Wilson finished the game with 128 yards on 17-of-33 passes with no touchdowns.
Bill Belichick did Sunday what he always tries to do with his defense. His goal, per usual, was to take away a team’s strength. So in this game, that meant stopping the run. It didn’t matter that the Patriots had only played three snaps this season in their base defense — he primarily used it Sunday. It didn’t matter that the league is embracing schemes with two high safeties — he used one against the Jets.It was all to stop the run and dare the Jets to try to win by leaning on Wilson.
There’s a lot for the Patriots to clean up in a game that didn’t need to be so close. The offense was sloppy. The defense allowed a 13-play, 87-yard touchdown drive when it had a chance to ice the game. Even special teams were hit or miss with a bad punt and two missed field goals.Jets blew another one
The Jets have done their best to stand behind Wilson publicly and privately, mostly because they had no other choice. It will be difficult to take anyone seriously if they do that after Sunday’s game. Wilson, as he was in two games against them last year, was mostly a disaster in his fifth game against the Jets rivals. Stop if you’ve heard this before: The Jets defense mostly did its job, holding New England to 15 points — but Wilson was unable to get anything going on offense. For most of the game, the Jets appeared scared to even call passing plays — which made it easy for the Patriots to diagnose that the Jets were running the ball.
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