It;s Christmas Eve and Under the tree is a Patriots 12-3 record. 12-3, I couldn’t even find this in the Sears Wish book back in September. But there it is. Injuries be damned , next man up , strength of schedule be damned, you can only play the teams on your schedule. Young inexperienced QB … Pffft This is Drake Mother Fukin Maye. who along with Josh McDaniels has this team averaging ten points more (27.3) a contest than their 2024 counterparts. So Murph why not just cut the Show-up key and be done with it ? I hear you all thinking that. Well Christmas is a time of miracles. And I’m not going to give Gangrene a chance at a a Christmas miracle. Here are my monster keys to beating the Just.Eat.The.Snacks crew
Keep Drake Upright
Make no mistake it gets personal when these two team match up and while the Jets pass rush has been run hot and cold all season they will be trying to bring the heat on Sunday. Jared Wilson , Morgan Moses and Thayer Munford are all on the injury report as of this key stroke, next man up is going to need to get up for this one.
Establish the Rhamondre
A great way to keep Maye healthy is getting Stevenson going early, Rhamondre missed the first matchup with a boo boo toe. TreVeyon Henderson is still in concussion protocol and I’m thinking rushing the young man back is not a good idea. IDK what do you think ? I knew you’d agree. With Stevenson carrying the load vs the Jets the Pats will have their best backfield blocker on the field for 70% of the snaps , Get him going early, set up play action, and feast on one of the poorest run defenses in the league.
Attack the body the Mind will Follow
Everyone in a Jets uniform averaged more than 4 yards per carry in the week 11 meeting, True Justin fields won’t be around on Sunday , but Breece Hall will be and the Pats continue to struggle winning in the trench. Shut down Hall. and everything else falls into place
Win the turnover battle – the Pats are dead even in give away/take aways this season, playoffs are coming , it’s time to get ont he right side of this margin
Win the Late Downs – 42% on the season , that’s the Pats watermark, it was just 33% vs the Ravens. The Pats need to be humming on all cylinders , while the Jets are inept in almost every fascist of Footballing , they do hold up well on 3rd down defense. Top 10 in the league. Let’s get to work, lets get right. Before the playoffs
Limit the Laundry – 5 flags tossed at Patriots feet in their last contest, more cleaning needs to be done. The Jets are getting flagged 7 times a game at home. Dumbasses.
The Twilight Zone – the Pats were just one of three inside the twenty last week and they let the Ravens go for 6 two of the three times they had the chance, my god if you want to be great you need to execute down here.
Create Havoc
The Jets love cover three. Okay this key should help Clazzy Clare Cooper enjoy Sunday afternoon. Attack the Seams. I need to see a lot of Austin Hooper and Hunter Henry this week. Use Motion to disrupt the Jets deep zone and then exploit the Flats . Crossers should open the middle and the aforementioned seams. And get the Tight Ends involved.
Thats it my rabid readers, there is no way i was going to let an opportunity for the Pats to drive over the god damn Jets this week go by, holidays be damned, as always you can follow / give me grief on Twitter @Tmurph207
