Bills-Jets Monday Night Football Open Thread: Aaron Rodgers vs. Josh Allen

There is no doubleheader on Monday Night Football this week. We get a game tonight, and it should be a fun one: The Buffalo Bills take on the New York Jets. The Jets are a much better team than that record suggests, and the Bills are trying to keep up with the AFC. This should be fun.

The big news for this game is that the Jets will be without their head coach. They released Robert Saleh last week after a loss to the Minnesota Vikings. In some strange sense of justice, the Vikings have Sam Darnold at the helm at the quarterback position. In Saleh's first year, the Jets traded Darnold for Zach Wilson, who is also no longer with the team. We don't know who made that call, but it certainly didn't help. There is speculation whether Saleh could move to the San Francisco 49ers. That's probably not happening, folks.

Aaron Rodgers is under scrutiny in all this mess and he claims ignorance. Since we say he doesn't have the power, we seem to be speculating that he does.

Meanwhile, the Bills are on a two-game losing streak after losing to the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens. Their wins this year come against a Cardinals team that surprised everyone, a Dolphins team without a starting quarterback, and the Jacksonville Jaguars (that's all. The Jacksonville Jaguars). They haven't beaten a winning team yet this season – or, as was the case with the Dolphins back then, a healthy winning team.

They need to take care of the Jets tonight and stop Miami once they're healthy again. On paper, this division appears to be theirs if they get a head start.

FanDuel Sportsbook has the Bills up by 1.5 points. I'm excited about the jets and the points that go into them. Interim head coaches can sometimes have an incredible first game that begins to justify why they should stay. Plus, the Jets are trying to prove something. Even if the Bills win, I think it will be close. I also wouldn't mind putting money on the under for 41.5 points. Both teams' defenses should step up and hold the fort.