New Englanders take sports activities very critically, and rivalries between Boston and New York groups are sometimes intense.
The proximity between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets was sufficient to get a rivalry brewing between the 2.
However there are different elements which have fueled the rivalry.
The Patriots and Jets have had a decades-long rivalry. (Al Pereira/Getty Photos)
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Early beginnings
The Jets and the Patriots started their skilled soccer journeys as a part of the American Soccer League (AFL). At the moment, they had been the New York Titans and Boston Patriots.
The primary recreation ever performed between the 2 groups was Sept. 17, 1960. And it was a wild one.
Through the fourth quarter, the ball acquired away from Titans punter Rick Sapienza, and the Patriots recovered and ran it again for a landing. The Jets argued the ball was kicked, an unlawful movement, however the name stood. The Patriots gained 28-24.
Aspect switching
Nothing fuels a rivalry fairly like gamers and coaches switching groups. Whereas gamers and coaches do transfer round within the NFL, these two groups have seen lots of aspect switching, typically in shocking methods.
Invoice Parcells was the Patriots’ head coach earlier than he moved on to the Jets. He switched groups after the 1997 Tremendous Bowl, which the Patriots misplaced to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
Invoice Belichick was purported to assume the top teaching function for the Jets however wound up teaching the Patriots. (Al Pereira/Getty Photos)
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Invoice Belichick’s hiring because the Patriots’ head coach helped additional gas the rivalry. Belichick was purported to take over for Parcells after Parcells’ resignation from the Jets following the 1999 season.
Throughout a press convention, although, Belichick introduced his resolution to teach the Patriots as an alternative.
Belichick has been with the Patriots since 2000 and led the workforce to Tremendous Bowl titles in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
The Brady Period
Quarterback Tom Brady grew to become one of many best gamers in NFL historical past, however his lengthy, profitable profession all started as a second-year quarterback coming into a recreation as a result of an damage.
Tom Brady changed Drew Bledsoe after an damage and ended up taking his beginning spot. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe by way of Getty Photos)
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Through the fourth quarter of a Jets-Patriots recreation Sept. 23, 2001, Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe ran for a primary down. Simply earlier than changing the primary down, he was hit laborious by Jets linebacker Mo Lewis.
Bledsoe left the sport injured, and the Patriots’ destiny was within the fingers of younger Brady for the subsequent a number of weeks as Bledsoe was recovering. This started Brady’s dynasty. Brady led the workforce to its first Tremendous Bowl victory in 2002 and held onto his spot as beginning quarterback, even after Bledsoe’s return.
Bledsoe did sub in for Brady throughout the 2001 AFC championship recreation when Brady was harm, however Brady took over the beginning quarterback function for good.
Spygate
The Spygate scandal started Sept. 9, 2007, when the Jets, led by head coach Eric Mangini, a earlier Belichick assistant for the Patriots, accused the Patriots of utilizing a digicam to report defensive alerts.
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After an investigation, Belichick was fined $500,000 and the Patriots had been fined $250,000. The workforce additionally surrendered a first-round draft decide because of the investigation.
Eric Mangini was an assistant coach below Invoice Belichick earlier than changing into the top coach of the New York Jets. (Al Pereira/NFLPhotoLibrary)
Honorable mentions
Jets-Patriots video games have had many memorable moments.
One among them occurred on Dec. 20, 2003, when drunken former Jets quarterback Joe Namath did a sideline interview with ESPN reporter Suzy Kolber throughout a Patriots-Jets recreation. When requested in regards to the Jets’ efficiency, Namath answered, “I wish to kiss you. …I couldn’t care much less in regards to the workforce struggling.”
Namath has stated the incident led him on a path of sobriety.
The “butt fumble” is one other unforgettable second from the rivalry and occurred throughout a Thanksgiving Day recreation Nov. 22, 2012.
The notorious “butt fumble” throughout a Thanksgiving recreation in 2012. (Robert Sabo/NY Day by day Information by way of Getty Photos)
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Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez acquired the snap and determined to run, shortly bumping into the bottom of a teammate, leading to a fumble. The Patriots wasted no time, grabbing the dropped ball and returning it for a landing. The Patriots went on to win the sport 49-19.
