NEW ENGLAND (1-0) At NEW YORK JETS (1-0)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m., CBS.
OPENING LINE – Patriots by 1 1/2.
RECORD VS. SPREAD – New England 1-0; New York 0-1.
SERIES RECORD – Patriots lead 52-50-1.
LAST MEETING – Patriots beat Jets 31-14, Nov. 22, 2009, at New England.
LAST WEEK – Patriots beat Bengals 38-24; Jets lost to Ravens 10-9.
PATRIOTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (7T), RUSH (11T), PASS (8T)
PATRIOTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (30), RUSH (10), PASS (30)
JETS OFFENSE – OVERALL (30), RUSH (13), PASS (32)
JETS DEFENSE – OVERALL (10), RUSH (3T), PASS (20)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Third straight season AFC East rivals meet in Week 2. … Patriots have won 12 of last 15 meetings, including a playoff game. … Jets coach Rex Ryan’s twin brother, Rob, won two Super Bowl rings as defensive coordinator under New England coach Bill Belichick. … Tom Brady is 13-3 as starting QB vs. Jets, but had only loss to them at Meadowlands in Week 2 last season. He has 18 TDs and 7 INTs in those games. … Brady has more career victories against only Buffalo (15). … Randy Moss needs one TD to become fourth player – second WR – in NFL history with at least 150. … Moss held to nine catches for 58 yards and a TD by Jets CB Darrelle Revis in two games last season. … WR Wes Welker has caught at least one pass in each of his 50 games with Patriots, and 64 games overall. … LB Gary Guyton returned interception 59 yards for score, and WR Brandon Tate scored on 97-yard kickoff return in opener vs. Bengals. … Two-time Pro Bowl LG Logan Mankins, an unrestricted free agent, still has not reported in contract dispute. … Jets’ offense struggled mightily in opener vs. Baltimore, gaining 176 total yards, going 1 for 11 on third down and tying franchise low with six first downs. … QB Mark Sanchez was held to 74 yards passing, second-lowest total of his young career. … Jets suffered huge loss vs. Ravens when NT Kris Jenkins tore ACL in surgically repaired left knee and was placed on IR. … New York had sloppy performance in which it was penalized 14 times for 125 yards. … RB Shonn Greene, expected to be No. 1 running back, didn’t carry ball in second half after fumbling twice and losing one. Finished with 18 yards on five carries. … RB LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 62 yards on 11 attempts in Jets regular-season debut. … K Nick Folk accounted for all of Jets’ scoring vs. Ravens in first game with team. … DE-LB Vernon Gholston, team’s first-round pick in 2008, still looking for first NFL sack.
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