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The New England Patriots have swept apart the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium on “Thursday Evening Soccer,” successful 27-14 for his or her eighth straight victory.
TreVeyon Henderson had the most effective sport of his rookie season, dashing for 2 touchdowns and catching a 3rd. Drake Maye threw for 281 yards and a landing, whereas Stefon Diggs had 9 catches for 105 yards.
Justin Fields had a tricky evening, throwing for simply 116 yards and a landing on 15-of-26 passing. He additionally ran for 67 yards and a rating however accounted for the sport's lone turnover with a fumble.
The Patriots improved to 9-2, the most effective document within the NFL, whereas the Jets fell to 2-8, ending their two-game successful streak.
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Patriots-Jets takeaways: Maye boosts MVP case, Henderson scores 3 TDs in New England’s win
Huge receiver Adonai Mitchell made his Jets debut and didn’t go particularly nicely. His first catch was a very good one, a 3rd down conversion on a slant that helped arrange Fields’ landing run on the opening drive.
However after that, he dropped an ideal deep ball from Fields that might’ve went for a giant acquire, Fields missed him badly later within the second quarter on what would’ve been a giant acquire, after which Mitchell dropped one other ball within the fourth quarter. The upside is that Mitchell clearly has the athleticism and upside to get open and beat the person overlaying him, he simply wants to repair the main target points that led to the drops and errors.
On the flip facet, the opposite receiver the Jets acquired lately acquitted himself nicely: John Metchie began for the Jets and caught a 22-yard landing when he was left broad open within the third quarter.
Listed here are the most recent AFC East standings. With New England’s victory tonight over New York, the Patriots have a two-game lead over the Buffalo Payments.
A reminder that the Patriots and Payments sq. off on Dec. 14. New England is 1-0 towards Buffalo this 12 months after a 23-20 victory on Oct. 5.
The Patriots lead the AFC East in level differential with 86.
Mike Vrabel on the Patriots’ 9-2 begin in his first season.
💬 “I really feel nice. That’s what I simply advised them within the locker room, ‘9-and-two, that’s excellent news. I’ve higher information for you. They don’t should see me till Monday.’ They had been excited.”
The Patriots have already nearly clinched their return to the postseason, based on our Playoff Simulator, which supplies New England a higher than 99-percent likelihood at a playoff spot.
However what concerning the No. 1 seed within the AFC?
Per the Playoff Simulator, the Patriots have a 44-percent likelihood on the high seed and a bye to the divisional spherical, in addition to a 44-percent likelihood to host a sport within the wild-card spherical.
Get used to it, NFL followers — New England has returned to its perch atop the AFC.
It’s clear that Justin Fields isn’t the Jets' quarterback of the long run, however New York's offense was extra useful tonight than it has been in latest weeks, and his legs had been a giant a part of the rationale why.
Within the first half, his potential as a rusher put pressure on the Patriots' protection and prolonged performs all through the evening. He was the staff's main rusher, totaling 67 yards and a landing.
He nonetheless missed a number of throws and confirmed indecisiveness when throwing the ball downfield, however with out his go-to wideout in Garrett Wilson and on the highway towards a division rival on a brief week, Fields helped preserve the Jets within the sport whereas their protection faltered.
On the similar time, it’s not possible to run a functioning offense within the NFL with a beginning quarterback who has solely eclipsed 100-plus yards passing twice in his final 5 video games.
Because it seems, Justin Fields remains to be not the answer at quarterback for the Jets. And but, for some purpose, Aaron Glenn retains operating him on the market. Week after week, it’s clear that Fields doesn’t belong on the market anymore — and that was very true on Thursday evening, even when there have been a couple of drops from his broad receivers.
A low second got here when a third-down move late within the fourth quarter deflected off the again of left deal with Olu Fashanu’s head — after which Fields adopted that up by merely dropping the ball on a snap and fumbling it away to the Patriots, who rotated and made a subject objective a couple of performs later to just about put the sport away.
Fields put collectively a powerful first drive because the Jets leaned on his operating potential — however it was principally a catastrophe after that, and he nonetheless had fewer than 100 passing yards late within the fourth quarter. Sooner or later, maybe Glenn will swap to Tyrod Taylor or undrafted rookie Brady Prepare dinner.
TreVeyon Henderson on his three-touchdown efficiency:
💬 “Actually, them first two touchdowns, all my offensive linemen, I gotta give these guys credit score. They make my job simpler. These guys put within the soiled work.”
Drake Maye obtained loads of MVP chants from a fired-up crowd watching the Patriots play their first residence evening sport in two years.
They began when Maye took the sector because the final Patriots participant launched, then continued as Maye performed nicely in a powerful efficiency.
This wasn’t Maye’s greatest sport, however it might need been some of the essential in validating Maye’s standing as a legit MVP candidate, given the nationwide viewers and noteworthy throws. He accomplished his first 11 passes and didn’t throw an incompletion till three minutes remained within the first half.
Maye is without doubt one of the MVP frontrunners together with Matthew Stafford and Sam Darnold, and can want some spectacular video games down the stretch to earn the award. However Thursday evening was an opportunity for the nation to see how nicely he runs this offense.
His sturdy evening got here even with some uncommon drops from Stefon Diggs (who nonetheless put up 105 receiving yards) and with rookie Kyle Williams showing to run a few fallacious routes.
TreVeyon Henderson on Patriots quarterback Drake Maye:
💬 “He’s a baller, and he’s an excellent chief. However the largest factor is he’s humble. He is available in to work every day, and he pushes everybody round him. I’m grateful to be taking part in alongside him.”
TreVeyon Henderson has arrived.
After a sluggish begin to the season for the second-round rookie, Henderson put up 5 touchdowns in 5 days whereas filling in for the injured Rhamondre Stevenson.
Henderson has been so good that he might have overtaken the beginning job from Stevenson, who has missed the final three video games.
After he ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns final week in a win over the Buccaneers, Henderson totaled __ yards on __ touches Thursday evening for 3 touchdowns (two of them dashing, one in every of them receiving).
Henderson this season has been the surface, big-play risk for the Patriots’ operating sport, however he confirmed he’s loads succesful operating between the tackles on Thursday evening.
It’s unclear if Stevenson shall be wholesome sufficient to play within the Patriots’ Week 12 video games in Cincinnati, however Henderson has given the teaching employees loads to consider as they handle the depth chart.
TreVeyon Henderson on the Patriots’ method:
💬 “We simply wish to keep humble and simply proceed to place the work in. We wish to get pleasure from a few days off and get again to work. And yeah, we simply wish to keep humble and preserve going.”
Do you know our Playoff Simulator at The Athletic additionally offers you groups’ odds of securing the No. 1 general decide within the 2026 NFL Draft? So sure, Jets followers, there’s something for you in there!
With tonight’s loss, New York’s odds of getting the highest decide transfer from 27 % to 31 %.
Take a look at how those odds shift with the rest of New York’s games right here.
The Jets clearly needed to see what that they had in Adonai Mitchell, as Justin Fields focused him a team-high six occasions tonight.
But Mitchell recorded a number of drops and completed with only one 10-yard catch on New York’s opening drive.
Not an excellent begin to hits Jets tenure. Sure, Fields struggled, however Mitchell has to assist his quarterback as nicely.
Stefon Diggs continues to say himself as a dependable goal for Drake Maye, even when the veteran isn’t the perennial Professional Bowl-caliber participant he was in his prime for division rival Buffalo.
Diggs picked a very good evening for his first 100-plus-yard receiving sport because the Patriots’ final prime-time sport (a win over the Payments on Oct. 5). He had 9 catches for 105 yards in tonight’s victory.
What a efficiency tonight from Drake Maye, persevering with his excellent breakout sophomore season.
Maye confirmed whole command of the Patriots' offense, executing a number of completely thrown play-action passes whereas additionally making some unbelievable acrobatic performs when pressured to scramble from the pocket.
The Patriots quarterback completed 25-for-34 for 281 passing yards and one landing with no interceptions.
He was not helped by the drop points from new receiver Adonai Mitchell, however Justin Fields didn’t precisely do himself any favors, both.
Fields struggled to finish downfield throws, ending with simply 116 passing yards on 15-of-26 passing. He did have a landing move to John Metchie III within the third quarter and ran for a landing within the first, together with a team-high 67 dashing yards on 11 carries, however that was about it on the Fields spotlight reel tonight.
As for the lowlight reel, nicely …
The TreVeyon Henderson breakout is upon us!
Having absolutely assumed the lead operating again function in New England, Henderson has 5 touchdowns in his final two video games — together with three tonight, two dashing within the first half and one receiving within the second half.
Henderson had 62 dashing yards on 19 carries and 31 receiving yards on 5 catches, proving himself as an efficient complement to Drake Maye on this Patriots offense.
Peter P: Justin Fields is without doubt one of the worst Jets QBs I’ve ever seen and that’s saying a LOT
Robert G: If Mitchell may catch, it could be appreciated.
Lou T: Drake Maye having a pleasant pad your stats sport. Receivers routinely open with no defenders with 5 yards.
Obvfakeprofile: Jets followers are the most effective form of unstable. Hilarity tonight from gang inexperienced. I hope issues get higher for you lot.
These Patriots have their sights set greater (don't they at all times), however the franchise has simply clinched its first successful season since 2021.
It's the Patriots' thirty sixth successful season because the 1970 merger, second solely to the Pittsburgh Steelers (41).
