Quarterbacks: Tom Brady (21-of-29, 326 yards, four TDS and a 148.9 passer rating) vs. Mark Sanchez (17-of-33 for 164 yards, three INTs and a 27.8 passer rating.)
Score: Patriots 45, Jets 3.
Coaches: Belicheck (great game plan) vs. Rex Ryan (no game plan, bad use of a challenge, and bad decision to let Folk attempt a 53 yd field goal in a swirling wind)
Names For This Game: Monday Night Massacre or The Rexecution
Replacements: Danny Woodhead (for Kevin Faulk) has the game of his life (104 receiving yards) including a 50 yd. shovel pass and Eric Smith (for Jim Leonhard) gets called for a 36 yeard interference call in the endzone.
Punting: Patriots barely punted vs. Jets’ Steve Weatherford booted a 12 yard punt.
Streaks: Patriots win 26th game at home vs. Jets first road loss in 10 games.
History: Worst loss of Rex Ryan era. Tied for Jets’ 6th worst loss ever. Worst lost for a Ryan defense ever.
Defense: The Jets entered the game as the league’s third-ranked defense, left as No. 8.
Similarities: Jets on Monday night 24 years ago, Nov. 24, 1986, when the Jets were 10-1 lost their 12th game by the familiar count of 45-3, that night in the warmth of Miami. The worst loss in Jets' history was 56-3 to the Patriots in 1979. And now in two games in Foxborough, Ryan and Sanchez have been outscored 76-17 with Sanchez throwing seven interceptions.
What Brady Did: Brady become the youngest quarterback (at age 33) in league history to throw 250 touchdown passes, he eclipsed Brett Favre's NFL record by winning his 26th consecutive regular-season home game.
The Future?: The Jets are now 1-3 against teams with winning records, 7-0 against teams with losing records and 1-0 against the only .500 team they have played, the Dolphins, who come to the Meadowlands on Sunday. Two of their last four games are against winning teams, the Steelers and Bears. The remaining one is against a losing team, the Bills
December: Since Tom Brady's first season as a starter, the Patriots are 34-5 in December, best in the NFL. That includes a 19-1 record at home. That lone loss? December 22, 2002 when the Jets scored 13 unanswered to win 30-17 as Brady managed only 133 passing yards. Since then, the Patriots have won 16 straight December home games.
The 1st Quarter: The Jets allowed 0 1st quarter points through the first 6 games; With 17 allowed tonight, that's 37 over the last 6 games. Jets allowed 10 points and 163 total yards last week vs the Bengals. They have allowed 17 points and 105 yards through one quarter last night.
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