2020 Matchup Preview: Jets vs. Patriots

After posting a 7-9 record last season, the Jets will have seven games against 2019 playoff teams and the 2020 schedule strength is .533. With training camp on the horizon and September not too far off in the distance, NewYorkJets.com is examining each of the Green & White's matchups. We continue our series with The Boston Globe Senior NFL Writer Ben Volin as the Jets will host the Patriots on Monday Night Football in Week 9 and play in Foxboro in Week 17.

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This is obvious — Tom Brady is no longer on the New England Patriots for the first time since he was drafted in 2000. Brady's remarkable run with the Pats included a lifetime of accolades, but his departure appears, according…