Marcus Jones’ 84-yard punt return for a touchdown with five seconds remaining in regulation vaulted the Pats to a 10-3 win at Gillette Stadium last November.
The Jets have absorbed plenty of soul-crushing losses to the Patriots during their 14-game losing streak against their longtime AFC East tormentors, but their last-second defeat last November stands out as one of the hardest to shake.with five seconds remaining in regulation vaulted the Pats to a 10-3 win at Gillette Stadium last November.
As Jets special teams coordinator Brant Boyer noted on Thursday, “You never forget something like that, you really don’t.” Asked if the Jets’ special-teams unit can use that unhappy ending as motivation for Sunday’s game against New England at MetLife Stadium, Boyer added, “if it doesn’t, then something is wrong with you. I really believe that, I think that anytime you lose a game, specifically that way, certainly that is something you should think about in the back of your mind, and you try to do everything you can to let that not happen again, obviously.
The Patriots also offered a new wrinkle to their special-teams unit last Sunday against the Dolphins, when safety Brendan Schooler took a running start from near the sideline and timed the snap countJets punter Braden Mann #7, tries to tackle New England Patriots cornerback Marcus Jones #25, who ran a punt back for a touchdown.“Some guys have tried it in the past, but they executed it perfectly, they had it timed up really nice, and you have got to give it to them,” Boyer said.
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