Jets vs. Patriots: Preview, prediction, what to watch for

An inside look at Sundays Jets-Patriots Week 8 matchup in Foxborough, Mass:Patriots RB Rhamondre Stevenson vs.Jets front sevenThis is not really about Stevenson, who is not having a great year.

This is about whether the Jets defense can clean up their act against the run.The Jets have allowed 149 yards rushing in each of the past two weeks and are 16th in the NFL in rushing defense, allowing an average of 127.7 yards per game.They held Stevenson to 23 yards a month ago, so they know they can dominate the New England offensive line, which is awful.

But they have been sloppy with their run stopping all year, and the Patriots surely want to run the ball to take pressure off of rookie quarterback Drake Maye.Interim coach Jeff Ulbrich listed what is wrong with the Jets when it comes to stopping the run.“Gap discipline, edge setting, it’s really fundamentals is what it comes down to, tackling,” Ulbrich said.“We talk about it all the time.

Like stopping the run isn’t necessarily the cause, that’s the technique, that’s our fundamentals, that’s our mindset.So, that has to improve, and I really believe the guys are in a good place regarding that right now and they’re up for the challenge.

They’re pissed off, as they should be.I’m pissed off about it, so we got to improve that part of our defense.”The Jets have looked like a mess lately.

The Patriots are a bigger one.I don’t see any way the Jets lose this game.

They need a get-right game, and this is it.Still, it’s hard for me to see them dominating anyone with the way they are playing.

I think they have a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter before the Patriots score late to make the score closer.Jets 25, Patriots 20Seeing Reddick: The Jets got another addition this week when edge rusher Haason Reddick ended his holdout and reported to the team.He will make his Jets debut against the Patriots, and interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said he won’t be on a snap count.

Reddick was knocked in Phila...