New England Patriots vs. New York Jets thread

[Kneel B4 Zod]

Some thoughts on the game, mostly from the Pats POV, other views welcome of course.

The first game between these 2 teams was dominated by the Patriots. The Jets did spring 2 big plays that had a bit of luck and extraordinary effort. Sure you give them credit for this, but these plays aren't the type that are very repeatable.

The second game the Jets outplayed the Pats, but they had a lot of things going for them:

- Jets were coming off of a bye week, Pats were coming off of a Sunday night loss to the Colts

- The game was played on a completely muddy field, which always gives the advantage to the worse team (by leveling the literal and figurative playing field).

- Ty Warren did not play, and Seymour was still banged up. 2 Pro Bowl level Dlineman for the Pats.

The point is, I wouldn't look for a repeat of the second game. Lots of things will be different this game. (Rodney Harrison did not play in game 2 either btw).

Re: the 2 teams, the Patriots are better. I think the Jets have had a successful season, but they were lucky to get as many wins as they did. They have an average offense and a below average defense; the Pats are above average on both.

I think the Pats win by a TD.