Jets vs. Patriots: Preview, prediction, what to watch for in Week 11
An inside look at Thursday night’s Jets-Patriots NFL week 11 matchup in Foxborough, Mass: Jets RB Breece Hall vs.Patriots front sevenHall has been on a roll.
He had 83 rushing yards and a 42-yard receiving touchdown against the Browns a week after rushing for 133 yards and two touchdowns against the Bengals.The decision not to trade Hall looks like a wise one.“He’s a three-down back, and there’s not a run scheme that he can’t be a part of,” Glenn said.
“There’s some running backs that they’re better in a wide zone, mid zone, they’re better in gap-scheme runs.Man, he can do all of that, and not just that, now you can line him out as a receiver and allow him to go to work and he can just catch it out of the backfield and do some things.
He has all those capabilities to make an explosive play any time you get the ball within his hands.”The Patriots will present a stiff test for Hall and the Jets rushing attack.They are allowing a league-best 79.2 yards rushing per game.
The Patriots signed defensive tackle Milton Williams to a four-year, $104 million contract in March and he has teamed up with Christian Barmore and Khyiris Tonga on the defensive line to stop opposing rushers.Tampa Bay’s Sean Tucker became the first player to rush for more than 50 yards against the Patriots this season in their game last week.Maye day: The most shocking element of the Patriots’ success this year has been just how quickly quarterback Drake Maye has improved.Maye had a shaky rookie season but has jumped into the MVP discussion this year under Mike Vrabel and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels.Maye has completed 71.7 percent of his passes and has 19 touchdown passes against five interceptions.The Jets will be facing him without cornerback Azareye’h Thomas, who stepped into the starting lineup last week after Sauce Gardner was traded.
Thomas has a concussion.“I think everybody knows he’s a really good athlete, but he’s really a good athlete, and to b...