New England Patriots vs New York Jets Betting Picks, Lines, Odds,& Predictions
The New England Patriots (2-5 SU, 3-4 ATS) are in the free fall at the moment, and taking on arguably the worst team in football, the Jets (0-8 SU, 1-7 ATS) may be just what they need to turn things around. The Monday Night Football brings us a rare showdown of the AFC rivals where both teams are more or less out of contention for the playoffs. This is hardly what the schedulers expected when they put this game on the MNF slate.
New England Patriots vs New York Jets Betting Line Movement
The Patriots were the -7 favorites to start the week and with early betting action heavily leaning towards them, the line has been inflated to -10 where it stands at the moment. The total is one of the lowest this week and it’s at 41 after opening the week at 42.5.
Notes On The New England Patriots
New England came close to snapping their losing streak last week against the Bills but the red zone fumble from Cam Newton in the final minute robbed them of that chance. However, the performance was somewhat encouraging after a couple of duds where they failed to score more than 12 points in three consecutive games. Cam Newton just can’t seem to get going post his Covid scare and the Patriots relied heavily on their running, mostly through Damien Harris. Bill Belichick is having trouble getting anything out of the team without Tom Brady and the Patriots may already be setting sights on draft night and Trevor Lawrence.
Cam Newton has been rather useless in fantasy terms the last few weeks with the only saving grace being his running. The value of having him in your team is his ability to score touchdowns on the ground, but his passing game is seriously off. He failed to throw for a touchdown in four of the last six games. Truth be told, he is dealing with a depleted arsenal of targets. With Edelman out and N’Keal Harry not fully fit most of the load is on Jakobi Meyers but it doesn’t matter much when Newton is throwing like this.
Notes On The New York Jets
The glimmer of hope for the Jets that has briefly appeared with one good half against the Bills was soon gone last week in another drubbing, this time at the hands of the Chiefs. The one positive takeaway from that game is the fine performance of the rushing defense that held Kansas City’s leading rusher, Clyde Edwards-Helaire to only 21 yards, Other than that it’s mostly been the same old story for the Jets as they failed to cover the spread for the seventh time in eight games. They are inevitably heading to the worst record in the league and the only questions are will they manage at least one win and how long will Adam Gase last.
When your quarterback hasn’t thrown for a touchdown since week 3 there really isn’t much you can expect from the rest of the team. The Jets remain mostly barren land for fantasy picks, and the best possible advice is to stay away as far as possible. The only half-decent option could be the rookie RB La’Mical Perine facing the terrible New England rushing defense, but only if Gase stops stubbornly giving the veteran Frank Gore the better part of carries despite the already lost season.
Monday Night Football Betting Pick = New England -10
The Patriots are in terrible form, but could hardly wish for a better opponent to snap out of it than the Jets. The Jets have lost only one game with less than ten points difference and looking from this perspective, even that Buffalo game may have been a fluke.
