What to Watch For: Jets vs. Patriots
Sunday, October 25, 2015
The New England Patriots (5-0) are set to host the (4-1) New York Jets on Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium. The winner will take over sole possession of first place in the AFC East.
"It'll be a big challenge this week, work cut out for us, we're going to have to do a good job of matching up in all three phases and handling the things that they do, but they're doing them very well, so it'll be a big challenge for us Sunday," said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick in his press conference this week.
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The Jets come in with a new head coach in Todd Bowles who will experience the rivalry for the first time, and also face the Patriots as a head coach for the first time.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"They've got a lot of players, number one. They are very smart, very disciplined, very tough, very talented. All the things, I don't have any more adjectives to expand on that nobody else has already said. Tough all the way around at every position. They play the game the right way. They do all the little things, they block, they run, they tackle and they do it for 60 minutes and that's a quality that a lot of people don't have and they have it," Bowles said about the Patriots earlier this week.
Revis Returns
The major story line, other than the battle for first place, is the return of Darrelle Revis to New England. Revis played and won a Super Bowl title with the Patriots last season before leaving in the offseason to go back to New York.
"Going back to play at New England, it'll be fun. It'll be just like it's always been here, and that's how you've got to approach it," Revis said earlier in the week.
When asked about the decision Revis made to leave New England, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said "That's kind of NFL football and free agency and stuff like that. A lot of players have switched teams over the years. We've had a lot of guys come to our team from that team and vice versa. Like I said, I've got a lot of respect for that team and the way they play football and how well they're coached and how well they're playing this year."
Rivalry Renews
The Patriots are 3-1 against the Jets over the last two seasons but this Jets team has a different coach, quarterback, a big time receiver in Brandon Marshall and of course Darrelle Revis on defense.
"It's always been close in this rivalry. We have our fair share of wins and they do, too. It's going to be a battle. They're a team. Any team can be beat any team on any given Sunday. We're familiar with them and they're familiar with us. It's going to be a great game," Revis said.
Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
For more, see the What to Watch For Slideshow Below.
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