Chargers (4-1) at Jets (3-3), 1 p.m. Eastern, CBS
Plaxico Burress vs. Chargers secondary
Could that 10-reception game that Rex Ryan expects from Burress come on Sunday? Doubtful. The Chargers yield fewer passing yards (179.6 per game) than every team but Pittsburgh, and they tend to deploy a zone defense that could minimize opportunities down the sideline, where Burress often roams. He could, though, find openings in the middle of the field, where he has made all three drops this season. A few catches, especially early, could help him find the connection with Mark Sanchez that has been absent so far.
Number to watch: 10
Rex Ryan met last week with Mark Sanchez and with several members of the coaching staff to devise ways to snap out of their first-quarter malaise, which has reached 10 consecutive possessions without a first down. A slow start did not hurt them against winless Miami, but it did against Baltimore and New England, and it could against the Chargers, another elite A.F.C. team.
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“They’ve got two 6-5 N.B.A. players — LeBron James is out there — who can go up and get the ball.”
DARRELLE REVIS on the Chargers’ starting receivers, Vincent Jackson and Malcom Floyd
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