Third-Rate Showing for Jets

A capsule look at the Jets’ 37-16 loss to the Patriots:

Notable Numbers: 5 for 13

That was the Jets’ success rate on third down, a poor showing for a team that thought it had solved its woes with three consecutive games of efficiency. The Jets had converted 20 of 39 third downs during their three-game winning streak — 14 of 24 over the last two — but New England thwarted their first five chances, preventing them from getting into an offensive groove.

Key Play/Performance
It was bad enough for the Jets that Joe McKnight, one of their top special-teams players, muffed a punt deep in his own territory. But it was worse still that they missed several chances to fall on the loose ball, including Donald Strickland, who landed on top of it before it somehow squirted loose. Consider it an opportunity missed on a night full of them.

Talking Point
Can the Jets move past this crushing loss and recover in time for a swift turnaround Thursday night against the resurgent Broncos?