Regular Season: NE leads series, 75-55-1 (NE won past 3)
Last reg. season meeting: 12/28/25: NE 42 at NYJ 10
JETS NOTES:
JETS had 8 sacks in Week 5, most by team in single game in 2026, & became 1st team since Detroit on 9/24/23 to have 5 players under age 25 with sack in same game. • QB GENO SMITH is 1 of 3 AFC QBs (Joe Burrow & Kirk Cousins) with 85+ rating in each of 1st 5 weeks. Aims for his 5th in row with TD pass & 6th in row with 0 INTs. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NE with 325+ pass yards & 100+ rating. • RB BREECE HALL had 129 scrimmage yards (111 rush, 18 rec.) & rush TD in last meeting. Aims for his 6th in row vs. NE with 60+ scrimmage yards. • RB BRAELON ALLEN rushed for career-high 116 yards & had 5th-career rush TD last week, his 1st-career game with 100+ scrimmage yards. Had rush TD in his only career game at NE (10/27/24). • WR GARRETT WILSON had 7 catches for 104 yards & 3rd rec. TD of season last week, his 11th-career game with 100+ rec. yards. Has 5+ catches & 50+ rec. yards in 4 of 5 games this season. Had 5 catches for 113 yards in his last game at NE (10/27/24). • EDGE DAVID BAILEY (rookie) had 7 tackles, 3 sacks & 3 TFL last week, becoming 3rd player in past 24 seasons (2003-26) with 3+ sacks in 1 of his 1st 5 career games. Leads all rookies with 5 sacks & 6 TFL. • EDGE WILL MCDONALD had 2nd sack of season, 4th-career FF & 2nd-career FR in Week 5. • LB JAMIEN SHERWOOD aims for his 6th in row vs. NE with 5+ tackles. • DL DARRELL JACKSON (rookie) & DB JARVIS BROWNLEE each had 1st-career sack last week. • S DANE BELTON had 5th-career sack last week. Had sack in his last game vs. NE (12/1/25 w/ NYG). Aims for his 3rd in row on road with PD. • S MINKAH FITZPATRICK aims for his 3rd in row with PD. Has 5+ tackles in each of his 6 career games vs. NE.
PATS NOTES:
QB DRAKE MAYE in Week 5 became youngest player ever & 4th all-time with 350+ pass yards (374), 4+ TD passes, 150+ rating (150.9) & rush TD in single game. Aims for his 3rd in row with 3+ TD passes. Completed 19 of 21 atts. (90.5 pct.) for 256 yards & career-high 5 TDs vs. 0 INTs for career-high 157.0 rating in last meeting. • RB RHAMONDRE STEVENSON had 85 scrimmage yards (64 rush, 21 rec.) & 30th-career rush TD last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with 70+ scrimmage yards & rush TD. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYJ with 2+ scrimmage TDs. Has 60+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his 6 career games vs. NYJ. • RB TREVEYON HENDERSON had career-high 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 rec.) in last home meeting (11/13/25). • TE HUNTER HENRY had 1st TD catch of season last week, his 48th-career rec TD. Had rec. TD in last meeting. • WR KYLE WILLIAMS led team with career-high 91 rec. yards & had 4th-career TD catch in Week 5. • WR DEMARIO DOUGLAS had 1st-career game with 2 rec. TDs last week. • WR EFTON CHISM & TE ELI RARIDON (rookie) each set career highs in catches (5) & rec. yards (57) last week. • LB CHRISTIAN ELLISS led team with 7 tackles last week. • LB ROBERT SPILLANE aims for his 6th in row with 5+ tackles. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYJ with 7+ tackles & PD. • LB ELIJAH PONDER had career-high 2 sacks & 1st-career FF last week. Has career-high 4.5 sacks in 2026. Has sack in 5 of his past 6 at home & aims for his 4th in row at home with sack. Had sack in last home meeting (11/13/25). • CB KINDLE VILDOR had 2nd-career FF last week. • CB CHARLES WOODS had career-high 2 PD & 1st-career TFL in Week 6. • S KEVIN BYARD ranks 2nd among active players with 36 career INTs.
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