Patriots vs. Jets: Why New York Cannot Keep Up with New England's Offense

How can you stop an offensive attack led by Tom Brady that is currently first in the NFL for total offense while scoring an incredible average of 33.8 points per game? 

Well for starters, you can try to put Brady under pressure, which worked for the New York Jets during the playoffs last season or you could simply try to outscore them—which has only worked once this season, with the Buffalo Bills knocking off New England, 34-31. 

Coming into Week 5, the Jets rank 16th best in the NFL with nine total sacks, with the Patriots offensive line ranking third best with only allowing a minimal four sacks—who has the advantage? New England clearly does. 

One former Jet and Patriot, Damien Woody, spoke with ESPN Boston and shared his insight on Sunday's game: 

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“I think the Patriots will win...I don’t know the score but I think the Patriots will win because, for one, they really play well at Gillette. They are hard to beat at home. And I don’t think the offense the Jets have can keep pace with New England."

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Even if the Jets stop Brady and New England's offense a few times, do we actually believe that Mark Sanchez can score 20-plus points to beat the Patriots at Gillette Stadium? Absolutely not. 

Sanchez will be entering Week 5 with a career-high 75.9—and that's saying something—along with six touchdowns, five interceptions and a pitiful 55.1 completion percentage. Aside from Sanchez, the Jets have all the weaponry to be an elite offense, but it's obvious that Sanchez simply brings them down. 

With the skill positions address, what about the offensive line? Well coming into Sunday's rivalry matchup, the Jets are potentially in big trouble with their offensive line.

New York has been without their starting center Nick Mangold for quite sometime now and his absence really was clear in the team's embarrassing defeat on Sunday Night Football against the Baltimore Ravens. 

Sanchez may have been sacked only two times, but he was under pressure all night long. He posted a putrid quarterback rating of 30.5 while going 11 of 35 for only 119 yards and one interception. 

One can speculate that a lot of Sanchez's struggles were because of the absence of Mangold, which created instability on New York's offensive line. 

By no means is New England's defense as dominant as Baltimore's, as the Patriots rank dead last in the NFL for total defense, but they still have talent and have a veteran front-seven that could create havoc along New York's unstable offensive line. 

If the Patriots continue to do what they've been doing, which is score points with Tom Brady's incredible 13 touchdowns and 1,553 total passing yards, then they should do just fine against the Jets.

New England is playing at home, and when Brady and company are at Gillette Stadium for a regular season home game, then they're virtually unstoppable. 

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