The Jets’ particular groups failures had been spectacular of their comprehensiveness.
There was a missed subject purpose. The punter had a tough recreation. A kickoff went awry. The punt-return protection grew holes.
The Patriots’ particular groups outplayed their counterparts in nearly each side throughout the Jets’ 22-17 loss at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
“This is a company that feasts on errors and simply waits so that you can implode,” head coach Robert Saleh mentioned of Invoice Belichick’s crew. “All three phases took turns.”
None extra so than the particular groups.
Former Jet Nick People went 5-for-5 on subject targets, together with a 52-yarder, to offer 15 of the Patriots’ factors. Present Jets kicker Greg Zuerlein went 1-for-2 and missed an try from 45 yards that may have tied the sport at 13 within the third quarter. As a substitute, New England used three extra People subject targets to realize separation.
“That was only a unhealthy hit,” Zuerlein, 14-for-17 for the season, mentioned of a kick he pulled.
The particular groups’ day was doomed practically from the beginning. After the Jets, who began with the ball, went three-and-out, Braden Mann’s punt glanced off the aspect of his foot and spun out of bounds.
The 22-yard punt set the Patriots up on the Jets’ 45-yard line, although the protection would maintain for the second.
“Can’t let that occur,” Mann mentioned. “Gave unhealthy subject place for our workforce and good one for theirs. That’s simply one thing you possibly can’t do.”
Mann, who had a nightmare recreation, slipped simply earlier than booting the ball to begin the second half. He nonetheless made contact and primarily squibbed the kick, which helped the Patriots start the third quarter with the ball at their very own 38-yard line.
Six performs later, Mac Jones threw for a landing.
“I slipped, which is me simply planting a bit too exhausting,” mentioned the third-year Jets punter. “I gotta work on that and never slip on turf — it’s at all times completely different on turf. That’s one thing I gotta work on.”
Late within the third quarter, Mann neither slipped nor mishit a punt, booming a 48-yarder. But when one Jets space got here by means of, one other burned them: New England’s Marcus Jones caught the ball on the Patriots 41-yard line and adopted a couple of crushing blocks down the left sideline for a 32-yard return that preceded a subject purpose to make it a two-score recreation.
These are the sorts of errors that can't be made in opposition to the Patriots, particularly when People kicks an ideal recreation.
“The opposite kicker may go 100-for-100 and it doesn’t matter. It’s about what we’re doing over right here,” Zuerlein mentioned after a Jets power turned a weak point for a weekend.
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