Takeaways From the Patriots Win Over the Jets

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“I just think there’s got to be different ways to win every week, and I think that our team has always tried to figure out ways to attack the teams”, Brady said of his 21st career regular-season win over the Jets, a team that came in with the NFL’s No. 1 scoring defense.

-SPECIAL TEAMS: B. Although Jamie Collins allowed an onside kick through his legs for a Brandon Marshall recovery in the fourth quarter, the Patriots had the better of the special-teams matchups. New England got the ball with 12 seconds to go and didn’t score.

Once they stopped dropping the ball, the Patriots dropped the anvil.

Defence: The Jets came into the game with the No. 1 defence in the NFL.

Then, Marshall stomped that glimmer into oblivion, with a penalty on what would’ve been the final play to seal the Pats’ 30-23 win.

The fourth quarter started just in time for Tom Brady to lead New England on a comeback. “You’ve got to give (the Patriots’ defense) credit”.

But one looked up at halftime and the Patriots led 13-10. Quarterback Tom Brady had 355 passing yards, with a pair of scores and no interceptions. I didn’t make the play and it put our team in a bad situation.

The Patriots led, 23-20, when they got the ball back at their own 32 with 5:32 remaining.

Despite Marshall’s willingness to shoulder the loss, coach Todd Bowles wasn’t as quick to condemn him. But these Jets lacked the reigning champ’s 60-minute staying power.

“We were fine schematically”, Bowles said. You have to make those plays in games like this, so it’s all on me. “The next time we suit up against him, I’ll be much more prepared”.

“For us not to execute is tough, especially against a team like that”, Colon said. The game dropped their record to 4-2, and improved the Patriots to a ideal 6-0, widening their lead in the AFC East.

In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Dwayne Harris raced a 100 yards with a kickoff return against his former Dallas teammates seconds after the Cowboys had leveled the game as New York Giants moved atop the National Football East with a 27-20 victory over Dallas.

Then there’s Brady, who was Bradyesque when it counted, and that, more than anything, was the difference between the two teams.

With just around a minute and a half remaining in the game and the Patriots driving at the Jets 15-yard line, they facing a 2 and three.

“That was big”, Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie said.

Besides the 3 and 10 scramble for 11 yards that led to a touchdown, Brady and his receivers had two other notable plays that led to the Patriots victory. “But Tom is great. That’s what he did down the stretch”.

On their annual trip to visit their biggest rivals, the Jets on Sunday brought several accessories they lacked in recent years: the league’s top defense, the leading running back in yards per game and, most remarkably, the respect of people who don’t cheer for them. In the win, Brady was also the leading rusher for the Patriots as he had four carries for 15 yards and one touchdown.

“I should enjoy this because it probably will never happen again”, Brady told reporters afterwards. The gap between Brady and all those Jets QBs is too huge.

Brady overcame the Revis Effect by looking to Amendola, who finished with eight catches for 86 yards, with five of those catches coming in the fourth quarter.

Travis Kelce had five catches for 73 yards, Albert Wilson took three catches for 71 yards, while Chris Conley caught six balls for 63 yards and a score.