New England (9-5) at NY Jets (3-11)

 

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SCOUTING REPORT

Surging Pats invade MeadowlandsNew York's only three wins have come at home this season, and with nothing to lose against their detested divisional rivals, the Jets become an extremely dangerous opponent for Bill Belichick's suddenly surging Patriots, who clinched the AFC East with their win over the Buccaneers last weekend and have only a very remote chance of improving their playoff seeding. Jets QB Brooks Bollinger has been keeping his team in games recently, but in order to pull off the upset against Tom Brady and the Patriots, the Jets need Bollinger to finally finish what he starts.

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Matchup
	W-L	PF	PA	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
NWE	10-6	379	338	5-3	5-3	5-1	7-5
NYJ	4-12	240	355	4-4	0-8	2-4	3-9
· Complete Standings

Individual Leaders

New England Passing   CMP% YDS TD INT Brady 65.7 4398 28 13 Hoyer 70.4 142 0 0

NY Jets Passing   CMP% YDS TD INT Sanche... 53.8 2444 12 20 Clemen... 50.0 125 0 0

New England Rushing   CAR YDS AVG TD Marone... 194 757 3.9 9 Faulk 62 335 5.4 2

NY Jets Rushing   CAR YDS AVG TD Jones 331 1402 4.2 14 Greene 108 540 5.0 2

New England Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD Welker 123 1348 11.0 4 Moss 83 1264 15.2 13

NY Jets Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD Cotche... 57 821 14.4 3 Edward... 35 541 15.5 4

Full Player Stats: New England | NY Jets

TEAM AVERAGES & NFL RANKS
TEAM OFFENSE	TEAM	PER GAME AVERAGE
Total Yards	NWE	352.0
	NYJ	248.0
Yards Passing	NWE	257.5
	NYJ	165.1
Yards Rushing	NWE	94.5
	NYJ	83.0
TEAM DEFENSE	TEAM	PER GAME AVERAGE
Yards Allowed	NWE	330.2
	NYJ	308.8
Pass Yds Allowed	NWE	231.4
	NYJ	172.2
Rush Yds Allowed	NWE	98.8
	NYJ	136.6

HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUPS (SINCE 2001)
New England leads 8-2
Dec 4, 2005	NWE 16, @NYJ 3
Dec 26, 2004	NWE 23, NYJ 7
Oct 24, 2004	NWE 13, @NYJ 7
Dec 20, 2003	NWE 21, NYJ 16
Sep 21, 2003	NWE 23, @NYJ 16
Dec 22, 2002	NWE 17, @NYJ 30
Sep 15, 2002	NWE 44, NYJ 7
Dec 2, 2001	NWE 17, NYJ 16
Sep 23, 2001	NWE 3, @NYJ 10

New England (9-5) at NY Jets (3-11) Monday 9:00 pm EST

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- The New England Patriots already have wrapped up their third straight AFC East title.

But coach Bill Belichick is treating Monday's game against the New York Jets as though the Patriots still have something to play for.

"We're treating this like a regular week," Belichick said. "Put it in the headline. Bold type. It's a regular week. The players know that, the staff knows it."

So the Jets can expect to see plenty of quarterback Tom Brady, running back Corey Dillon and linebacker Tedy Bruschi.

Last season, the Patriots won the division with three games left and Belichick stuck with his starters.

"We're going to approach this week just like any other game," Belichick said. "We went through this last year at the end of the year with the San Francisco game. I don't think anybody (here) really knows any other way to do it. I don't think the players do. I don't think the coaches do. It's football season."

The Patriots are all but locked into the fourth seed in the playoffs but have an outside chance at moving up to third.

Belichick doesn't want to lose any momentum since the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Patriots appear to be peaking at the right time.

The Patriots have won a season-high three straight games, allowing just 10 points during that span.

New England's winning streak started with a 16-3 victory over the Jets on December 4. The Patriots held the Jets to just 12 first downs and 164 total yards.

The Patriots are looking to sweep the Jets for the third straight season and beat them for the seventh time in the last eight meetings.

Last week, Brady completed 20-of-31 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns and the Patriots sacked Chris Simms seven times in a dominating 28-0 victory over Tampa Bay.

A two-time Super Bowl MVP, Brady is 112 passing yards shy of 4,000 for the season. Expected to challenge the Patriots in the divison, the Jets have been ravaged by injuries and are in last place.

Jets coach Herman Edwards is down to third-string quarterback Brooks Bollinger after losing starter Chad Pennington and backup Jay Fiedler to injuries in Week Three.

The Jets have also lost running back Curtis Martin, center Kevin Mawae, right tackle Jason Fabini, tight end Chris Baker, wide receiver Wayne Chrebet and outside linebacker Eric Barton to season-ending injuries.

Bollinger threw for a career-high 327 yards and two touchdowns in last Sunday's 24-20 loss at Miami.

Matchup to watch: Bruschi, who had 11 tackles and two sacks last week, faces left guard Jonathan Goodwin.

Series: The Jets lead, 47-43-1.

Next week: New England hosts Miami, January 1 NY Jets host Buffalo, January 1

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