Buffalo Bills insider Chris Brown breaks down the top three storylines to know going into this week's Bills at Jets matchup on Sunday, Nov. .

Coming off their two largest victories of the season, Buffalo looks to stay hot.

1 – Right back to the run?

The Bills leaned as hard on their run game as they have all season in their big road win at Minnesota last Monday night. Buffalo had a season-high 44 rush attempts in their victory over the Vikings, with James Cook spearheading the effort with a hard-fought 107 yards on the ground on 31 carries.

It might be wise for Joe Brady's offensive unit to lean into the run game again this week against a Jets defense that has found slowing the ground attacks of their opponents challenging.

The Jets rushing yards allowed in the first five weeks of the season seemed to be a manageable 118 yards per game. Over their last four outings, however, New York has surrendered just over 140 yards rushing per game as their run defense ranking has slipped to 26th in the league.

Last Sunday against the Chiefs, Kansas City RB Kenneth Walker was rarely impeded by the Jets as he reached the century mark rushing on just 18 carries (102 yds), which included a rushing touchdown. Walker finished the game with a 61.1% rushing success rate, his highest rate of the season and the third-highest rate of his career. More importantly, the Chiefs totaled 163 rushing yards, the second-highest single-game total New York has surrendered this season.

Walker was stuffed on just one run by the Jets, with his 5.6% run stuff rate a season low. All four of his explosive runs came against neutral boxes (seven defenders in the box), as he rolled up 47 yards (7.8 yards per carry).

For Buffalo's James Cook, who is currently fifth in the league in rushing with 814 yards on the ground, the Jets will be the second-worst run defense he's faced this season. Only the Raiders' run defense was worse (32nd).

Bills head coach Joe Brady has called more run plays than pass plays in five of Buffalo's eight games this season, though he admits he fights to find balance in his offense.

"You hope as the game continues on that those two-yard runs can become seven; you have to stick with it, and that's hard," Brady said. "It's really hard with Josh Allen too. A struggle of mine always is like, 'Hey, how much is (too much)? I've got Josh Allen in there, and you're running the football.' But we felt like that was the way to win this last football game and to be able to wear on that team."

2 – Beware of punchers

The Jets are still a work in progress under second-year head coach Aaron Glenn. But there is one area where they're excelling, and that's forcing fumbles. Through nine games, New York has forced 13 fumbles, which leads the league. They've also recovered a league-high nine of those fumbles for takeaways.

At the tip of that spear is rookie pass rusher and top draft choice, David Bailey, who is tied for the league lead with five forced fumbles.

"There's a lot of things you can point to," Bailey said. "Being keen on the details is really what it comes down to."

Bailey has gotten most of his fumbles off strip sacks as he is tied for fourth in the league with 7.5 quarterback takedowns, just a half sack behind the Bills' Greg Rousseau.

The Jets forced three more fumbles last week against the Chiefs, two of which were forced by Bailey, who has been a terror off the edge.

New York has forced three or more fumbles in three of their nine games this season, the most by a Jets team after nine games since 2000.

Buffalo's ball carriers will need to be mindful of securing the football as soon as Jets defenders are within arm's length.

3 – Red zone opportunities

One of the main reasons the Jets are coming up short on the scoreboard is their struggles in the red zone on both offense and defense. Offensively, the Jets have gone O-for in the red zone in four of their nine games this season. That includes last week at Kansas City, when they were 0-for-1. This season, New York ranks 31st in red zone touchdown efficiency as they've reached the end zone just over 40 percent of the time (40.7%).

"The concept has got to be just right, and then we've got to execute at a high level," Glenn said of his offense's shortcomings inside the 20-yard line. "You've just got to score in the red zone. That's something where I don't care who we're playing. Defense, you've got to limit points, and offense, you've got to score points. That's something I've got to figure out, so that falls on me."

"It's frustrating as an offense," Jets' right guard Joe Tippmann said. "We can't just move the ball. We have to get to the red zone and then score in the red zone. We haven't done that at all. We don't want to settle for kicks. They'll help you get points, but if you keep kicking, it's not going to get you the win."

That, coupled with their red zone defense, is a big reason the Jets have lost four straight. New York has given up 22 touchdowns in the red zone this season, good for third most in the NFL.

Opposing offenses have converted each one of their last 11 red zone possessions for touchdowns over their last three games. The Chiefs were a perfect 4-for-4 in the red zone in their 23-point victory over New York last Sunday. The Raiders went 4-for-4 in Week 8 at MetLife Stadium, and even Miami, in their only victory, went 3-for-3 in the red zone against the Jets in Week 7.

Buffalo has the seventh-ranked red zone offense (66.7%) and a recently improved 18th-ranked red zone defense, which has surrendered just three touchdowns on their opponent's last nine red zone possessions (33.3%) into Sunday's matchup.