REGULAR SEASON WEEK 12 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT NEW YORK JETS REGULAR SEASON WEEK 12 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT NEW YORK JETS Table of contents GAME INFORMATION Game Summary ...............................................................................................................3 Broadcast Information....................................................................................................3 Media Schedule ..............................................................................................................3 2018 Patriots Schedule ..................................................................................................3 2018 AFC East Standings ..............................................................................................3 2018 Regular Season Statistics ....................................................................................4 2018 Player Participation ...............................................................................................6 2018 Game-By-Game Starters ..................................................................................... 7 Rosters & Depth Chart ...................................................................................................8 Matchup Notes .............................................................................................................. 15 What to Look for This Week ....................................................................................... 18 Week 10 Recap .............................................................................................................. 21 Projected Contributors ............................................................................................... 22 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM NOTES Robert Kraft ................................................................................................................... 25 Patriots Team Notes .....................................................................................................27 Inside the Numbers ......................................................................................................32 Bill Belichick ...................................................................................................................33 Tom Brady ...................................................................................................................... 36 Patriots Offensive Notes .............................................................................................47 Patriots Defensive Notes.............................................................................................57 Patriots Special Teams Notes .................................................................................... 59 Patriots Reference Notes ........................................................................................... 62 Patriots Playoff Notes .................................................................................................. 64 Patriots Football Network .......................................................................................... 66 SECTION II 2018 Patriots Stats Pack SECTION III 2018 Game Summaries REGULAR SEASON WEEK 12 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT. NEW YORK JETS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-3) at NEW YORK JETS (3-7) 10:30 a.m. Media check-in at blue gate and Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 • MetLife Stadium (82,500) • 1:00 p.m. ET media workroom opens 11:30 a.m. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick The New England Patriots return to action this week when they travel to face the press availability (Media Workroom) New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. The Patriots are 2-0 12:35 p.m. Media availability at practice in AFC East play so far this season with a 38-7 win vs. Miami on Sept. 30 and a 25-6 3:45 p.m. Approximate time for player win at Buffalo on Oct. 29. availability (Patriots locker room) The Patriots have gone 17 straight seasons without being swept in a season se- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 ries by a division opponent and can extend that mark to 18 seasons with a win over TBD Media check-in at blue gate and the Jets. It is the longest such streak since the 1970 merger. Dallas has the second media workroom opens longest streak with 13 seasons (1971-83). TBD Media availability at practice TBD Approximate time for player availability (Patriots locker room) BROADCAST INFORMATION 4 p.m. Conference call with Jets head coach Todd Bowles TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen locally on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Ian Eagle will handle play-by-play duties with Dan Fouts THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 as the color analyst. Evan Washburn will work from the sidelines. The game will be Happy Thanksgiving - no media availability produced by Mark Wolff and directed by Bob Fishman. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 NATIONAL RADIO: Sunday's game will be broadcast to a national audience on 10:15 a.m. Media check-in at blue gate and ESPN Radio. Adam Amin will call the game with Dusty Dvoracek providing analysis. media workroom opens 11:15 a.m. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio press availability (Media Workroom) Network. A complete listing of the network’s 41 stations can be found in this press TBD Media availability at practice Approximate time for player release. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former TBD Patriots quarterback , who will provide color analysis. The games are availability (Patriots locker room) Scott Zolak produced by Marc Cappello. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Team travel to New Jersey - No media availability 17 STRAIGHT SEASONS ABOVE .500 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 The New England Patriots enter this week's game with a chance to lock up at least 1:00 p.m. Patriots at New York Jets a .500 record for the 18th consecutive season. The Patriots are the only NFL team to finish with a record of .500 or better in each of the last 17 seasons (2001-17). Each 2018 patriots schedule of the other 31 NFL teams has had at least one losing season since 2001. The Pa- REGULAR SEASON (7-3) triots are currently tied with the Cleveland Browns (1957-73) for the second-longest Sun., Sept. 9 Houston 27-20 W streak at .500 or better, behind the Dallas Cowboys' (1965-85) streak of 21 straight Sun., Sept. 16 at Jacksonville 20-31 L years. Sun., Sept. 23 at Detroit 10-26 L Sun., Sept. 30 Miami 38-7 W MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH Thu., Oct. 4 Indianapolis 38-24 W A .500 OR BETTER RECORD Sun., Oct. 14 Kansas City 43-40 W Team Seasons Consecutive Seasons Sun., Oct. 21 at Chicago 38-31 W Dallas 1965-85 21 Mon., Oct. 29 at Buffalo 25-6 W New England 2001-present 17 Sun., Nov. 4 Green Bay 31-17 W Cleveland 1957-73 17 Sun., Nov. 11 at Tennessee 10-34 L Sun., Nov. 18 BYE WEEK Sun., Nov. 25 at N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* WEEK 12 HIGHLIGHTS Sun., Dec. 2 Minnesota 4:25 p.m. FOX* Sun., Dec. 9 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 15: New England Patriots at New York Jets matchup notes Sun., Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh 4:25 p.m. CBS* PAGE 18: What to look for in this week's game Sun., Dec. 23 Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 39: Tom Brady is on the verge of passing Peyton Manning in all-time overall Sun., Dec. 30 N.Y. Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* touchdown passes. PAGE 40: Brady can pass Manning this week for all-time overall passing yards. 2018 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 NEW ENGLAND 7 3 0 .700 280 236 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Miami Dolphins 5 5 0 .500 199 256 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Buffalo Bills 3 7 0 .300 137 251 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 New York Jets 3 7 0 .300 208 254 Anne Noland, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7773 2018 REGULAR SEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 7, LOST 3 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/09 W 27-20 Houston 65,878 Michel 106 453 4.3 34t 4 09/16 L 20-31 at Jacksonville 68,527 White 61 230 3.8 22t 4 09/23 L 10-26 at Detroit 61,769 C. Patterson 32 146 4.6 22 1 09/30 W 38- 7 Miami 65,878 Burkhead 24 86 3.6 12 0 10/04 W 38-24 Indianapolis 65,878 Barner 19 71 3.7 11 0 10/14 W 43-40 Kansas City 65,878 Edelman 5 48 9.6 17 0 10/21 W 38-31 at Chicago 62,389 Brady 19 28 1.5 10 2 10/29 W 25- 6 at Buffalo 70,109 Hill 4 25 6.3 11 0 11/04 W 31-17 Green Bay 65,878 Develin 1 1 1.0 1t 1 11/11 L 10-34 at Tennessee 69,363 Hoyer 6 -3 -.5 2 0 11/25 at N.Y. Jets TEAM 277 1085 3.9 34t 12 12/02 Minnesota OPPONENTS 252 1111 4.4 39 5 12/09 at Miami * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/16 at Pittsburgh White 66 562 8.5 37 6 12/23 Buffalo Edelman 40 426 10.7 33 2 12/30 N.Y. Jets Gronkowski 29 448 15.4 42 1 N.E. Opp. Gordon LG 27 494 18.3 55t 3 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 223 218 Gordon TM 26 477 18.3 55t 2 Rushing 75 60 Dorsett 25 246 9.8 20 2 Passing 132 144 Hogan 23 333 14.5 42 2 Penalty 16 14 C. Patterson 12 121 10.1 55t 2 3rd Down: Made/Att 50/126 56/130 Develin 8 32 4.0 10 0 3rd Down Pct. 39.7 43.1 J. Hollister 4 52 13.0 23 0 4th Down: Made/Att 4/8 5/10 Michel 4 31 7.8 13 0 4th Down Pct. 50.0 50.0 Burkhead 3 31 10.3 19 0 POSSESSION AVG. 29:44 30:16 D. Allen 3 27 9.0 21 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 3772 3814 Brady 1 6 6.0 6 0 Avg. Per Game 377.2 381.4 Hill 1 6 6.0 6 0 Total Plays 667 661 TEAM 245 2798 11.4 55t 17 Avg. Per Play 5.7 5.8 OPPONENTS 240 2820 11.8 75t 21 NET YARDS RUSHING 1085 1111 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Game 108.5 111.1 J. Jones 2 28 14.0 28 0 Total Rushes 277 252 Jackson 2 0 0.0 0 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2687 2703 D. McCourty 1 84 84.0 84t 1 Avg. Per Game 268.7 270.3 Hightower 1 27 27.0 27 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 16/111 15/117 Chung 1 2 2.0 2 0 Gross Yards 2798 2820 Bentley 1 0 0.0 0 0 Att./Completions 374/245 394/240 Gilmore 1 0 0.0 0 0 Completion Pct. 65.5 60.9 Harmon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Had Intercepted 7 11 Van Noy 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 38/46.3 42/41.3 TEAM 11 141 12.8 84t 1 NET PUNTING AVG.