A great game by the Patriots yesterday against the Jets. The Patriots came out with a great offensive game plan early, going no huddle and throwing lots of short passes to the right sideline (to Jabar Gaffney on the 1st drive). The defense was dominant, giving up one long TD pass but otherwise holding the Jets to three field goals (including when the Jets started out inside the red zone after a Corey Dillon fumble.

Here are some random thoughts from the game:

• Jabar Gaffney was incredible. He must have been dying to get to the playoffs for a while. Not only did he have 8 catches for 104 yards, but he made some great moves to break tackles and avoid defenders after some of those catches to pick up extra yards and first downs.
• A really good scheme by the Patriots. As Brady said, this was a game where “It was like they think we are going to do this, and we think they are going to react this way, so what do we think they are going to think when we think?” In other words, it was like a rock-paper-scissors match out there between the coaching staffs.
• At one point, the Patriots ran the same play four times in a row (that Kevin Faulk run up the middle)
• The defensive line was DOMINANT. Great performance by Wilfork and co.
• I’m not sure why teams don’t go no-huddle on the first drive of every game.  If teams usually script the first 15 plays anyway, you should be able to go no-huddle pretty easily and you would think that would help a lot, keeping the defense back on its heels.

On to San Diego!!