‘It is Going to Be Hard-Nosed to the Whistle’

Coming off a season-high 11 tackles against the Vikings and an interception in the Jets first matchup with Buffalo earlier this season, S Jordan Whitehead is looking to continue that momentum and to help propel the Jets into the stretch run. Starting with a Week 14 rematch against the No. 1 seed in the AFC and the AFC East leading Bills.

“We have just got be on our keys a little bit more this week,” Whitehead said. “It is hard to beat them twice. In those division games, it is going to be hard-nosed to the whistle.”

Whitehead, 25, played a big role in the Jets 20-17 win at MetLife Stadium against the Bills in Week 9. After QB Josh Allen took the Bills to the Jets’ 13-yard line in 2 plays on the opening drive, Whitehead halted their momentum with an interception.

Whitehead finished with game 2 pass defensed – most on the team – and 4 tackles to lead the Jets to a dominant defensive performance, holding the Bills to their lowest-point total of the season.

In the rematch, Whitehead expects the game plan to be similar for the teams and the margin for error even tighter.

“You definitely got to watch the game again because not too much is going to change,” Whitehead said. “But again, they’re planning for our game plan. So, whatever we did last week, or last time we played them they’re probably studying a lot of that, and we have to be even more on our P’s and Q’s.”