What a difference a few months make.
The struggling Patriots still enter Week 16 controlling their own destiny as they try to defend their Super Bowl title - but they have no answers for Chad Pennington and lose convincingly to the Jets.
The Patriots humiliated the Jets in Week 2 44-7 in the Meadowlands but both teams are in very different places. Brady would have a paltry 133 yards on 37 attempts while Pennington would go 23-33 for 285 with 3 scores and Curtis Martin would top 100 yards rushing.
The Jets would win in Week 17 to clinch the division and keep Tom Brady out of the playoffs for the only time in his long Patriots tenure. They'd go on to embarrass Peyton Manning in the wildcard round 41-0 before losing to the eventual AFC Champion Raiders.
12 авг 2024
