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GAME INFORMATION Sunday, December 31, 2017 | 1:00 p.m. | CBS | Gillette Stadium NEW YORK JETS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Contents | Schedule TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESEASON SCHEDULE 2-2 Contents | Schedule ..................................................... 2 Game Notes ................................................................. 3 1 08|12 Saturday Tennessee Titans W, 7-3 Probable Starters ........................................................ 4 Game Preview .............................................................. 5 2 08|19 Saturday Detroit Lions L, 6-16 Matchup History ........................................................... 6 Connections ................................................................. 7 3 08|26 Saturday New York Giants L, 31-32 Quote Database ............................................................ 8 By The Numbers .........................................................12 4 08|31 Thursday Philadelphia Eagles W, 16-10 Team Notes .................................................................13 Todd Bowles ................................................................22 Coaching Capsules .....................................................24 SEASON SCHEDULE 5-10 Building the Jets .........................................................29 Roster Breakdown ......................................................30 1 09|10 Sunday Buffalo Bills L, 12-21 Hometown Breakdown ................................................31 Social Media Breakdown.............................................32 2 09|17 Sunday Oakland Raiders L, 20-45 Personnel Moves ........................................................33 Offensive Statistics .....................................................36 3 09|24 Sunday Miami Dolphins W, 20-6 Defensive Statistics .....................................................37 The Last Time... ..........................................................38 4 10|01 Sunday Jacksonville Jaguars W, 23-20 (OT) Supplemental Statistics ..............................................41 Player Participation ....................................................58 5 10|08 Sunday Cleveland Browns W, 17-14 Roster | Experience ....................................................59 Roster | Position .........................................................60 6 10|15 Sunday New England Patriots L, 17-24 Roster | Depth Chart ...................................................62 Roster | Alphabetical ..................................................63 7 10|22 Sunday Miami Dolphins L, 28-31 Roster | Numerical .....................................................64 8 10|29 Sunday Atlanta Falcons L, 20-25 9 11|02 Thursday Buffalo Bills W, 34-21 10 11|12 Sunday Tampa Bay Buccaneers L, 10-15 11 BYE WEEK 12 11|26 Sunday Carolina Panthers L, 27-35 13 12|03 Sunday Kansas City Chiefs W, 38-31 14 12|10 Sunday Denver Broncos L, 0-23 15 12|17 Sunday New Orleans Saints L, 19-31 16 12|24 Sunday Los Angeles Chargers L, 7-14 17 12|31 Sunday New England Patriots 1:00 p.m. CBS NEW YORK JETS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS | 01|16|11 HOME ROAD 2 NEWYORKJETS.COM | @NYJETS | @NYJETSPR 2017 NEW YORK JETS MEDIA INFORMATION Game Notes HEADLINES GAME AT A GLANCE BILAL POWELL: Last week vs. LAC, RB Bilal Powell scampered for All-Time Record vs. NE: 54-62-1 a 57-yard touchdown run, the second-longest run of his career. Powell All-Time Record at NE (Away): 25-33-1 finished the contest with 145 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries Last Time vs. NE: L, 17-24 vs. NE (10/15/17) (7.6 yards-per-carry). On the season, the seven-year veteran has set Coach HC Experience Overall W/L Postseason career-highs with 726 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns. Todd Bowles 3rd Season 20-27 0-0 With runs of 57 and 41 yards against LAC, Powell had two carries of Bill Belichick 23rd Season 249-118 26-10 longer than 40 yards in the same game for the first time of his career and increased his season total to four runs of 40 yards or longer, the CLE (1991-95) 36-44 1-1 most in a single season in team history. Since 2016, Powell ranks NE (2000-17) 213-74 25-9 13th in the NFL with 43 rushes of 10 or more yards, despite recording more than 100 carries less than the rest of the league leaders. Among BROADCAST COVERAGE running backs with at least 200 rush attempts since 2016, Powell ranks first in percentage of carries that result in a gain of 10 or more Television: CBS yards. Play-by-play: Jim Nantz Analyst: Tony Romo Sideline: Tracy Wolfson Big Play Rushing Percentage Leaders (Since 2016) Producer: Jim Rikhoff Director: Mike Arnold Player Team Rushes Avg. 10+ 10 + Pct. Jets Radio: 98.7 FM WEPN (ESPN Radio) Bilal Powell NYJ 296 4.89 43 14.5 Play-by-play: Bob Wischusen Analyst: Marty Lyons Jordan Howard CHI 519 4.67 75 14.5 Producer: Joe Loughran Dion Lewis NE 218 4.98 29 13.3 Pre- and Post-Game: Greg Buttle and Don La Greca Jay Ajayi PHI 454 4.61 60 13.2 Jets En Español Radio: ESPN Deportes Nueva York 1050 AM LeSean McCoy BUF 510 4.70 67 13.1 Play-by-play: Clemson Smith-Muñiz Analyst: Oscar Benitez SPECIAL TEAMS: The Jets opened the game with a surprise onside Jets Radio Network: WCHR - 105.7FM - Ocean, NJ; WHTK - kick last week vs. LAC that was successfully recovered by S Marcus 107.3FM/1280AM - Rochester, NY; WTMM - 104.5FM - Albany, NY Maye at the NYJ 48, marking K Chandler Catanzaro’s first-career successful onside kick and the team’s first successful attempt since COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS WR Brandon Marshall recovered a K Nick Folk onside attempt at NE (10/25/15). By recovering the kick within the first 30 seconds of the Department Social Media on Twitter|Instagram: .............@NYJetsPR game, the Jets became the first team to accomplish this feat since Department Email: ............. [email protected] PHI at NYG (12/30/12). Eric Gelfand [email protected] ........[973] 549-4577 P Lachlan Edwards and the coverage units also made an impact in the Bruce Speight [email protected] ........[973] 549-4690 game vs. LAC (12/24), helping limit LAC’s starting field position after Jared Winley [email protected] ...........[973] 549-4683 punts to their own 15-yard line. On Edwards’ first punt of the game, S Meghan Gilmore [email protected] ......[973] 549-4684 Terrence Brooks downed the ball on the LAC one-yard line, Edwards’ Nikolaos Filis [email protected] ..............[973] 549-4857 first of a career-best five punts inside the 20-yard line. Heading into the final week of the season, Edwards ranks tied for third in the league WEEKLY SCHEDULE with 31 punts inside the 20. Wednesday, December 27th NFL Punting Leaders (Punts Inside the 20) 1:10 – 1:40 p.m. Media at Practice Player Avg. Net Avg. In. 20 Lg 3:45 – 4:00 p.m. (approx.) Todd Bowles Press Conference Sam Koch (BLT) 45.2 40.5 37 67 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. Player Avail. (Open Locker Room) Kevin Huber (CIN) 47.0 41.1 32 63 Thursday, December 28th Lachlan Edwards (NYJ) 46.6 40.5 31 70 11:25 – 11:55 a.m. Media at Practice Bradley Pinion (SF) 43.4 41.3 31 59 1:50 – 2:10 p.m. (approx.) Coordinator Availability (Off. | Def.) Chris Jones (DAL) 44.0 41.9 30 62 2:10 – 2:20 p.m. (approx.) Todd Bowles Press Conference TEAM DEFENSE: The Jets defense held LAC to 14 points and five- 2:20 – 3:05 p.m. Player Avail. (Open Locker Room) for-15 on third down conversions (33.3%), holding them below their 3:10 – 3:20 p.m. Coordinator Availability (ST) season average in both areas. From Weeks 11 to 15, LAC had ranked Friday, December 29th near the top of the league in each category, ranking sixth in points per 10:50 – 11:20 a.m. Media at Practice game (28.8) and third in third down conversions (49.3%). 1:00 – 1:10 p.m. Todd Bowles Press Conference In the first half of the game, DL Xavier Cooper batted a ball down at the 1:10 – 1:55 p.m. (approx.) Player Avail. (Open Locker Room) line of scrimmage, giving the Jets defensive line 15 passes defensed Sunday, September 10th this season. The Jets 15 passes defensed is tied for second in the NFL 1:00 p.m. New York Jets at NE (Gillette Stadium) among defensive line units and are the most by a Jets defensive line since the team recorded 18 in 2001. *Press box defensive stats were used for Week 16 2017 NEW YORK JETS MEDIA INFORMATION NEWYORKJETS.COM | @NYJETS | @NYJETSPR 3 Probable Starters OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 11 Robby Anderson 2nd Season DL 92 Leonard Williams 3rd Season Appeared in all 15 games this season, leading the team in receptions (62), receiving yards Started in all 15 games this season, registering 63 tackles, 2.0 sacks and leads the (939) and receiving touchdowns (seven). His five-game touchdown streak from Week team with 27 quarterback hits. Recorded first-career interception in Week 15 at NO Seven to Week 12 made him just the seventh player in Jets history to accomplish the feat (12/17). and the fifth player in team history to record this benchmark during one season. DL 99 Steve McLendon 8th Season LT 68 Kelvin Beachum 6th Season In his second year with the Jets after signing as an unrestricted free agent, has played In his first season with the Jets (2017), has started all 15 games, helping block for a in 26 contests (22 starts) as part of a run defense that has held their opponent to under passing offense that ranks ninth in the NFL in completion percentage (64.1). 70 yards 10 times in the past two seasons. Has recorded a career-high in tackles (50). LG 77 James Carpenter 7th Season DL 96 Muhammad Wilkerson 7th Season Has not missed a snap this season, playing 3,080 of a possible 3,133 offensive snaps Has played in 13-of-15 games this season, totaling 59 tackles (including four for loss) since joining the Jets in 2015 as an unrestricted FA. Is part of a unit that blocked for and is second on the team with 3.5 sacks. Also has nine quarterback hits and four an offense that totaled 194 rushing yards vs. BUF (11/2) during the Thursday Night passes defensed. Logged an interception in Week Seven at MIA (10/29).