It’s been 41 years since a dashing young quarterback took a New York Jets team featuring a strong running game and a stout defense to the Super Bowl. Rookie Mark Sanchez(notes) still has a long way to go to catch Joe Namath, but he’s doing the one thing that made Namath famous: leaning on some other parts of the team.

The question now is whether the Jets have enough to overcome the Indianapolis Colts, which have only themselves to blame for allowing New York to get this far. If the Colts had played to win in the 15th game of the season, the Jets would have been eliminated from the playoffs.

Oh, the irony.

With that in mind, consider the following four issues as critical to the Jets-Colts matchup on Sunday in the AFC championship game.

The 4 issues are?