Pats, Jets to square off Sunday

With a win on Sunday the Patriots will clinch the #1 seed in the AFC and ensure home field advantage in the playoffs.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Division title? The bad news is that the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers (who were trailing by 17 in the game) also won, so the Jets do not have control of their own destiny.

The good news is that the New York Jets increased their winning streak to four games after defeating the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday Night. It sounds good, but it’s not easier to contain a 6-foot-7 tight end with wide-receiver skills. I don’t think he was active for that game, but I’ve always watched from afar and seen how tremendous of a player he is, what kind of professional he is, so it’s great to have players like that. It’s a good offensive football team, good defensive team, good in the kicking game, so this will be a big challenge for us all the way across the board. The Patriots have also won nine of the past 10 matchups.

The Jets have fared well against the spread when facing the Patriots with a 5-1-1 ATS record in the last seven meetings in this series, but are just 1-6 SU over that stretch per the OddsShark NFL Database.

Brady, 38, has said he plans playing 10 more years, and when Pace is asked how long he expects the Jet-killer to play, he says: “Probably another 10 years, to be honest”. There are a lot of scheme things that they do that are challenging to prepare for. I just feel it’s too close to call, so I’m going with the home team.

Everybody else in the celebrity circle gets a chance to show which side they’re on. Brady is having one of his best statistical seasons while passing for 4,405 yards with 35 touchdowns and just six interceptions and a 103.8 quarterback rating.

“Blame Shaun Ellis”, Calvin Pace joked Wednesday, mistakenly attributing Lewis’ hit to his former teammate Ellis, the defensive end who was chasing Bledsoe out of bounds right before Lewis delivered the big blow. “Trade him to the NFC somewhere”.

TB: Yeah, absolutely. They’re playing great. Or will Belichick, as he did in October (9 carries, 16 yards, 57 Brady dropbacks), say never mind, we’ll just pass? They rank first among National Football League receiver tandems in receptions, second in yards and tied for first in TDs…. Still, his mere presence allows Brandon Bolden to move back to special teams and alleviates pressure on an unproven commodity like Joey Iosefa or Montee Ball, giving New England an extra layer of insurance.

“I want to remain a Jet”, Harrison said. And here’s what Santachick doesn’t bother to remind you: Brady makes such quick decisions, gets the ball out so quickly, that unless you have Joe Klecko and Mark Gastineau coming off the edge – he can render any New York Snacks Exchange virtually moot.

It now seems like the Jets are Ryan Fitzpatrick’s team. However, those victories came against opponents with a combined 18-38 record.

This might be the reason why Belichick is thinking of not playing his starters to keep them healthy when it is time for the playoffs. “They have threats from the perimeter to the outside to the inside”.

With the injuries mounting up for the Patriots, how many key players will be held out of the game? “We’ll just have to see how they play him”.

Another year, another pivotal game between the Patriots and Jets, two teams that have done battle for years since the start of the new millennium.