The article provides an analysis of the upcoming NFL Week 3 matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Jets. It highlights the key defensive battle featuring Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson against Jets tackles Armond Membou and Olu Fashanu. Hutchinson, who has three sacks this season and a sack in six straight games, will challenge the Jets' offensive line protection skills. The article also notes that the Jets have the top defense in terms of yards allowed through two weeks, but they face their toughest test against the Lions' explosive offense led by quarterback Jared Goff and dynamic players like running back Jahmyr Gibbs and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
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The Jets pass protection held up pretty well last week against the Packers … until it didn’t.
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it → hold → Packers
Geno Smith was sacked four times, with two of those coming in overtime.
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two → sack → overtime
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he → take → field
Jets now face one of the best pass rushers in all of football in Hutchinson.
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Jets → face → Hutchinson
He has three sacks already this season and has a sack in six straight games.
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He → have → games
He had 14.5 sacks last year.
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He → have → sacks
“Aidan has always been that guy,” Jets quarterback Geno Smith said.
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Smith → say → ?
“He’s great around the football.
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He → ’ → football
He’s had interceptions, sacks, forced fumbles, so he’s always a guy that you have to be mindful of.”
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you → have → that
Membou and Fashanu have had strong starts to the season.
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Membou → have → season
Fashanu is currently No. 2 among tackles rated by Pro Football Focus.
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Fashanu → rat → Focus
Membou had a rare bad game last week against the Packers but looked solid against the Titans in Week 1.
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Membou → have → Week
Membou said he relished the chance to face Hutchinson.
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he → say → Hutchinson
“I feel like a player like him, you’ve got to raise your standards when you’re going against a guy as talented as him,” Mebou said.
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Mebou → feel → him
“It’s definitely going to be a great matchup and I’m really looking forward to it.”
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I → go → it
Fashanu said Hutchinson’s “motor” is what stands out when you watch him on film.
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you → say → film
“He never quits throughout the entire game,” Fashanu said.
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Fashanu → quit → game
“I feel like as a pass rusher, he has everything.
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he → feel → everything
He has speed, power, he’s really good with his hands.
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he → have → hands
I feel like he does a good job at attacking the weaknesses of tackles.
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he → feel → tackles
He’s a great player.”
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He → ’ → ?
The Jets have the No. 1 defense in football through two weeks in terms of yards allowed.
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Jets → have → yards
They have been stingy, giving up just 197 yards per game.
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They → give → game
They have held their first two opponents to fewer than 200 yards, the first time any team has done that to start a season since the 2006 Ravens.
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team → hold → Ravens
This will be the stiffest test they have faced.
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they → face → ?
The Lions are loaded on offense with quarterback Jared Goff leading the way and running back Jahmyr Gibbs and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown ready to make a big play every time they touch the ball.
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they → lead → ball
“This will be one of the most explosive groups that we’ll go against, to me, probably all year,” Jets coach Aaron Glenn said.
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Glenn → go → me
“When you think about the running back, who I know very, very well, man you’re talking about as a runner, as a receiver, line up out wide, in the backfield, he can do a number of things.
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he → think → things
“Then [receiver Jameson Williams] out on the edge, being able to take the top off the defense, and then you have [St. Brown] who’s extremely tough, rugged, hard-nosed, make all the catches in the middle of the field, and then you have [tight end Sam] LaPorta, who’s back to being himself when I was there, of being able to really stretch the defense and make plays.
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I → take → plays
The Jets have not turned the ball over yet on offense.
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Jets → turn → offense
This is the first time since 1971 they have started a season with no giveaways in the first two games.
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they → start → games
Their struggles to get takeaways has been well documented.
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struggles → get → takeaways
They have gone 19 games without an interception, but the offense is now protecting the ball.
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offense → go → ball
Geno Smith led the NFL with 17 interceptions last year with the Raiders.
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Smith → lead → Raiders
He bristled at the idea that he has changed anything this year to cut down on interceptions.
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he → bristle → interceptions
“You guys got to watch film,” said Smith, who did not throw an interception in the first two games.
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who → got → games
“You say interceptions, you got to watch film, you can’t just go off the stat sheet.
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you → say → sheet
I think that’s what a lot of people do, right?
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lot → think → people
I’m a guy, like I told you guys, I’m very sound in my decision-making.
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I → ’m → making
The Jets offense should be able to score some points against a Lions secondary that is banged up.
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that → score → secondary
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