Tom Brady ‘very happy’ with knee recovery

It serves them well when they are wheezing against an opponent that is energized and desperate like the Jets were on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. Not that anyone will soon forget, but New England does have at its disposal a now-slightly experienced backup in Jimmy Garoppolo. Brady seems to still be feeling the effects of his knee injury he sustained two weeks ago against Seattle, which led to his several limited/missing practices this week.

Gronkowski has already missed two games with a hamstring injury, and a third game last week.

Until push came to shove in the fourth quarter, after the Jets had grabbed a 17-12 lead, the Patriots’ passing attack mostly was relegated to what you might call a Gabbertesque approach: short passes with little threat of stretching the field deep. The Patriots improved to 9-2 on the season, trailing only the Raiders in the AFC standings based on the strength of victory tiebreaker.

But the Patriots started 3-1 while the Jets opened 1-3. There is a will among the Patriots that is tough to match and even tougher to snuff.

The Patriots rarely go quietly, however, and were inches away from answering with a 22-yard scoring pass of their own but Tom Brady’s slightly overthrown ball went through the hands of a diving Mitchell, forcing New England to settle for a 41-yard Stephen Gostkowski field goal. This leaves the Jets in the unenviable position of having one of the NFL’s best cornerbacks declining with three years left on his mega-deal signed before the 2015 season.

Hey, Revis should know that Brady is a gamer. It also was his 200th career victory, tying Peyton Manning for the most in league history. Besides his talent, he again displayed that modesty and focus are his guides.

On the big reception on that game-winning drive, Hogan said the play in the huddle was for him to get the ball. and Brady delivered. He winced out there a few times, kind of getting up. Facing a fourth down late in the fourth quarter, Belichick could have elected to send in the field goal team to attempt a potential go ahead field goal.

“I’ve had a lot of really great support over the years, so hopefully we can keep winning, ” he said. With an even more potent pass rush in the Los Angeles Rams coming to Foxboro next week, the health of Brady will be a situation to monitor. We just had to make a play.

“The quarterback’s job is to win, ” coach Bill Belichick said. The Jets defense however, took a pass, going around Brady instead of through him en route to Blount. One was a clutch 4-yard catch by James White on a fourth-and-4 play.

Earlier in the series, Revis played “off” coverage on Edelman, resulting in a 24-yard reception that kick-started a vintage, game-winning drive by Brady, who broke the Jets’ hearts for the 23rd time. And they’re not exactly a runaway locomotive when Tom Brady is hurting, as he was against NY. But they’re a good team when it comes to playing us.

There’s no doubt that Tom will break more records since there are a lot more football to be played.

“He’s had his fair share of touchdown throws on me, and I’ve had my fair share of interceptions”, Revis said of his rivalry with Brady. Honestly, I was just thankful that our team got another opportunity after I felt like I messed up an opportunity for us. We got contributions from a lot of players.

A 2-point conversion try by White was initially ruled good, but the call was reversed because the ball never crossed the goal line – giving the Jets a final chance. We ran it. We threw it. “I thought maybe I should”. If it would have been any other guy I would have been just as happy.