I was asked via email what type of pass rush the Jets used in both of their playoff games thus far against the Colts and Patriots and who they attacked pass defender wise. I have broken down the tape below of both games and included the QB stats against the different pass rusher numbers as well.
| Peyton Manning | ||||||
| # RUSHERS | ATT | COMP | YDS | YPA | SACK | TD |
| 3 man rush | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 man rush | 19 | 13 | 225 | 11.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 man rush | 5 | 3 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jets versus Colts | ||||
| QB Position | # Pass Rushers | Result | Receiver | Defender |
| Under Center | 4 | 9 yards | Garcon | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 4 | Incomplete | Tamme | Scott |
| Shotgun | 4 | 5 yards | White | Smith |
| Shotgun | 4 | 0 yards | White | Pool |
| Shotgun | 5 | Incomplete | White | Coleman |
| Under Center | 4 | 12 yards | Rhodes | Harris |
| Shotgun | 5 | 11 yards | Garcon | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 4 | 6 yards | Tamme | Lowery |
| Under Center | 4 | 10 yards | Tamme | Coleman |
| Shotgun | 4 | Incomplete | Garcon | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 3 | 1 yards | Wayne | Revis |
| Under Center | 4 | 11 yards | White | Harris |
| Under Center | 4 | 57 yard TD | Garcon | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 4 | Sack | N/A | N/A |
| Shotgun | 4 | 23 yards | White | Coleman |
| Shotgun | 4 | Incomplete | Tamme | Smith |
| Shotgun | 5 | 4 yards | Tamme | Smith |
| Shotgun | 4 | 14 yards | Garcon | Cromartie |
| Under Center | 4 | Incomplete | Addai | Smith |
| Shotgun | 4 | Incomplete | Garcon | Cromartie |
| Under Center | 3 | 21 yards | Garcon | Cromartie |
| Under Center | 4 | Incomplete | Tamme | Smith |
| Shotgun | 4 | 15 yards | Tamme | Smith |
| Shotgun | 4 | 11 yards | Tamme | Harris |
| Shotgun | 4 | 12 yards | White | Coleman |
| Shotgun | 5 | 3 yards | White | Coleman |
| Shotgun | 5 | Incomplete | White | Coleman |
| Tom Brady | ||||||
| # RUSHERS | ATT | COMP | YDS | YPA | SACK | TD |
| 3 man rush | 15 | 9 | 79 | 5.27 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 man rush | 21 | 14 | 159 | 7.57 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 man rush | 7 | 5 | 59 | 8.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 man rush | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jets versus Patriots | ||||
| QB Position | # Pass Rushers | Result | Receiver | Defender |
| Under Center | 4 | 19 yards | Woodhead | Harris |
| Under Center | 3 | INC | Branch | Revis |
| Shotgun | 4 | 7 yards | Gronkowski | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 4 | 9 yards | Gronkowski | Taylor |
| Under Center | 5 | INT | Green-Ellis | Harris |
| Shotgun | 4 | Sack | N/A | N/A |
| Under Center | 4 | 10 yards | Welker | Revis |
| Under Center | 4 | 3 yards | Woodhead | Coleman |
| Under Center | 5 | 28 yards | Crumpler | Cromartie |
| Under Center | 6 | INC | Crumpler | Lowery |
| Shotgun | 3 | Sack | N/A | N/A |
| Under Center | 4 | INC | Welker | Lowery |
| Shotgun | 4 | Sack | N/A | N/A |
| Shotgun | 3 | 9 yards | Crumpler | Pace |
| Shotgun | 4 | Incomplete | Gronkowski | Harris |
| Under Center | 5 | 7 yards | Green-Ellis | Smith |
| Under Center | 4 | 4 yards | Green-Ellis | Coleman |
| Shotgun | 4 | Incomplete | Gronkowski | Lowery |
| Shotgun | 3 | Incomplete | Branch | Revis |
| Shotgun | 3 | 3 yards | Woodhead | Revis |
| Shotgun | 4 | 12 yards | Edelman | Coleman |
| Under Center | 4 | Incomplete | Tate | Cromartie |
| Under Center | 5 | Sack | N/A | N/A |
| Shotgun | 5 | 4 yards | Hernandez | Revis |
| Shotgun | 4 | 37 yards | Gronkowski | Lowery |
| Under Center | 4 | Incomplete | Woodhead | Ellis |
| Shotgun | 5 | 12 yards | Branch | Smith |
| Shotgun | 3 | 16 yards | Branch | Revis |
| Shotgun | 3 | 7 yards | Welker | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 6 | 2 yard TD | Crumpler | Ihedigbo |
| Under Center | 5 | 8 yards | Welker | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 3 | Incomplete | Crumpler | Pool |
| Shotgun | 3 | 8 yards | Branch | Revis |
| Under Center | 4 | 9 yards | Welker | Coleman |
| Under Center | 4 | Sack | N/A | N/A |
| Shotgun | 4 | Incomplete | Woodhead | Harris |
| Shotgun | 5 | Incomplete | Branch | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 4 | 9 yards | Welker | Coleman |
| Shotgun | 4 | 4 yards | Woodhead | Scott |
| Shotgun | 3 | 12 yards | Gronkowski | Harris |
| Shotgun | 4 | Incomplete | Branch | Revis |
| Shotgun | 3 | Incomplete | Woodhead | Lowery |
| Shotgun | 3 | 1 yards | Welker | Coleman |
| Shotgun | 4 | 9 yards | Woodhead | Harris |
| Shotgun | 4 | 13 yards | Welker | Coleman |
| Shotgun | 4 | 14 yards | Woodhead | Ihedigbo |
| Shotgun | 3 | Incomplete | Branch | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 3 | 10 yards | Branch | Cole |
| Shotgun | 3 | Incomplete | Welker | Cromartie |
| Shotgun | 3 | 13 yard TD | Branch | Pool |
