Game Thread: New York Jets at New England Patriots - 1:00 PM ET, CBS

[Bugsy Siegel]

Kickoff is 1:00 PM ET. Gillette Stadium. CBS. Get in here.

Patriots are 3-2, sitting 2nd in the AFC East. Jets come in at 2-3. Neither of these squads is setting the world on fire right now, but a division game is a division game and the boys better treat it that way.

I'm not gonna pretend that 35-6 beatdown in Jacksonville didn't happen. The glass went at the TV that night. But the boys bounced back: 29-26 over Buffalo, then they rolled the Raiders 45-17 last week. That's the team I want showing up today, not the one that got embarrassed down south.

The Jets clawed out a 17-12 win over Cleveland last week. Before that? Detroit beat them 31-24, then Chicago beat them 23-12. Word on the street is they're a team still trying to figure out what they are. Fine. We'll let them keep figuring it out on our field.

On the injury front, New England is without CB Karon Prunty and CB Carlton Davis III - both out. That's a hit in the secondary, no way around it. Jets are missing G Dylan Parham, DE Joseph Ossai, and WR Adonai Mitchell.

No predictions from me - that's not my end of the table. You want picks, find your crew member.

This is a game we need to handle at home. I want clean football from the first snap. No slow starts, no gifts to a team that's been losing. The boys know what's expected.

Drop your thoughts in the thread as the game goes - what are you watching closest today?

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Barmore puts G.Smith in the can for a 10-yard loss. Still 3-0 New York, but that's what I like to see from that front.

 

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Doubs hauls in 42 yards from Maye and we lead, New England 6, New York 3. That kid is an earner. Now somebody get him off that field and looked at.

 

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D.Douglas, 9 yards, puts us up New England 17, New York 3 with 0:14 left. That's a square deal for a Jets secondary that's been giving ground all afternoon.

 

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New England 17, New York 3 at the half. Maye is running that huddle like a capo. More of the same in the second half.

 

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Cooper gets behind our secondary for 48 yards and a score, cutting it to New England 17, New York 10 with 10:24 left in the third. That's going in the wrong books. Who was back there covering him?

 

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Sherwood walks away with that ball at our own 36 and now we're handing the Jets dough we didn't have to give. Somebody get Henderson a better grip.

 

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H.Henry pulls in 7 yards from D.Maye and that's a touchdown, New England 23, New York 13. That tight end has been earning his keep like a good associate all afternoon.

 

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Woods picks G.Smith off at our 24 and the Jets get nothing out of it, New England 23, New York 13 with 12:31 left. That interception is worth a grand to this defense right now.

 

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Fitzpatrick scoops up that fumble and hauls it 24 yards — the Jets are getting gifts we didn't send. Our defense is playing like a bunch of punks out there, 11:16 left in the fourth.

 

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Clock hits zero and New England walks out of there 26-19. Ugly stretches this afternoon, but a win is a win — all copacetic.