New England Patriots Schedule: Playoff Rematch Against the Jets Will Be Intense

April 20, 2011   ·   Eric Bowman   ·   Jump to comments

The New England Patriots Meet the Jets in Week Five for the First Time of 2011
Everyone doubted the Jets in the playoff game against the Patriots, but New York proved they could win. New England destroyed them once in the regular season last year, but lost the first time they met up. Will it be the same fate for New England in 2011? 
The Jets are coming off the second straight year of reaching the AFC Championship game only to fall short. They know they need to win this game in order to take the division. New England has been very difficult to knock off the top of the AFC East, but a win here could give the Jets the edge they need. There's no way the Jets can reach three consecutive AFC Championship games from the wild card spot. 
 Gregg Rosenthal of NBC Sports points out the Jets are going to be beaten up by week five. 
This is the third straight road game for the Jets, and they have to do it on a short week after facing Baltimore. Yik...

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