"Colts defensive ends Robert Mathis and Dwight Freeney will be sprinters Sunday afternoon. The finish line won't be yellow tape, though. It will be the 6 on Mark Sanchez's jersey.

The two Colts ends are the quickest tandem in the NFL, and they are sure to give the Jets offense some headaches.

"They have a great get-off, especially in the silent count," Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said.

"They're what we call a one-gap penetrating defensive line. They're not stopping to read things. They're trying to knock people back. If you don't do a good job of controlling your cadence, if you don't do a good job of getting off on your snap count, they can create piles for people.

"It makes it cloudy for the back for his reads or the quarterback going through his reads and it can be tough. We've got to do a good job of using our cadence [to] control them."

Freeney gets most of the national attention with his dominant spin moves and penchant for sacking the quarterback. His 84 sacks since 2002 are second only to Jason Taylor's 88. He had 13½ this season.

On the other end, Mathis is no slouch. He had 9½ sacks.

"They're the best bookends in the league," Jets tackle Damien Woody said. "Those guys get after the quarterback big-time."

Combined with defensive tackles Daniel Muir and Antonio Johnson, the group forms one of the most formidable defensive lines in the league.

"You talk about offensive lines that have to be together on the same page," center Nick Mangold said."