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Why did it cost them 7 points? He wasn't picked in the endzone, they had just crossed midfield. What percentage of drives that cross midfield end up in 7 points? All I'm saying is that, since the Jets got absolutely nothing out of the turnover, we had a chance to start fresh, so to speak. It wasn't a huge momentum shifter or anything a mentally tough team couldn't overcome.
It was first and 10 from the 28, so I don't know where the "midfield" thing is coming from, since they were already in field goal range. Brady hadn't thrown a pick since week 5, had the Patriots marching down the field and the Jets back on their heels, and he gifted the Jets. In the face of that, your position makes no sense.
If anything, that sequence of events had to be deflating for the Jets, as they intercepted Tom Brady after his amazing streak, got the ball to the Patriots 15-yard line and came away with zero points out of the whole ordeal. They got all the early breaks they wanted and still didn't find themselves leading at that point. If any team should have been hurt by the sequence it was the Jets, not the Patriots.
Getting the first pick of Brady since week 5 is deflating?