FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Police in northern New Jersey are preparing for several thousand Jets fans to send the football team off to the AFC Championship game.

The team will hold a pep rally at its Florham Park practice facility Saturday. Fans will form a human tunnel to send Gang Green off to play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.

Florham Park Police Capt. Robert Treiber tells The Daily Record of Parsippany last year’s send-off drew between 4,000 and 5,000 people. Treiber says he expects at least that amount this time.

Motorists planning to use the Park Avenue-Columbia Turnpike corridor should find alternate routes between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday.

The winner of Sunday’s game will play either the Chicago Bears or the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl on Feb. 6.