Five Things We Learned From the Patriots Win Over the Jets

It took the entire 2018 season for the Patriots to finally put together a complete performance, but New England finished strong on Sunday with a 38-3 blowout win over the Jets at Gillette Stadium.

Here’s what we learned coming off of this one, as the Patriots clinched the #2 seed and a first-round bye heading into the postseason.

1) Defense Was Strong against the run – As much criticism as the Patriots defense has gotten against the run in recent weeks, Sunday’s performance was arguably one of the most dominant as we’ve seen all season.

They completely smothered Elijah McGuire, with the Jets running back finding himself with nowhere to go for most of the game as he was dropped for a loss or no…