An Aggressive Game Plan Leads to an Improbable Win

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This was no fluke. Though the Jets were outgained by 100 yards, they were the better team. They out-hit, out-finessed, and out-gutted the New England Patriots yesterday on the Pats’ own field. Two weeks ago, the Jets lost to the Cleveland Browns, and now they’ve beaten the Patriots for what might be the biggest two-game swing of any team in the league this year. The victory says much about Eric Mangini’s ability to rally a team at the most desperate point of the season; it also says much about how far the Patriots have declined. Exactly what it says about the Jets will take us one more week to find out.

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