What to Watch For: Patriots vs. Jets
Sunday, December 27, 2015
The New England Patriots (12-2) travel to New Jersey to take on the (9-5) New York Jets on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. The Patriots defeated the Jets 30-23 in the first meeting of the season in Foxboro. The Jets have won four straight games.
"They really do everything well as a team. They're a very good, physical team, run the ball, stop the run, play good defense, balanced on offense, throw the ball well, good in the kicking game, good situational team, very good in the red area, just play good situational football in general, not penalized much, don't make a lot of mistakes, turn the ball over a lot on defense, plus turnover ratio, so that has served them well this year," said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick earlier this week.
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For the Patriots it is pretty simple. If the Patriots win, they clinch the overall number one seed in the AFC.
New England has already clinched the AFC East and clinched a first round bye with the Steelers beating the Broncos last week, clinched a first round bye. All that is left is the number one seed.
Meanwhile for the Jets, they have to win this game or else their season is over.
"Just take every week as it comes. We can't do anything about it. We don't control our own destiny. We're just trying to get better each week, so we're just going to work on the Patriots this week and try to get better from there," said Jets head coach Todd Bowles.
Amazingly, the Jets could win out, meaning they would end the season on a six game winning streak, and still not make the playoffs.
The Jets along with winning, need the Steelers or Kansas City to lose one of the last two games.
The Patriots and Jets are set to kick off at 1 p.m.
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