N.Y. Jets at New England
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (Interstat) — The N.Y. Jets will visit the New England Patriots Sunday in a National Football League game at Gillette Stadium. The Jets enter with a current 2-3 record, while the Patriots are 3-2. New England is the home team, and the N.Y. Jets are the visiting team.
Geno Smith is the player to watch for the N.Y. Jets. In the Jets’ most recent game, a 17-12 home win against Cleveland Sunday, Smith completed 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown and ran five times for 7 yards. Braelon Allen ran 24 times for 116 yards and a touchdown and caught one pass for 0 yards. Isaiah Davis added two carries for 8 yards and one catch for 9 yards. In his previous three games, Smith threw for 119 yards and a touchdown against Chicago, 321 yards and three touchdowns against Detroit, and 247 yards and a touchdown against Green Bay. He also ran for 12 yards against Detroit and 17 yards against Green Bay. The Jets have also lost 23-12 at Chicago, 31-24 at Detroit and 20-17 in overtime to Green Bay and beat Tennessee 23-10 this season.
Drake Maye is the player to watch for New England. In the Patriots’ most recent game, a 45-17 home win against Las Vegas Sunday, Maye completed 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards and four touchdowns and ran seven times for 25 yards and a touchdown. Rhamondre Stevenson ran 13 times for 64 yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for 21 yards. Corey Kiner ran six times for 52 yards and caught one pass for 7 yards. In his previous three games, Maye threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns against Buffalo, 199 yards against Jacksonville, and 208 yards against Pittsburgh. He also ran for 53 yards against Buffalo, 18 yards against Jacksonville, and 17 yards against Pittsburgh. New England also has a 29-26 win at Buffalo, a 35-6 loss at Jacksonville, a 20-3 home win against Pittsburgh and a 13-10 loss at Seattle this season.
The Jets’ upcoming schedule includes home games against Miami, Las Vegas, Buffalo, Denver, New England and Minnesota and road games at Kansas City, the Los Angeles Chargers, Miami and the Arizona Cardinals. New England’s upcoming slate includes games against Chicago, Miami, Green Bay, Detroit, the Los Angeles Chargers, Buffalo, Minnesota, Kansas City, the N.Y. Jets and Denver.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of New England 41, N.Y. Jets 13. New England has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -7.5. The over/under for the game is 43.5.