

/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71561273/usa_today_19294170.0.jpg)
The Patriots moved the ball well at times, with Mac Jones completing 23 of 27 passes for 246 yards. The Jets haven’t won in Foxborough since the 2010 playoffs when they knocked out the Patriots in the divisional round. They also denied the Jets (6-4) a chance to move into first place in the AFC East this late in the season for the first time since 2010. It was the third straight win for the Patriots (6-4) and their 14th straight over New York. Jones’ TD was the second-latest game-winning score on a punt return in regulation since 1970, behind only DeSean Jackson's 65-yarder for Philadelphia with no time remaining against the Giants in 2010. “Then I seen the punter and I was like, ‘If I make him miss, I should be able to go the distance.’" Once he got it in his hands and made a few players miss, everything changed. With only 26 seconds showing on the clock when the Jets lined up to kick, Jones thought Braden Mann might punt it out of bounds. Jones' score was the lone TD of the game and broke a stalemate on a day when both offenses struggled to move the ball. The New England rookie returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown with 5 seconds remaining and the Patriots outlasted the stunned New York Jets 10-3 on Sunday. Marcus Jones made the first of the season one to remember. The NFL went 10 weeks and hundreds of kicks without a player returning a punt for a touchdown. Marcus Jones' late punt return lifts Patriots over Jets 10-3įOXBOROUGH, Mass.
