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Jets Schedule Has Leaked, Will Face Bills to Open Season

According to multiple legitimate sources, the New York Post and the New York Daily News, the New York Jets will open their 2019 season against the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium on Sunday September 8. Not the Cleveland Browns as many assumed based off a series of Tweets from Odell Beckham Jr. 
Oh, Odell, you are such a prankster!
Early takeaways: While some fans may be bummed the Jets won't open the season on Monday Night Football, but opening up against the Bills still carries plenty of intrigue. For starters it is a divisional game, which is always important. The match-up will also pit Sam Darnold against Josh Allen for the second time. Late last season Darnold led a spirited comeback against the Bills in New York's final victory of the season in late December. And if the Jets do indeed draft Kentucky's Josh Allen, we could get to see Josh Allen (of the Bills) get sacked by Josh Allen (of the Jets).
Jets get the Patriots out of the way early. Kinda surprising that we will not see a Jets-Pats game in November and December, but both teams will square off in primetime on Monday Night Football. Expect the Jets to wear black that night. 
The Jets-Cowboys game in Week 6 will likely be the FOX Game of the Week due to its late afternoon start at 4:25 p.m., which means Jets fans might have to endure some Cowboy-homerism from Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
Adam Gase's return to Miami won't merit a primetime event, as it is squeezed into the middle of the schedule in early November at 1 p.m.
The stretch drive for the Jets is going to be brutal, especially weeks 15 and 16 when Gang Green hooks up against Baltimore on a Thursday night, and Pittsburgh. Both the Ravens and Steelers figure to be fighting for playoff berth, maybe even a division title at that point in the year. That will be a huge test for Gang Green, especially if the Jets find themselves in the wild card race.
It seems odd the Jets-Steelers game doesn't get an early season primetime slot, considering the Le'Veon Bell-Mike Tomlin drama, but keep in mind the game is now in position to potentially be flexed into Sunday Night Football, if both teams are in a situation to make the playoffs. 
The Jets end the season in Buffalo for the first time since 2015. Let's hope that trip has a happier ending for first year head coach Adam Gase, then it did Todd Bowles in his first year in New York. 

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