FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Welcome to Patriots week.
To whet your appetite for Sunday's first-place showdown, easily the biggest New York Jets-New England Patriots game since the 2010 AFC Divisional Playoffs, we provide five things you need to know about the recent rivalry.
1. The Patriots are 5-0, the Jets 4-1. As former Patriot Darrelle Revis said after Sunday's win, "We've been playing lights out." The last time the bitter rivals played a regular-season game with this much meaning was 2011, when both teams entered at 5-3. There was a lot of talk about how the Patriots were vulnerable, but they clobbered the Jets, 37-16.