Jets Make It Tight but Patriots Win: 9 Observations

Ivory, Kerley TDs, Folk Kicking Can't Overcome Late Brady Offense in 30-23 Loss

It was a hard-fought, tight-scoring battle between the Jets and Patriots, as befitted a matchup between the NFL's first-ranked scoring defense and first-ranked scoring offense, and as we've come to expect in the last three years from these two AFC combatants.

It also looked for a good part of the day that the Jets might break through at Gillette Stadium as they opened 10-3 and 20-16 leads, the latter with 12:50 to play.

But QB Tom Brady was again too much and had too much time, firing two fourth-quarter touchdown passes as the Patriots rose to 6-0 and dropped the Jets to 4-2 with a 30-23 victory filled with long…