The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 7 New York Jets at New England Patriots Sunday afternoon game.
| NY Jets | Rank | @ | New England | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Spread | -7 | ||
| 17.8 | Implied Total | 24.8 | ||
| 13.4 | 32 | Points/Gm | 20.8 | 24 |
| 24.2 | 18 | Points All./Gm | 21.2 | 9 |
| 58.6 | 29 | Plays/Gm | 60.3 | 25 |
| 70.4 | 30 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 65.7 | 23 |
| 4.6 | 31 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.3 | 23 |
| 5.3 | 9 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.5 | 13 |
| 35.49% | 27 | Rush% | 37.57% | 22 |
| 64.51% | 6 | Pass% | 62.43% | 11 |
| 43.75% | 22 | Opp. Rush % | 44.92% | 26 |
| 56.25% | 11 | Opp. Pass % | 55.08% | 7 |
- Games involving the Jets are averaging 37.6 combined points per game, 31st in the league.
- Games involving the Patriots are averaging 42.0 combined points per game, 28th in the league.
- The Jets have trailed for 82.9% of their offensive snaps, ahead of only Washington (84.1%).
- The Jets have trailed by double-digits for 62.5% of their snaps, the highest rate in the league. The next closest team (Detroit) is at 47.8%.
- 63.6% of the touchdowns allowed by the Jets have been rushing scores, the highest rate in the league. League average is 35.9%.
- The Jets are the only team that has still yet to score a point in the first quarter of a game this season.
Quarterback
Mac Jones: Jones has yet to finish a week in the top half of quarterback scoring but is coming off a season-high 10.9 yards per pass attempt, passing for 229 yards on just 21 pass attempts. That is really the story here with Jones and the Patriots. If they can stay in neutral game script, they just are not going to ask much out of this passing game from a volume stance.
This is the first rematch of the 2021 season and when these teams met in Week 2, Jones was 22-of-30 for 186 yards without a touchdown or interception as the Patriots let the Jets and Zach Wilson beat themselves.
The Jets are sixth in the NFL in passing points allowed per attempt (0.39) since they have been giving up so many rushing touchdowns. They are 27th in completion rate allowed (69.6%) but have allowed a league-best 2.2% touchdown rate to opposing passers so far. That is surely going to regress at some stage, but Jones has not shown us much of a ceiling to chase as more than a back-end QB2 while the Patriots are unlikely to press the scoreboard here.
