FBO: It all falls back to the rookie QB

Every Tuesday, Vince Verhei of Football Outsiders writes a piece called "Any Given Sunday." In it, he dissects one of the biggest upsets from the previous weekend in the NFL. For Week 17, he looks at the New York Jets' absolutely blowing the Cincinnati Bengals off the field Sunday night -- and what it may mean for the wild-card weekend rematch of the two teams this Saturday. For a better understanding of the FBO metrics used to arrive at these conclusions, please click here.

Simply put, the Jets have a good chance to win on the road this weekend -- provided their rookie quarterback doesn't screw things up.

We've heard this argument before -- it all comes back to Sanchez. But to go deeper inside this game -- specifically the CB/WR matchups on each side of the ball -- via FBO's metrics, you must be an ESPN Insider.

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