NEW YORK JETS (12-5) At NEW ENGLAND (14-2)
Sunday, 4:30 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE – New England by 8 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – New York 10-7; New England 11-5
SERIES RECORD – Tied 51-51-1
LAST MEETING – Patriots beat Jets 45-3, Dec. 6, 2010
LAST WEEK – Jets beat Colts 17-16; Patriots bye
JETS OFFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (4), PASS (22)
JETS DEFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (3), PASS (6)
PATRIOTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (8), RUSH (9), PASS (11)
PATRIOTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (25), RUSH (11), PASS (30)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Fierce rivals split season series with both winning at home, the Jets with 28-14 victory Sept. 19 and the Patriots with 45-3 victory Dec. 6. … Tom Brady is 14-4 against Jets, including 1-0 in playoffs. … Since 2000, Jets’ five wins at Foxborough are most by a Patriots opponent during that span. … Jets will set franchise record for road victories in a season with their eighth if they defeat Patriots. They’re tied with last year’s team, which won seven away from home on way to AFC championship game. … In four postseason games under Rex Ryan, Jets averaging 148.8 yards rushing. Shonn Greene has 374 yards in those games, already ranking third in franchise postseason history in just his second NFL season. … QB Mark Sanchez is 3-1 in postseason with 4 TDs and 3 INTs and 83.2 QB rating. Had solid second half vs. Indianapolis, leading Jets on winning drive with less than minute left by completing all three of his passes for 45 yards. Said his sore right shoulder, which had been bothering him since last month, felt best it has in three or four weeks. … K Nick Folk kicked 32-yard FG to beat Colts as time expired. … RB LaDainian Tomlinson has mostly struggled in playoffs during career, but was outstanding in first postseason game with Jets while rushing for 82 yards and two TDs and catching four passes for 17 yards vs. Colts. … RT Damien Woody was placed on season-ending IR earlier in week after suffering left Achilles’ tendon injury in win over Colts last Saturday. He will be replaced by veteran backup Wayne Hunter. … DE Shaun Ellis will extend his franchise record for most postseason games played, with his 11th Sunday. … CB Darrelle Revis coming off impressive performance vs. Colts in which he held Reggie Wayne to one catch for 1 yard. … LB Jason Taylor is NFL’s active career sacks leader, but has failed to bring down a QB in seven postseason games. … P Steve Weatherford tied NFL record by placing 42 punts inside 20-yard line during regular season. … Patriots in p layoffs for 12th time in Robert Kraft’s 17 seasons as owner. … They led NFL in scoring with 32.4 points per game and tied own NFL record by scoring at least 30 points in eight consecutive games, capped by 38-7 win over Miami in finale. … Brady won NFL-record 28 straight starts at home during regular season but lost last playoff game there, 33-14 in first round last season. Brady threw three interceptions in that game against Ravens but this season he threw just four interceptions and 36 touchdown passes. … Danny Woodhead, cut by Jets after first game, rushed for 547 yards and five TDs and caught 34 passes for 1 TD for Patriots. … With 86 catches, Wes Welker has 432 the past four seasons, most in NFL. … Patriots rookie CB Devin McCourty, first-round pick from Rutgers, tied for second in NFL with 7 INTs. … K Shayne Graham has made all 12 of his FG attempts in eight games since taking over when Stephen Gostkowski went on injured reserve with a thigh injury. … Patriots are 11-2 in home playoff games. Loss to Ravens broke 11-game winning streak in Foxborough. … Patriots committed 10 turnovers, fewest in the NFL since it went to 16-game schedule in 1978.
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