Patriots charge back to send Jets 0-9 for the first time in team history

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Cam Newton and the New England Patriots suffered a fifth straight defeat, this time to all teams’ winless New York Jets.

Then came the fourth quarter, and any potential embarrassment became a great relief.

Nick Folk kicked a 51-yard field goal when time ran out to win it 30:27 on Monday night after Newton freed the Patriots from a 10-point deficit to open the first five-game Avoid skid the franchise since 1995.

“It shows the character of this team,” said Rex Burkhead, who had a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. “Just fight, fight. It shows the strength we have. We will not stop. We won’t lie down. “

Newton had two touchdown runs, the second ending 1:57 at 27. He’s also dropped out of his past few fights, including a fumble against Buffalo last week that sealed a loss.

“I’m getting tired of sucking,” said Newton, who walked past 27 of 35 for 274 yards. “It’s easy. As a competitor, you know what your standard is. Being proud of that is what counts.”

After the Jets (0-9) went out for the first time three times all night, the Patriots (3-5) got the ball back 47 seconds ahead and got to work.

Newton ran a five yard run in third and first place off the New England 42 and then kicked the ball eight seconds ahead. He followed with a 20-yard pass to Jakobi Meyers to get Folk – who made several big kicks for the Jets from 2010-16 – into position for the victorious field goal.

“I had a lot of fond memories here at MetLife (stadium),” said Folk, who was dealing with a back injury. “I only added one to the other sideline tonight.”

Meanwhile, the Jets fell to 9-0 for the first time in franchise history and this was particularly excruciating.

“It’s a heavy pill to swallow,” said broad receiver Jamison Crowder, whose 20-yard TD catch just before halftime gave the Jets a 20-10 lead. “That was a heavy loss right there. That was a game we should have won. “

After Folks 29-yarder cut the Patriots deficit to 27-20 with 6:04 left, quarterback Joe Flacco, who had been having a solid night up until that point when he started for an injured Sam Darnold, tried to postpone the game.

Instead, he swayed the dynamic in favor of New England.

Flacco’s deep pass in the middle for Denzel Mims was picked up by JC Jackson. That made Newton’s TD bind – and deflated the jets that were unable to recover.

“I don’t think I would have made any other decision at the moment,” said Flacco. “But of course I would like to have this back.”

Flacco was 18 of 25 for 262 yards and three touchdown passes – two for Breshad Perriman and one for Crowder – but had the groundbreaking interception.

After the Patriots sank by 10, Newton marched them down the field to open the second half and finished a 14-game drive with Burkhead’s 1-yard jump into the end zone to make it 20-17.

But the Jets were quick to respond and Flacco found a wide-open Perriman in the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown and a 27-17 lead by 30 seconds in the third quarter.

A mistake by the jets in special teams kept the Patriots’ next trip alive.

After Newton stumbled to third and first place and was stopped because of a 4-yard loss, New England appeared to be content with a 32-yard field goal. But the jets were called out for 12 men on the field – resulting in an initial failure for the Patriots. The defense made up for the mistake by receiving a stop in the red zone – with the assistance of a hold penalty against New England against Mike Onwenu – and holding the Patriots to a field goal to make it 6:04 to the left on 27-20 bring to.

But New England got the ball right back when Flacco was picked up by Jackson, who intercepts four consecutive games.

With the Jets looking to stop in third place, Bless Austin was told to hold a defensive hold to keep the ride alive.

Damien Harris ran 21 yards to get New England into the jet area. He followed with a 9 yard win, which was recalled due to an offensive holding penalty against Meyers. Harris also had a huge hit on the run and was down for a few minutes before carefully moving to the sidelines.

Three games later, Newton completed a 19 yard pass for Meyers and then ran 3 yards in fourth and first place. Newton hit Damiere Byrd for 31 yards to put the ball on the 3.

With a grueling Jets defense, Newton ran 2 yards on the first descent, was stopped with no win, and then pushed into the end zone for his second roaring TD of the game to tie him at 1:57.

“It was a good win,” said coach Bill Belichick. “I thought we did the games we had to do at the end of the game. Surely we can do some things better. But we played good complementary football at the end of the game. “

Joe walks past Joe

Flacco overtook Famer Joe Montana’s (40,551) Pro Football Hall 20th on the NFL’s career list on his first TD pass to Perriman, a 50-yarder in the second quarter who pitched the Jets 13-7. Flacco threw for 40,726 meters.

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Meyers had 12 catches for the best 169 yards of his career and was the only Patriots player alongside Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman to have received 150 or more yards in a game in the past five seasons.

INJURIES

Patriots: LT Isaiah Wynn briefly left the game in the first half with an ankle injury but returned.

Jets: Rookie left Mekhi Becton in the first half with a chest injury, but coach Adam Gase wasn’t sure if it was a ruptured chest. Cornerback Brian Poole was also dismissed at halftime after injuring a knee in the second quarter.

NEXT

Patriots: hosts the Baltimore Ravens next Sunday night.

Jets: Goodbye week. New York is on November 22nd with the Los Angeles Chargers.