Jets vs. Patriots Live Score Updates

The New York Jets face the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Sunday afternoon in Week 17. Follow along for live score updates and analysis

Do the Jets have a third consecutive win in them to cap off the regular season?

New York travels up to New England on Sunday afternoon to face the Patriots at Gillette Stadium.

These two division rivals faced off on Monday Night Football back in Week 9. At that point, New York was in the midst of a 13-game losing streak to start out the season, their longest in franchise history. A last-second field goal from Patriots kicker Nick Folk sank the Jets' hopes of getting in the win column on the national stage.

Now, two months later, this is a different team with plenty of momentum. New York has beaten postseason contenders in consecutive weeks heading into Week 17, shocking the Rams on the road before stunning the Browns at MetLife Stadium last week.

While this game has little impact on the future for either team (the Jets are locked in with the No. 2 pick and the Patriots are out of playoff contention), both AFC East franchises always want to beat each other. Plus, this could be the final game of Sam Darnold's career in green and white, although the quarterback is hopeful that he can be "a Jet for life" and that his "best days are ahead."

As for Adam Gase, the Jets are expected to fire their head coach at some point after the game on Sunday. 

All that said, keep it locked in this afternoon right here at Jets Country for live score updates and analysis as this showdown gets underway in Foxborough.

To get you set for kickoff, here's some related reading on what's transpired over the last few days for the Jets:

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• Former NFL Head Coach Thinks Jets Should Bring Back Adam Gase Next Season
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Score Updates

Fourth Quarter

FINAL: Jets 14, Patriots 28

New York finishes the season with a 2-14 record for the first time in franchise history. Allowing 21 unanswered points in the second half, all on three straight touchdown drives, New York heads into an incredibly important offseason with one last poor performance. 

Jets 14, Patriots 28

11:42: Newton hits Sony Michel in the flat out of the backfield and the running back does the rest, scampering in for a 31-yard score. The blowout is on.

Jets 14, Patriots 21

13:56: After an interception by J.C. Jackson, Cam Newton finds tight end Devin Asiasi for a 26-yard touchdown pass. New England takes the lead with all the momentum and could pull away here early in the fourth quarter.

Third Quarter

Jets 14, Patriots 14

2:22: The Patriots gave the Jets a taste of their own trickeration medicine. Using a similar play that New York ran last week against the Browns, New England's wide receiver Jakobi Meyers throws a touchdown pass to QB Cam Newton on a reverse. Tie game as we approach the fourth quarter.

Jets 14, Patriots 7

11:40: The Jets absolutely roared out of the gates to start the second half, putting together an efficient six-play, 75-yard drive in just over three minutes. Josh Adams punches it in from one yard out to finish it off for six.

Second Quarter

HALFTIME: Jets 7, Patriots 7

New York couldn't get anything going on offense through the very end of the first half while their defense was able to hold New England down after they scored on their  opening drive. The Jets will get the football to start the second half.

Sam Darnold missed a couple makable throws but has also been under pressure quite a bit thus far. Patriots defensive end Chase Winovich has two sacks in the first half. His touchdown pass to Herndon was perfectly placed.

Jets 7, Patriots 7

1:40: Finally, the Jets are on the board. Finishing off New York's best drive of the half, Sam Darnold found tight end Chris Herndon, who made a terrific catch over the middle, for a 21-yard TD pass.

First Quarter

Jets 0, Patriots 7

11:28: Well that was quick. New England ran all over the Jets on their first drive of the game. Cam Newton then capped it off by finding James White for a seven-yard TD pass. Jets are in a hole right away in Foxborough. Let's see how the offense responds.

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