{"id":39115,"date":"2025-11-14T05:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/39115\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:29:13","slug":"what-we-learned-from-new-englands-27-14-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/39115\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Learned from New England’s 27-14 win"},"content":{"rendered":"

FULL BOX SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n

Maye, Vrabel earned national spotlight with eighth straight win. It wasn\u2019t his finest game of the season, but \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffDrake Maye<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff kept the Patriots rolling with a solid showing in Thursday night\u2019s win over the Jets. Maye hit on his first 11 throws of the night, which was his longest career streak to start a game, but he cooled off a bit, throwing a few passes that could have been picked and missing a few open targets. But Maye rebounded with downfield shots to \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffStefon Diggs<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff and \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffMack Hollins<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff, earning some \u201cMVP\u201d chants from the Foxborough crowd after one ad-libbed conversion to Diggs. Maye didn\u2019t turn it over, which was his best stat. Hollins couldn\u2019t haul in what would have been a catch of 50-plus yards, and Maye couldn\u2019t turn a \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffJustin Fields<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff fumble at the Jets\u2019 8-yard line into a touchdown. The Patriots had more empty possessions than you\u2019d like to see against a depleted defense, but Maye didn\u2019t do anything to hurt his MVP chances, and the Patriots have won eight straight games in a season for the first time since Tom Brady was QB. That also reflects well on Mike Vrabel, who might be one of the Coach of the Year favorites now.Fields can\u2019t elevate shorthanded Jets offense. With \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffGarrett Wilson<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff injured<\/a>, the Jets had to be creative offensively to generate yards \u2013 and they had a pretty good formula on the opening drive, marching 14 plays and 72 yards for a TD and eating up half the first quarter. They were running effectively \u2013 nine straight runs, 11 total \u2013 and keeping Drake Maye off the field. But the Jets seemed to get away from that formula the next three drives of the first half, all three-and-outs. They got back to the run-heavy approach at various points in the second half, but Fields was guilty of a painful grounding call and \u2013 down 10 points midway through the fourth quarter \u2013 coughed up a fumble that led to a Patriots field goal. Fields stung the Patriots early and late in the game, but why he wasn\u2019t used more as a runner was a curious decision. He and \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffBreece Hall<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff touched the ball on nearly half the Jets\u2019 offensive plays, but it could have been more in a game that never truly was a blowout.\u00a0\u00a0Henderson stepped up again for the Patriots. In his first nine NFL games, \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffTreVeyon Henderson<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff scored one touchdown. In the span of the past four days, Henderson has increased his TD total to six and taken control of the New England backfield in the process. Henderson scored the Patriots\u2019 three TDs, the first two on the ground and the third through the air \u2013 the rookie\u2019s first NFL TD reception. That made Henderson one of two Patriots rookies with three or more TDs in a single game, joining Rob Gronkowski, who was honored at halftime after retiring a Patriot. Henderson\u2019s first TD run was a gem, powering through contact into the end zone, and he showed great vision on the second. With \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffRhamondre Stevenson<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff out again, Henderson logged his first 20-touch game in the NFL, closing the game out\u00a0and looks to be New England\u2019s feature back for the foreseeable future.Mitchell struggled in Jets debut. Considered an intriguing throw-in in the \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffSauce Gardner<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff trade, \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffAdonai Mitchell<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff received de facto WR1 treatment with Garrett Wilson out but didn\u2019t impress in his Jets debut. The Jets didn\u2019t hesitate to get Mitchell involved, but he caught only one 10-yard pass on six targets. When throwing to anyone other than Mitchell, Justin Fields was 14 of 20 passing for 106 yards and a TD. Fields had more success throwing to \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffJohn Metchie III<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff, in just his second game as a Jet, catching a TD on a broken play and leading the Jets in receiving yards with 45. Mitchell dropped a pretty deep ball from Fields, and Fields and Mitchell couldn\u2019t connect on a wide-open third-down play right before the half. They just seemed off all night, even if being covered by the Patriots\u2019 \ufeff\ufeff\ufeffChristian Gonzalez<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff is no easy assignment. Physical talent has never been the issue with Mitchell, and he\u2019ll have plenty of time to acclimate to the Jets\u2019 offense, but his debut was a dud.Patriots\u2019 defense did its job, even with some warts. The Patriots will take 14 points and 245 yards allowed almost every game, but the defense did allow the Jets to convert eight third downs and keep it a relatively close game most of the night. The Jets didn\u2019t have many offensive options outside the run game, but the Patriots still allowed them to average 5.0 yards per rush and let them march deep into New England territory three times. They also received some potentially concerning news with defensive tackle \ufeff\ufeffMilton Williams<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff, who left the game with an ankle injury. He tried to return but came out after only a few plays and didn\u2019t play in the second half. In his place, \ufeff\ufeffKhyiris Tonga<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff was disruptive all game, \ufeff\ufeffElijah Ponder<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff had his second sack in as many games and \ufeff\ufeffChristian Barmore<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff had his first sack of the season. This was a solid performance overall, but the Patriots lost contain multiple times on Fields, which no doubt will give Mike Vrabel some homework material for his defense over the mini-bye.<\/p>\n

Next Gen Stats Insight for Jets-Patriots<\/a> (via NFL Pro): TreVeyon Henderson gained more rushing yards after contact (70) than total rushing yards (62) in his three-TD performance against the Jets. Henderson forced a career-high nine missed tackles across 24 touches, while playing on 56 of 62 (90%) of offensive snaps.<\/p>\n

NFL Research: The Patriots have reached eight straight victories in a single season for the eight time in franchise history and the first without Tom Brady. They reached the Super Bowl in four of those previous seven seasons, but only won one of those Super Bowls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FULL BOX SCORE Maye, Vrabel earned national spotlight with eighth straight win. It wasn\u2019t his finest game of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6675,8451,837,9,11,430,10,6676,8452,22817],"class_list":["post-39115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-analysis","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-jets","tag-new-york-news","tag-no-minute","tag-regular-season","tag-what-we-learned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}