Jets Have Opportunity to Solidify Playoff Hopes Against Vikings

Games of the week

Jets (7–4) at Vikings (9–2), 1 p.m. ET Sunday: The Mike White show hits the road this week as the Jets get themselves into a game that could dictate their near future as a playoff team. While this inter-conference matchup doesn’t weigh heavily on the standings (according to FiveThirtyEight, a loss doesn’t necessarily torpedo their chances of making the playoffs), it does provide the Jets with the opportunity for a quality win, a confidence booster and a buffer with the division-rival Bills up next and the always complicated Lions looming. An 8–4 record would be an incredible buffer for this team, which is still trying to get all of its component parts on board and moving in the same direction. — Conor Orr

White completed 22-of-28 passes for 315 yards and three touchdowns in his first start last week.

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