NFL · 2026

New England PatriotsAFC East - .000 pct vSun 18 Oct, 1:00 PM EDT New York JetsAFC East - .000 pct

Match resultNew England 89%Tie <1%Jets 11%

What this game means

The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.

At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 2% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.

The result is worth up to 16 points in the Division race.

New England Patriots
Playoffs67%
Division44%
Conferenceseason odds14%
Super Bowlseason odds7%
Byeseason odds11%
New York Jets
Playoffs13%
Division5%
New England winDivisionNew England Patriots44%60%▲ +16New York Jets5%<1%▼ -5
TieDivisionNew England Patriots44%46%▲ +2New York Jets5%1%▼ -4
Jets winDivisionNew England Patriots44%45%▲ +1New York Jets5%1%▼ -4

The race they're in

Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.

AFC East · winner qualifies direct

The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify