Patriots vs Jets Week 17
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Diggs would be hitting some incentives along the way, too, so he'd make some nice additional money.
The New England Patriots will meet the New York Jets for the second time in 2025 when they travel to square off at MetLife Stadium. The Patriots earned a 27-14 win on Thursday Night Football on Nov. 13 at Gillette Stadium in the first meeting of the season. This week, the Patriots will look for their 24th series sweep and first since the 2022 season. The Patriots improved to a 7-0 road record last week when they won at Baltimore, 28-24, to clinch a playoff berth. The Patriots have gone undefeated on the road two times in team history, finishing 8-0 on the road in 2016 and 2007.
David Silverman/New England Patriots
The Jets broke a 15-game losing streak overall in a 17-3 regular season finale win at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 7, 2024. It also broke up a 14-game home winning streak by New England. The teams have split the annual series in each of the last two seasons.
New England leads the series 76-56-1 overall. The Patriots are 35-30 overall in games played on the road against the Jets, including 11-4 at MetLife Stadium.
The teams have played in the postseason three times – a 1985 Wild Card game, a 2006 Wild Card game and an AFC Divisional game in 2010. New England beat the Jets 26-14 in 1985 at the Meadowlands en route to Super Bowl XX. In 2006, the Patriots defeated the Jets 37-16 at Gillette Stadium, and the Jets beat the Patriots 28-21 in the 2010 Divisional playoff game in Foxborough.
New England is 47-18 against the Jets since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, including two postseason games.
New England's 76 overall victories over the Jets (including two playoff wins) are the second-most over any single opponent, trailing only the 80 all-time wins over Buffalo.
Home Record: 41-26-1 (incl. 1-1 in playoffs)
Record in Foxborough: 37-20
Photo by David Silverman
Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson (38).
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PATRIOTS CLINCH FIRST PLAYOFF BERTH SINCE 2021
The Patriots clinched their first playoff berth since the 2021 season and their 29th postseason appearance overall. Twenty-three of those playoff berths have come in the 32 seasons since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, a dramatic contrast to the six total playoff berths the team earned in its first 34 years of existenceROAD WARRIORS
A win this week at the New York Jets will give the Patriots a perfect 8-0 road record in 2025. They are the only team that has not lost on the road in 2025. The Patriots finished undefeated on the road two times in team history with 8-0 records in 2007 and 2016. The Patriots can join San Francisco (1984, 1989 and 1990) as the only NFL teams to go undefeated on the road in three seasons since 1970. The only other teams to go undefeated on the road in a season were Miami (1972), Washington (1982), Detroit (2024), Kansas City (2020), Dallas (2014) and St. Louis (2001).SEEKING NO. 13
A victory over the New York Jets this week will give the Patriots their 13th win of the season and their eighth 13-win season in team history. Only San Francisco has more 13-win seasons with 11.
David Silverman/New England Patriots
SERIES HISTORY
The New England Patriots will meet the New York Jets for the second time in 2025 when they travel to face the Jets at MetLife Stadium. The Patriots earned a 27-14 win on Thursday Night Football on Nov. 13 at Gillette Stadium in the first meeting of the season. This week, the Patriots will look for their 24th series sweep and first since the 2022 season.The Jets broke a 15-game losing streak overall in a 17-3 regular season finale win at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 7, 2024. It also broke up a 14-game home winning streak by New England. The teams have split the annual series in each of the last two seasons.
New England leads the series 76-56-1 overall. The Patriots are 35-30 overall in games played on the road against the Jets, including 11-4 at MetLife Stadium.
The teams have played in the postseason three times – a 1985 Wild Card game, a 2006 Wild Card game and an AFC Divisional game in 2010. New England beat the Jets 26-14 in 1985 at the Meadowlands en route to Super Bowl XX. In 2006, the Patriots defeated the Jets 37-16 at Gillette Stadium, and the Jets beat the Patriots 28-21 in the 2010 Divisional playoff game in Foxborough.
New England is 47-18 against the Jets since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, including two postseason games.
New England's 76 overall victories over the Jets (including two playoff wins) are the second-most over any single opponent, trailing only the 80 all-time wins over Buffalo.
SERIES TRENDS
OVERALL: Patriots 76, Jets 56, 1 TieHome Record: 41-26-1 (incl. 1-1 in playoffs)
Record in Foxborough: 37-20
- Gillette Stadium: 21-5 (incl. 1-1 playoffs)
- Foxboro Stadium: 16-15
- Record in Boston: 4-5-1
- Record in Birmingham, Ala.: 0-1
- MetLife Stadium: 11-4
- Giants Stadium: 17-10 (incl. 1-0 playoffs)
- Shea Stadium: 5-14
- Polo Grounds: 2-2
Photo by David Silverman
Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson (38).
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FORMER JETSPlayers
- T Morgan Moses (2021, 2024)
- DL Leonard Taylor III (2024-25)
- Offensive Line Doug Marrone (2002-05)
- Outside Linebackers Mike Smith (2010-12)
- Wide Receivers Todd Downing (2023-24)
- Running Backs Tony Dews (2024)
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- FB Andrew Beck (2019)
- K Nick Folk (2019-22)
- OL Chukwuma Okorafor (2024)
- G Liam Fornadel (2024)
- Wide Receivers Shawn Jefferson (1996-1999)
- Quarterbacks Charles London (2005)
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
- This week, the Patriots will look for their 24th series sweep of the New York Jets and first since the 2022 season. The Patriots beat the Jets, 27-14, in the first meeting of the season in a Thursday Night Football game at Gillette Stadium on Nov. 13.
- A victory over the New York Jets this week will give the Patriots their 13th win of the season and their eighth 13-win season in team history. Only San Francisco has more 13-win seasons with 11.
- A win this week at the New York Jets will give the Patriots a perfect 8-0 road record in 2025. They are the only team that has not lost on the road in 2025. The Patriots finished undefeated on the road two times in team history with 8-0 records in 2007 and 2016. The Patriots can join San Francisco (1984, 1989 and 1990) as the only NFL teams to go undefeated on the road in three seasons since 1970. The only other teams to go undefeated on the road in a season were Detroit (2024), Kansas City (2020), Dallas (2014), St. Louis (2001), Washington (1982) and Miami (1972).
- The Patriots enter this week fifth in the NFL with 47 touchdowns. If the Patriots score 3 touchdowns this week against the Jets, they will reach 50 touchdowns in a season for the 13th time in team history and for the first time since the 2021 season when they scored 51 total touchdowns.
- WR Stefon Diggs finished with 9 receptions for 138 yards last week at Baltimore. It was the eighth 100-yard receiving game of the season for the Patriots, the most since they had 10 100-yard receiving games in 2016.
- Mike Vrabel has won his first seven road games with New England to become the fourth head coach in NFL history to win each of his first seven road games with a new team and the first since the Colts' Jim Caldwell in 2009. A win this week at Jets will give Vrabel his eighth road win, behind only George Seifert (1989-90), who won his first 16 road games.
- A win this week at the Jets will give Vrabel his first 13-win season. He has two 12-win seasons as a head coach, with New England in 2025 and in 2021 when he led Tennessee to a 12-5 record. The last NFL head coach to win 13 games in his first season with a new team was Kevin O'Connell in 2022 with Minnesota. The only NFL head coaches with more than 13 wins in their first season coaching a team are the 14 wins by George Seifert in 1989 with San Francisco and the 14 wins by Jim Caldwell with Indianapolis in 2009.
- QB Drake Maye enters this week against Jets first in the NFL with a 70.9 completion percentage. Tom Brady has the New England record for a season with a 68.9 completion percentage in 2007. Brady was the last Patriots player to lead the NFL in completion percentage when he did so in 2007. Maye's 70.9 completion percentage would be the ninth-best in NFL History.
- Maye enters this week with 3,947 passing yards and needs 53 yards passing this week against the Jets to reach 4,000 yards passing and join Tom Brady (11) and Drew Bledsoe (2) as the only New England quarterbacks to reach 4,000 passing yards in a season.
- Maye has 11 games in 2025 with a 100-plus quarterback rating. If Maye registers a quarterback rating of at least 100 this week at the Jets, he will tie the team record for the most in a season. Tom Brady has the Patriots record with 12 games in a season with a 100-plus rating in 2011 and 2010. The NFL record is 14 by Aaron Rodgers in 2020.
- LB Jack Gibbens finished with a team-high of 10 total tackles last week at Baltimore for his second 10-tackle game of the season after he had 10 at Tampa Bay (11/9). If Gibbens records at least 10 tackles this week at the Jets, it will mark the second time in 2025 that a Patriots player has had back-to-back games with at least 10 tackles. LB Robert Spillane had 15 tackles vs. Pittsburgh (9/21) followed by 10 tackles vs. Carolina (9/28). Gibbens has had back-to-back 10-tackle games two times in his career (2023 and 2024).
- S Brenden Schooler has 14 special teams tackles in 2025 and needs 1 special teams tackle to surpass his career-high of 14 special teams tackles set his rookie season in 2022.
- TE Hunter Henry enters this week second on the team with 663 receiving yards. He needs 12 receiving yards this week against the Jets to set a new single-season career high. Last season, he set a career-high with 674 receiving yards.
