Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham
New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott isn't afraid to drop the "P" word.
Scott, with an economics degree from Southern Illinois, is almost as comfortable with numbers as he is with verbs.
He figures the winner of Sunday's showdown between the Jets and New Orleans Saints in the Superdome probably is headed to the playoffs.
"Whichever team comes out 4-0 is going to really set themselves up," Scott said Thursday. "Whenever you go perfect in the first quarter of the season, that's a tremendous start on trying to make it to the playoffs.
"We’re going to try to give it our best effort. We have a tough road ahead. If we can go up 4-0, winning two games on the road, you're halfway there. You want to win all of your home games and split on the road. That gets you 12-4, and that is a tremendous record.
"Most of the time, that will get you to win the division."
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Tim Graham
Graham joined ESPN.com in 2008 after covering the Miami Dolphins for the Palm Beach Post. He previously spent eight years at the Buffalo News, where he was an award-winning NHL and boxing writer. The Baldwin-Wallace College grad also has worked for the Las Vegas Sun and Boston Herald.