Both teams are on the hot seat with no room for error if the postseason is even a remote possibility for the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers come Sunday in the Meadowlands.

Both 4-6, and both 2-3 on the road as well as at home, the Carolina-New York match-up features two struggling quarterbacks that rely on the running game to get them started. Both hope to get closer to .500 come the final gun.

Jake Delhomme and rookie Mark Sanchez are probably the two worst starting quarterbacks in the NFL outside of Bruce Gradkowski of the hapless Oakland Raiders. Delhomme, who has just 8 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, is playing worse than the rookie Sanchez, who has 10 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. Delhomme has passed for 1,885 yards while Sanchez has 1,791.

Both teams bring a strong running game to the table with the Jets' Thomas Jones and his 884 yards rushing and the Panthers' DeAngelo Williams, who currently has 982 yards on the ground. Both Williams and Jones should eclipse the 1,000-yard mark come Sunday afternoon.

While the Panthers have the slight edge at wideout with Steve Smith, he's not having a Steve Smith season with just 45 receptions and four touchdowns in 2009. The Jet passing game has been equally mediocre as Jericho Cotchery and Dustin Keller have been virtually invisible these last two weeks and the Jets could use some production from Braylon Edwards as well if this is going to be a competitive contest.

Despite a complete collapse at 1-6 after the 3-0 start, Jets coach Rex Ryan is sticking with Sanchez as the starter for better or for worse.

Sanchez is coming off his worst game as a pro last week in New England. He threw four picks in a game that has left the Jets all but dead for any tangible postseason possibilities.

Based on the numbers, both teams seem equally matched in terms of personnel and production. The difference seems to be in the coaching, where John Fox has played through some rough patches while the Ryan-led Jets seem to look worse and worse as the season continues to become another typical Jet debacle.

A win by the Panthers would leave them 5-6 with some faint playoff chances should they run the table and get to 10-6. The same would hold true for the Jets, but the schedule seems much tougher than anticipated and if New York could just get back to .500 football, fans will have some hope that Ryan is in fact the right guy to lead the team into a new facility come 2010.

But should the Jets continue to slide, one has to look real hard at keeping Rex Ryan around after all the promise he guaranteed the day he was anointed head coach by the Jet brain trust that seems more like a brain fart.