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Photo by Al Bello/ Even though he played a disappointing game against the New England Patriots, third-year quarterback Zach Wilson will remain the New York Jets’ starter. In fact, as head coach Robert Saleh clarified on Monday, Wilson is “unquestioned” as the team’s QB1. “He’s our unquestioned quarterback,” Saleh told reporters. “As long as he continues to show the way his preparation, the way he’s been practicing, and even in these games, he’s not the reason why we lost yesterday. It’s always a team effort. As long as he continues to show...

Photo by Kathryn Riley/ The NFL is taking a look at accusations made by New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner following his team’s loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday, according to a report by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. The second-year defender claimed that Patriots quarterback Mac Jones had hit him below the belt following an unsuccessful quarterback sneak in the fourth quarter. Even though Jones ended up on the ground after a brief scuffle, no flags were thrown by the officials and play resumed shortly thereafter. When the game was over, Gardner...

Photo by Kathryn Riley/ Myles Bryant, Shaun Wade, and Anfernee Jennings all played a season-high in snaps. The New England Patriots entered their Week 3 matchup against the New York Jets severely shorthanded in their secondary. With Marcus and Jack Jones on injured reserve and Jonathan Jones ruled out for the second straight week with an ankle injury, Myles Bryant and Shaun Wade were again thrusted into larger roles. Both Bryant and Wade played season highs in terms of defensive snaps against New York. Bryant in particular was a large part of New England’s defensive...

Photo by Kathryn Riley/ New England’s ground game had its most productive day of the season in Week 3. One of the biggest issues for the New England Patriots offense the first two weeks of the season was its one-dimensionality. Out of 149 plays on that side of the ball, 105 were pass plays compared to only 44 runs. The game script against Philadelphia and Miami did the Patriots no favors in that regard — they fell behind early both times and had to rely on the pass to move the ball in chunks — but even when they did try to run the ball they generally went nowhere....

Photo by Maddie Meyer/ The New England Patriots have their first win of the season under their belt, but their 15-10 victory over the New York Jets will not kick off a streak — at least according to the oddsmakers. The team of head coach Bill Belichick, after all, is heading into its Week 4 game against the Dallas Cowboys as a touchdown underdog. Per our friends at DraftKings Sportsbook, the Patriots are listed at +7 against a 2-1 Cowboys team that was just upset 28-16 by the Arizona Cardinals. The over/under for the contest was set at 43 points. The Patriots...

Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK Notes, musings, and observations from the New England Patriots’ 15-10 victory over the New York Jets. It’s been raining in the northeast since Friday night and my dog is driving me absolutely bananas wanting to go outside. I’m used to all living creatures wanting to be as far away from me as possible at all times, particularly when they’re stuck indoors with me and the windows are closed on a beer-and-wing-filled Football Sunday, but there’s only so much barking a man can take. Especially a married man....

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Notes and thoughts on the Patriots’ snap counts from their 15-10 win over the Jets. The New England Patriots entered their Week 3 bout with the New York Jets missing significant talent in their cornerback room. Three of their top five players at the position, after all, were unavailable because to injury: Jonathan Jones was ruled out for a second straight game because of an ankle injury, while both Jack Jones and Marcus Jones now reside on injured reserve. This meant that the only regulars available against the Jets were rookie...

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Ryland connected from 48 and 51 yards on Sunday, but went off the mark on 48- and 57-yard tries. Back in April, the New York Jets traded the 112th pick in the NFL Draft to the New England Patriots. With the pick, the Patriots selected kicker Chad Ryland. Five months later, it was Ryland who played a key role in the Patriots defeating the Jets. The rookie opened the scoring on Sunday as he booted through a 48-yard field goal in a rainy and windy MetLife Stadium. Ryland was then called on two more times in the first half, but similar...

Photo by Cooper Neill/ Quite possibly the biggest story in the NFL right now has nothing to do with football. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are apparently involved, with the music megastar watching the Kansas City Chiefs tight end play on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The singer cheering on Kelce while sitting in a box next to his mother dominated the headlines and the broadcast. And it even was mentioned during Bill Belichick’s weekly appearance on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show on Monday morning. The New England Patriots’ head coach wasted no time giving his take on...

Photo by Kathryn Riley/ The group made some big plays at the end of New England’s 15-10 victory. As the old saying goes, big players make big plays in big moments. In the New England Patriots’ Week 3 win over the New York Jets, few players came up bigger than Matthew Judon. With the Patriots up 13-10 late in the fourth quarter and the Jets offense coming off a touchdown drive, Judon and the defense faced a 3rd-and-15 at the opposing 5-yard line. A stop would give the offense some premium field position with a chance to put the game away; a conversion would allow New...

Kyle Dugger is a hard-hitting beast | Photo by Al Bello/ Daily news and links for Monday. Ugly-schmugly... Patriots have a win, baby! No matter how much of a downer the 2022 season was for Pats fans, we always had the Jets. It’s nice to know the tradition continues. Sunday’s matchup showed a little more life than last November’s 10-3 slog. While I don’t want to paint this as an old-school classic defensive game, I adore this Patriots defense. Kyle Dugger and Jabrill Peppers are hard-hitting beasts. Matt Judon, Keion White, Christian Barmore, amazing. When I...

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/ Cleaning out the notebook from the Patriots’ 15-10 win over the Jets. The New England Patriots got their first win of the season against the New York Jets at the Meadowlands on Sunday. It wasn’t pretty, but the Patriots came away with a 15-10 victory and are now 1-2. Let’s clean out the notebook and get into our 10 takeaways from the game. 1. Christian Gonzalez is a stud: The Patriots traded back from No. 14 to No. 17 overall in the first round of this year’s draft, and ended up taking cornerback Christian Gonzalez out of Oregon. They...

Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK Here is who caught our eye, for better or worse, in the Patriots’ Week 3 victory. The New England Patriots got into the win column for the first time this season with a 15-10 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday afternoon. Here is who caught our eye for better or worse upon live viewing. Winner: TE Pharaoh Brown. New England’s offense was searching for explosive plays coming into their Week 3 matchup. While many may not have turned to Pharaoh Brown in search of those explosives, he delivered. A nicely...

Photo by Kathryn Riley/ After losing the turnover battle in each of their first two games, the Patriots finally took care of the football on Sunday. Conditions were not easy on Sunday afternoon, and for a New England Patriots team that had turned the ball over four times over its first two games of the season that could have spelled disaster. As opposed to the losses against Philadelphia and Miami, however, the Week 3 game against the New York Jets saw some improved ball security. The rainy weather did impact the ability to haul in passes, with several drops hurting the...

Photo by Al Bello/ Brown has been with New England less than three weeks. Through the first two weeks of the NFL season, the New England Patriots struggled to produce explosive plays through the air — recording just two pass plays of 20+ yards. That perhaps coincided with the fact that they also ranked near the bottom of the league in play-action usage, which was in large part due to 92 out of Mac Jones’ 96 pass attempts coming from the shotgun. Speaking earlier this week, offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien noted the “imbalance” in the under-center vs. shotgun...