Get ready for Antonio Brown to explode in Week 3 vs. Jets

If you thought Week 2 was a promising debut for Patriots receiver Antonio Brown, wait until you see what he does in Week 3.

Antonio Brown's four-catch, 54-yard, one-touchdown performance against the Miami Dolphins last week was a good start to his tenure with the New England Patriots. It was actually a great start when thinking about the complexity of the Patriots' offensive scheme and how he absorbed enough within four days time to play a third of the team's offensive snaps and managed to lead the unit in targets, yards, and catches. 

When New England plays host to the New York Jets in Week 3, they are facing an AFC East rival that isn't a whole lot better than the Dolphins, which sets Brown up for continued success in his second game as a Patriot. 

With Sam Darnold still recovering from mono, and backup quarterback Trevor Siemian ending his reign as the Jets' starter at one game due to an ankle injury that requires season-ending surgery, Luke Falk will be the team's starting QB for at least the next game, if not the next two games. This means the team will have to rely heavily on its bell-cow running back, Le'Veon Bell, to shoulder the load for an offensive unit that lacks explosion through two weeks of the regular season. 

To add to the problematic scenario, New York's defense is in the bottom 10 of the league in passing yards per game allowed (273.5), yards per pass allowed (8.0), while also being tied for the longest passing play allowed so far in the NFL (89 yards). 

Through two weeks, the Jets have been torched by an opposing offenses No. 1 receiver, giving up 123 yards and a score to John Brown of the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 and 161 yards and another score to Cleveland Browns receiver Odell Beckham on Monday Night Football earlier this week. In Week 3, the Jets defense will face one more receiver who can capitalize on their weaknesses. 

Brown, who averages 13.4 yards per reception over his nine-year career, is expected to get a boost in snaps vs. the Jets after being in for just one-third of the team's offensive snaps in Week 2. With an increased workload against a not-so formidable opponent, Brown could have his first big performance in a Patriots uniform this upcoming Sunday afternoon. 

The stars align for that narrative to take place, even if he doesn't receive more targets than he did in Week 2, which was eight. He only corralled half of those in, but averaged 14 yards on each reception. If he can capitalize on a few more targets while stretching the field a bit more against a defense that tends to allow that, he could have well over 100 yards despite only having a limited role within the offense. It would also quiet the naysayers who believe Tom Brady can't throw the long ball at 42 years old. 

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