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Jets’ vow: Rattle Seahawks QB Wilson

TOUGH TALK: Quinton Coples, sacking first-year quarterback Andrew Luck during the Jets’ win over the Colts a few weeks ago, said Gang Green have a game plan to rattle Seahawks rookie quarterback Russell Wilson (inset), who is 4-0 at home. (
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Russell Wilson doesn’t rattle easily and hasn’t really rattled at all when the Seahawks are at home, but the Jets are convinced they’re up to the task tomorrow.

The impressive rookie quarterback is 4-0 at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field this season, with nine touchdown passes, zero interceptions and a 120.2 rating that is the best in the NFL.

“He’s done pretty well at home, but we’ve got some things in the game plan that we do feel comfortable and confident in that will rattle him,” defensive end Quinton Coples, a fellow rookie, boasted yesterday as the Jets prepared for the long trip West Coast trip.

That’s tough talk from a 3-5 team with just 12 sacks (ranking Gang Green a dismal 29th in the NFL in that category), especially considering coach Rex Ryan’s team will be visiting a stadium widely considered the noisiest and most treacherous spots in the league.

Wilson has a big arm, throws well on the rollout and also is a running threat, a potent trio of skills that makes the 5-foot-11 Wisconsin product one of the few pro quarterbacks whose small stature isn’t a hindrance.

But Coples isn’t the only Jet confident the scheming of Ryan and defensive coordinator Mike Pettine this week will allow them to frustrate Wilson in a building where he already has beaten Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Tony Romo this season.

Are the Jets whistling past the graveyard? Not according to defensive tackle Muhammad Wilkerson, who sounded almost as cocky as Coples about handing Wilson his first NFL home loss.

“We’ve got some great [defensive backs], and if they lock on their [assignments] and we get after them up front, we should have no problem,” said Wilkerson, who yesterday also backed up teammate Antonio Cromartie’s vow that the Jets will rally to make the playoffs this season.

Wilkerson complimented Wilson but said his inexperience will work to the Jets’ advantage tomorrow.

“He’s rookie, so he’s not as experienced as somebody like Tom Brady,” Wilkerson said. “We’ve just got to get after him. We’ve just got to go in there and set the tone. They have a unique offense, but we’ve got a great gameplan.”

But as Mike Tyson famously said, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the nose. Other more senior Jets weren’t nearly as outspoken, mainly because they realize how much of a handful Wilson and the Seahawks’ offense can be on their home field.

Marshawn Lynch is averaging a whopping 4.8 yards per carry and has almost 1,000 yards rushing in just nine games, numbers that also make Seattle’s use of play-action among the most dangerous in the league.

Just ask the Patriots, who fell for a 46-yard bomb off play action from Wilson to Sidney Rice in the final moments last month in Seattle to give the Seahawks a 24-23 upset of the defending AFC champs. The play-action aspect allowed Rice to easily split two New England defenders and haul in the picture-perfect heave from Wilson.

Rice isn’t the only big-play target Wilson will have at his disposal against the Jets tomorrow. The Seahawks also boast Golden Tate (five touchdown catches), tight end Zach Miller and Lynch out of the backfield, and they also expect former Jet Braylon Edwards to play this week.

No wonder veteran Jets defenders don’t seem willing to join Coples or Wilkerson in the bulletin-board department.

“At home, he doesn’t look like a rookie,” safety Yeremiah Bell said. “When they’ve got that running game going, [Wilson] looks really good. It’s hard to see him sometimes because of his size, so on film you see safeties getting caught out of position a lot of times. We’re going to have to be on our toes, because this is a huge challenge.”