Jets Get F-Grade in Sloppy Effort Against 1st Place Patriots

The New York Jets didn't make the grade in Foxborough, Massachusetts either on Thursday. New York was grounded by their arch rivals 27-14 on Thursday night as the Jets failed to extend their two-game winning streak, dropping to 2-8.

The Jets opened the game with a beautiful 14-play, 72-yard drive that featured a mix of runs by Breece hall, Isiah Davis and Justin Fields. Fields would score the games first touchdown on a seven-yard scamper, but that was it for New York.

Mental mistakes spelled doom for the Jets the rest of the night. The Jets were flagged seven times, many of them for silly mistakes that cost the team dearly in field position.

Jarvis Brownlee had a nightmare of a game, getting flagged multiple times, and even missed a tackle on DeMaryo Douglas in the fourth quarter on a play where Douglas initially gave himself up at the Patriots own 40, got up and gained 16 more yards.

Give Brownlee credit, he faced the media and fessed up to the bad game.

"Not up to our standard. All the miscommunication out there, guys not on the same page. Ain't got nothing to do with the coaching staff ... (It's) the guys on the field. We got to get that shit right."

He wasn't the only one. Brendon Stephens had a rough night as he was called for a illegal contact that whipped away a Quincy Williams sack.

And newest Jets Adonai Mitchell had a rough night, dropping two huge passes that could have helped the Jets offense move.

Justin Fields finished with 116-yards passing as he failed to move the Jets consistently.

The loss to the Patriots is the 25th by New York since the Jets won a playoff game against the Patriots back in 2011. Ironically that was the last playoff win for the Jets since.

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