Game Preview - Week 15: New York Jets at New England Patriots

New England: This could get ugly, and everybody might have a hand in the debacle. The Patriots will look or every chance to run it up against the Jets, just to get another 30-point victory under their belts and prove they don't need to cheat to pile it on. If there's a starter you'd sit, it would be Laurence Maroney, but I think you've definitely got to consider him since the Jets have such a poor run defense.

Start: QB Tom Brady, WR Randy Moss, WR Wes Welker, WR Donte Stallworth
Consider: RB Laurence Maroney, WR Jabar Gaffney, TE Ben Watson, Patriots D/ST
Sit: Backup RB Kevin Faulk, QB Matt Cassel (He won't play until the fourth)

New York Jets: The Patriots defense has been exposed a couple times down the stretch, and while I think there's an outside chance this could be a game, you'd be going way out on a limb to predict any kind of finish within 10 points. Sure, the Jets could score a few garbage TDs, but the Pats will undoubtedly limit the number of opportunities the Jets get in second half by throwing lots of short slants to Wes Welker and mounting a few long, sustained drives. Of all the Jets starters the past couple years, Jerricho Cotchery has had the best games against the Pats, but he's just one man and Kellen Clemens has yet to develop a consistent rapport with him.

Start: N/A
Consider: WR Jerricho Cotchery, RB Thomas Jones
Sit: QB Kellen Clemens RB Leon Washington, TE Chris Baker, WR Brad Smith

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

New York Jets
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 12	Kellen Clemens	Pass: 265, 2 Rush: 10, 0
RB 32	Thomas Jones	Rush: 70, 0 Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 44	Leon Washington	Rush: 15, 0 Rec: 5-30, 0
WR 23	Laveranues Coles	Rec: 6-75, 1
WR 28	Jerricho Cotchery	Rec: 5-75, 1
WR 71	Brad Smith	Rec: 2-30, 0
TE 18	Chris Baker	Rec: 3-30, 0

New England Patriots
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 1	Tom Brady	Pass: 335, 3 Rush: 5, 0
RB 25	Laurence Maroney	Rush: 75, 1 Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 43	Heath Evans	Rush: 10, 1 Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 1	Randy Moss	Rec: 7-110, 1
WR 12	Wes Welker	Rec: 7-80, 1
WR 33	Donte' Stallworth	Rec: 3-45, 0
WR 68	Jabar Gaffney	Rec: 3-35, 0
TE 8	Ben Watson	Rec: 3-35, 1

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

New York Jets
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	NE	H	L 14-38	-24
2	2007-09-16	BAL	A	L 13-20	-7
3	2007-09-23	MIA	H	W 31-28	+3
4	2007-09-30	BUF	A	L 14-17	-3
5	2007-10-07	NYG	A	L 24-35	-11
6	2007-10-14	PHI	H	L 9-16	-7
7	2007-10-21	CIN	A	L 31-38	-7
8	2007-10-28	BUF	H	L 3-13	-10
9	2007-11-04	WAS	H	L 20-23	-3
10		Bye
11	2007-11-18	PIT	H	W 19-16	+3
12	2007-11-22	DAL	A	L 3-34	-31
13	2007-12-02	MIA	A	W 40-13	+27
14	2007-12-09	CLE	H	L 18-24	-6
15	2007-12-16	NE	A	L 10-20	-10
16	2007-12-23	TEN	A
17	2007-12-30	KC	H

New England Patriots
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	NYJ	A	W 38-14	+24
2	2007-09-16	SD	H	W 38-14	+24
3	2007-09-23	BUF	H	W 38-7	+31
4	2007-10-01	CIN	A	W 34-13	+21
5	2007-10-07	CLE	H	W 34-17	+17
6	2007-10-14	DAL	A	W 48-27	+21
7	2007-10-21	MIA	A	W 49-28	+21
8	2007-10-28	WAS	H	W 52-7	+45
9	2007-11-04	IND	A	W 24-20	+4
10		Bye
11	2007-11-18	BUF	A	W 56-10	+46
12	2007-11-25	PHI	H	W 31-28	+3
13	2007-12-03	BAL	A	W 27-24	+3
14	2007-12-09	PIT	H	W 34-13	+21
15	2007-12-16	NYJ	H	W 20-10	+10
16	2007-12-23	MIA	H
17	2007-12-29	NYG	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	NYJ Offense	NE Offense	NFL Average
Points for	19.0	30.7	22.5
Rushing yards	131.3	81.0	106.4
Rushing yards per attempt	4.09	3.70	3.95
Completion %	53.3%	65.4%	61.3%
Passing yards	189.7	327.3	220.0
Passing yards per completion	10.88	11.72	10.52
Passing yards per attempt	5.80	7.66	6.45
Interceptions	1.0	0.3	1.1
Fumbles lost	0.7	0.0	0.8
Sacked	3.3	1.7	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 9 to 14 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 9 to 14 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	NYJ Defense	NE Defense	NFL Average
Points against	21.0	19.0	22.5
Rushing yards	146.0	121.0	106.4
Rushing yards per attempt	4.76	4.34	3.95
Completion %	60.4%	61.3%	61.3%
Passing yards	157.0	196.0	220.0
Passing yards per completion	9.09	11.68	10.52
Passing yards per attempt	5.49	7.17	6.45
INT return	1.0	1.0	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.3	1.0	0.8
Sacks	2.3	2.7	2.2

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Team vs. Team History

New York Jets vs. New England Patriots
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	2	2000-09-11	NE	NYJ	19-20	NYJ
2000	7	2000-10-15	NYJ	NE	34-17	NYJ
2001	2	2001-09-23	NYJ	NE	10-3	NYJ
2001	12	2001-12-02	NE	NYJ	17-16	NE
2002	2	2002-09-15	NE	NYJ	44-7	NE
2002	16	2002-12-22	NYJ	NE	30-17	NYJ
2003	3	2003-09-21	NYJ	NE	16-23	NE
2003	16	2003-12-20	NE	NYJ	21-16	NE
2004	7	2004-10-24	NYJ	NE	7-13	NE
2004	16	2004-12-26	NE	NYJ	23-7	NE
2005	13	2005-12-04	NYJ	NE	3-16	NE
2005	16	2005-12-26	NE	NYJ	31-21	NE
2006	2	2006-09-17	NE	NYJ	24-17	NE
2006	10	2006-11-12	NYJ	NE	17-14	NYJ
2006	WC	2007-01-07	NYJ	NE	16-37	NE
2007	1	2007-09-09	NE	NYJ	38-14	NE

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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