the first four games. When he comes back in Week 5, the Jets will get a big hype boost. Bet against them for a couple of weeks here as Holmes gets used to playing with this offense and the media gets over their Jets praise addiction.

The adjustment will probably take longer than just two weeks because Sanchez can’t buy Holmes time to get open deep the way Ben Roethlisberger did in Pittsburgh. Holmes will have a different role in the Jets offense and it might take the coaches a few tries before figuring out exactly how to use him effectively. In week 7-8 the media love-affair with the Jets should end and the lines will move to reflect their true value.

The Jets are relying on sophomore QB Mark Sanchez. Sanchez looked great in college, but there’s no guarantee that he’ll figure out the pro game any more next year. All of that talent at receiver could go to waste.

The Jets got Holmes to help them win in the playoffs and as the season progresses Sanchez should develop as a player and Holmes should figure out how he best contributes to the offense. Watch the second half of the season for signs that Sanchez and Holmes are coming around. You could find some value betting on the Jets later in the season.

Mark Sanchez

There was a lot of excitement among New York Jets fans when Mark Sanchez was drafted by their team in the 2009 NFL Draft. He had an up and down season, sometimes looking like he had it all together and sometimes looking like he was a little overwhelmed. He always looked like he would eventually be a successful NFL quarterback though. He ended up putting together a decent year and the Jets were able to make it into the playoffs. The future is bright for both the New York Jets and for their young quarterback. Here is a look at five interesting facts about the rookie season of Mark Sanchez.

- Mark Sanchez passed for more passing yards, the total was 2,444, than any other rookie quarterback for the team ever did.

- When looking at all of the touchdown passes that he threw during his rookie season, more of them were thrown during the third quarter than were thrown in any other quarter of the games he played in.

- In week 15, Sanchez threw the longest touchdown pass of his rookie year. It was a 65 yard touchdown pass to Braylon Edwards that happened in a 10-7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

- Of Mark Sanchez’s 13 touchdown passes he threw during his rookie year, four went to Braylon Edwards, four went to Jerricho Cotchery, two went to Dustin Keller, and he also threw one each to David Clowney, Chansi Stuckey, and Ben Hartsock.

- Sanchez’s first touchdown pass ever in the NFL came in week one of his rookie season and went for 30 yards to Chansi Stuckey.

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