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New England Patriots at New York Jets

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · MetLife Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
New England Patriots—Away
New York Jets—Home

Game details

Location
East Rutherford
Venue address
One MetLife Stadium Drive, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

New England Patriots 2–2 · Road 1–2 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 12 · 6 days of rest
New York Jets 1–3 · Home 0–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 21 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NE 4 games, NYJ 4 games
MetricNENYJ
Points per game16.330th19.025th
Points allowed per game19.36th21.011th
Total yards per game331.516th286.024th
Passing yards per game225.018th225.517th
Rushing yards per game117.810th84.028th
Turnovers per game2.531st0.31st
Sacks allowed per game2.520th3.025th
Penalty yards per game46.06th77.529th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New England Patriots: recent results

  1. W 29–26 @ BUF Week 4
  2. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  3. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  4. L 10–13 @ SEA Week 1

New York Jets: recent results

  1. L 12–23 @ CHI Week 4
  2. L 24–31 @ DET Week 3
  3. L 17–20 (OT) vs GB Week 2
  4. W 23–10 @ TEN Week 1

New England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 854 yds
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 163 yds
Receiving
Mack Hollins 209 yds
Sacks
Elijah Ponder 2.5

New York Jets: season leaders

Passing
Geno Smith 902 yds
Rushing
Breece Hall 163 yds
Receiving
Garrett Wilson 270 yds
Sacks
Demario Davis 2.0

New England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB
  • Questionable Charles Woods RCB
  • Questionable Christian Barmore LDE
  • Questionable Christian Elliss LILB

4 more listed.

13 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

New York Jets: injury report

  • Out Adonai Mitchell WR
  • Out Breece Hall RB
  • Out Dylan Parham LG
  • Out Kiko Mauigoa SLB
  • Out Tyler Baron LDE
  • Questionable Caullin Lacy
  • Questionable Kingsley Enagbare RDE
  • Questionable Will McDonald IV RDE

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NE 42 · NYJ 14 in 56 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 17 NE 42, NYJ 10
  2. 2025 · Week 11 NYJ 14, NE 27
  3. 2024 · Week 8 NYJ 22, NE 25
  4. 2024 · Week 3 NE 3, NYJ 24
  5. 2023 · Week 18 NYJ 17, NE 3

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NE 57.0% · NYJ 42.7%

Matchup quality 35.8 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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