Your guide to Sunday's Bills game at the Jets

Joyce Zimmer was pregnant with a boy, the ultrasound showed, but there might be a problem.

“They called it a ‘chromosomal abnormality,’ ” she said.

When the Bills run: Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll got right to the point Monday when asked about the struggles of the rushing attack. “I’ve got to give them better plays,” Daboll said. That would be a start, but it’s not the only problem plaguing the running game right now. Far too often, Devin Singletary is met by a defender behind the line of scrimmage, leading to negative plays or minimal gains. Singletary, too, has seemed to lack decisiveness at times, so blame can be equally shared. The Jets rank 20th in the league against the rush, but the Bills haven’t gone up against a murderer’s row of running defenses lately and still struggled to get anything going. EDGE: Jets.

When the Bills pass: Josh Allen’s performance against the Kansas City Chiefs raised some red flags. Allen went just 14 of 27 for 122 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. His accuracy from the very beginning of the game was a problem. It seemed through the first month of the season that games like that were behind Allen, but evidently not. The challenge will be to make sure that was an aberration – not the start of a trend. The Jets rank 23rd against the pass. Expect a healthy dose of Stefon Diggs with John Brown out with a knee injury. Diggs continues to lead AFC receivers in catches (42) and receiving yards (555). EDGE: Bills.

Welcome to this week's Bills Mailbag. We'll tackle questions on the team's injury situation, Brandon Beane's contract, the lineup changes and plenty more. Let's get right to it ...

ATV3 asks: Is this season an aberration for Bills injuries, or are the injuries more noteworthy this season because of the key players impacted?

Here are three matchups to watch when the Bills visit the New York Jets on Sunday.

Bills D vs. Jets O on third downs. The Jets’ offense is last in the NFL on third down, converting 30.2%. The Bills’ defense has slumped to 30th on third downs, allowing 53.5%. The Bills held the Jets to just 3.5 yards a carry in the opener, and there’s no Le’Veon Bell to deal with this week. He’s in Kansas City. The prospects look good for getting the Jets into a bunch of third-and-long situations. And the Jets’ offensive line is struggling with injuries and cohesiveness. This should be a game for the Bills’ edge rushers to beef up their numbers.

Here are my five takes on the Buffalo Bills’ game Sunday against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium.

1. There can be no other outcome besides a lopsided victory.

Micah Hyde will tell you that as poorly as the Buffalo Bills’ defense has played the past two weeks, and for much of the season, it’s not far from returning to the impressive form it showed through most of 2019.

How close?

Here is how The News' sports writers see Sunday's Bills game at the New York Jets. 

Vic Carucci

The Gase Watch continues in New York where the job status of the Jets' coach is being closely monitored. As NFL.com put it: New York is at the point at 0-6 this season in which it is not only struggling, it's making the game look like a chore.

More than 100 million voting-eligible Americans did not participate in the 2016 election.

With this year’s election now less than two weeks away, both current and former members of the Buffalo Bills are doing their part to reduce that staggering number. NFL Votes is a league-wide initiative that is intended to support voting and civic engagement among NFL fans, players, club and league personnel through voter education, voter registration and voter activation. One of the NFL legends most active in the cause also happens to be arguably the greatest player in Bills history – Hall of Fame defensive end Bruce Smith.

Buffalo Bills players and coaches have done their best to wrap cushions around what happened the past two weeks.

No one expected to go 16-0. It’s all part of the ups and downs of a season. Don’t panic. Stay the course. We have what it takes to fix this.

Here’s a big thing serious football fans are missing by not being able to sit in Bills Stadium this season: The ability to focus on a specific player and watch him work his craft/do his job play after play.

You can’t do it from your living room.