As the Jets\/Patriots showdown moves one day closer lets take a look at how the teams rank defensively.<\/p>\n
Total Yards allowed per game<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n NYJ (3rd)<\/strong> – 296 yards per game<\/p>\n NE (31st)<\/strong>– 399 yards per game<\/p>\n Passing Yards allowed per game<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n NYJ (12th)<\/strong> – 210 yards per game<\/p>\n NE (32nd)<\/strong> – 288 yards per game<\/p>\n Rushing Yards allowed per game<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n NYJ (4th)- <\/strong>86 yards per game<\/strong><\/p>\n NE (16th) – <\/strong>110 yards per game<\/strong><\/p>\n Points Allowed per game<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n NYJ (4th) – <\/strong>17 points per game<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n NE (22nd) – <\/strong>24 points per game<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Sacks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n NYJ (12th) – <\/strong>24 sacks<\/p>\n NE( 22nd) – <\/strong>20 sacks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Interceptions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n NYJ\u00a0 (28th) – <\/strong>7 interceptions<\/p>\n NE (4th) –<\/strong> 15 interceptions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Forced Fumbles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n NYJ (15th)- <\/strong>10 forced fumbles<\/p>\n NE ( 32nd) – <\/strong>4 forced fumbles As expected the New York Jets defense ranks statistically better than the Patriots in most of the categories.\u00a0 Of course games are not won on paper, so once the lights come on Monday night anything can happen.<\/p>\n Gang Green’s defense has been taking some heat as of late for their lackluster performances, while the Patriots young playmakers are starting to find ways to shut down their opponents.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see which defense will be able to get pressure on the opposing quarterback.\u00a0 This has the potential to be a very close game and it may come down to which defense can make a big play to solidify the victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the Jets\/Patriots showdown moves one day closer lets take a look at how the teams rank defensively. Total Yards allowed per game NYJ (3rd) – 296 yards per game NE (31st)– 399 yards per game Passing Yards allowed per game NYJ (12th) – 210 yards per game NE (32nd) – 288 yards per game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-1Gn","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6474,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions\/6474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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