The Jets (0-1) have a relatively clean bill of health heading into Sunday's matchup with the Buffalo Bills (1-0). HC Aaron Glenn said he believes CB Sauce Gardner (groin) will be ready to play while WR Josh Reynolds (hamstring) and RB Kene Nwangwu (hamstring) will be evaluated later Friday afternoon.

"This is a game the players are really excited, they're looking forward to it – same with the coaches," Glenn said. "Really good opponent, really good coaching staff. I respect how they go about business, a number of these coaches I've known for a while."

Glenn coached with Bills OC Joe Brady in New Orleans and Buffalo DC Bobby Babich in Cleveland. And last December in Detroit, Glenn coordinated a mash unit of Lions defenders against Brady and reigning MVP Josh Allen.

"He really trusts in those guys running the ball and those can be runs with the running back or the quarterback," Glenn said of Brady. "He's brought that brand of football within the program. I think he allows Josh to be Josh, too. Even though they have their concepts, man he does a really good job of playing street ball and being able to find his guys and more importantly his guys understand him."

Moments after Glenn finished his Friday news briefing, Bills HC Sean McDermott ruled Buffalo star DT Ed Oliver (foot) out for Sunday's game. Rookie T.J. Sanders, a second-round pick from South Carolina, could be in line to get his first NFL start against the Jets.

"He's a game-changer. That's something we're going to have to take advantage of," RB Breece Hall told reporters. "But I'm sure they have some other good players over there. He's a great player, so I'm sure they're going to miss him. But regardless of who's in the game, we still have to go out there and execute."

Defensive Approach vs. the Big Buffalo
The Jets will try to keep Bills QB Josh Allen and the Buffalo offense in check Sunday. The defense did a lot of good things against the Steelers while holding them to 271 yards, limiting Pittsburgh to 2.7 yards per carry and sacking QB Aaron Rodgers 4 times. But Rodgers threw 4 TD passes, coverage and tackling was inconsistent and there were some untimely penalties. Veteran safety Andre Cisco, who had 5 tackles, wants the secondary to be a fundamentally sound group.

"We obviously have a ton of talent, but you want that talent to meet the fundamentals in the proper moments. So like tackling, playing the ball in the air and taking the ball away," he said.

Veteran LB Quincy Williams, who had 6 tackles and a sack in Week 1, emphasized the need to play a cleaner game. The Jets had 7 penalties for 74 marked off yards against Pittsburgh including Williams' 15-yard unnecessary roughness call after the Jets stuffed Kaleb Johnson for a 2-yard loss in the third quarter.

"Really building off the consistency of it all," Williams said. … "So, when two good teams battle against each other, it's going to be like the small details. We harped on that this week as far as like in practice and having a winning mindset in practice, winning every day and that leads over to the game. Getting turnovers during the week and then that leading over to the game."

Over 17 games last season, Allen (6-5, 237) was sacked just 14 times. He is lethal on the move and has the strength to discard defenders.

"He's a bigger body and also he's one of those guys who you don't really know if he's looking to scramble to run or scramble to throw the ball," said Williams (5-10, 230). "So having that mindset of not leaving the ground when he's pump-faking or something like that. He's also a bigger body so taking that extra step when you tackle him."

In the back end, the Jets are stressing their assignments. With Allen, there is always the initial play and then the improvisation.

"With the longer developing plays, that's kind of where coverages get exposed if you don't know your rules," Cisco said. "You have to be able to not just match the first set of routes but match whatever they become. That's kind of what happened and if one guy is out of position at that point, a good quarterback like Aaron Rodgers is going to find their guy."

Monster Matchup
One of Sunday's top matchups figures to be Jets edge Will McDonald IV vs. Bills Pro Bowl LT Dion Dawkins. McDonald, who began his third NFL campaign with 2 sacks of Aaron Rodgers, put on weight this offseason and has become more of a complete player.

"He's a competitor and he's kind of a quiet competitor," said DL coach Eric Washington. "He doesn't talk a lot about what he's going to do. He just goes out there and works and you can see him start to develop his plan and his approach with what we're doing conceptually and when the 1-on-1s happen to occur."

Washington pointed to McDonald's hand usage and improvement on the edge against the run.

"You have to make sure you use your hands to control and neutralize the guy that's got you in the run concept and he's the edge of the defense when he's a 5-technique or a 9-technique outside of a tight end," Washington said. "So it's critical that he establishes that point, he allows the rest of the defense to flow and work downhill and squeeze off the back side. So, his use of hands has to be critical and he's really doing that and not getting nosy. All of the sudden you start to look with the backs in this league, they'll find that crease. Just make sure you concentrate on what you got to get down, feed the rest of the defense and he's doing a really good job of that."

Folk Range
Nick Folk had a busy regular-season return to the Jets, handling seven kickoffs and connecting on 2-of-2 field goals and 2-of-2 extra points. Although he misfired left on an extra point following Justin Fields' 33-yard TD pass to WR Garrett Wilson, the Steelers were flagged for illegal formation, and the Jets accepted the penalty. On the ensuing 2-point attempt, RB Braelon Allen was stopped at the 1-yard line.

Folk's 35-yard FG provided the game's first points, and he later gave the Jets a 19-10 advantage with a 51-yard FG in the second quarter. That boot made it comfortably over the crossbar and Folk, who ranks second on the Jets' all-time scoring list, was asked about his range this week.

"Pregame we made 58 and I was probably good 60, 61," he said. "So on a good day, I still have a little bit left in the leg."

Unfortunately, Chris Boswell's 60-yard FG turned out to be the final points in Pittsburgh's 34-32 victory. Prior to Sunday's kickoff vs. the Bills, Folk, in his 18th NFL season, will determine his range.

"The way I kind of go about it is finding two lines, one kind of flow of the game like let's be a little smarter on this," he said. "Whatever that line would be, 55. End of half, end of the game, we could go to 60 or a little bit deeper. So, I try to do that each game, try to find two different lines for them. So, this is where I feel really comfortable and this is the one I can push it."