Wild Card Round: New York Jets at New England Patriots (Gillette Stadium), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sun January 7, 2007 at 1:05pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. New York Jets at New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. New York Jets and New England Patriots are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Gillette Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
New York Jets versus New England Patriots in the Wild Card Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of New York Jets-New England Patriots cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 12-4 | W3 |
| New York Jets | 10-6 | W3 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7-9 | L2 |
| Miami Dolphins | 6-10 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens | 13-3 | W4 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 8-8 | L3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-8 | W1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4-12 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 12-4 | W1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 8-8 | L3 |
| Tennessee Titans | 8-8 | L1 |
| Houston Texans | 6-10 | W2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 14-2 | W10 |
| Denver Broncos | 9-7 | L1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | W2 |
| Oakland Raiders | 2-14 | L9 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | 9-7 | W1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 8-8 | W3 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7-9 | W1 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 5-11 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | 10-6 | W5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 9-7 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 8-8 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 5-11 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 13-3 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8-8 | W4 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6-10 | L3 |
| Detroit Lions | 3-13 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 10-6 | L1 |
| Carolina Panthers | 8-8 | W2 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7-9 | L3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-12 | L1 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 310131616 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 717233737 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Patriots | Corey Dillon 11 yard rush ( Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 0-7 |
| Jets | Mike Nugent 28 yard field goal | 3-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jets | Jerricho Cotchery 77 yard pass from Chad Pennington ( Mike Nugent kick) | 10-7 |
| Patriots | Stephen Gostkowski 20 yard field goal | 10-10 |
| Patriots | Daniel Graham 1 yard pass from Tom Brady ( Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 10-17 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jets | Mike Nugent 21 yard field goal | 13-17 |
| Patriots | Stephen Gostkowski 40 yard field goal | 13-20 |
| Patriots | Stephen Gostkowski 28 yard field goal | 13-23 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jets | Mike Nugent 37 yard field goal | 16-23 |
| Patriots | Kevin Faulk 7 yard pass from Tom Brady ( Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 16-30 |
| Patriots | Asante Samuel 36 yard interception return ( Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 16-37 |
New England Patriots defeated New York Jets 37-16 at Gillette Stadium in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Patriots: Asante Samuel 36 yard interception return ( Stephen Gostkowski kick). The 21-point margin made it a one-sided afternoon. Top line of the day: Chad Pennington: 300 pass yards on 23-of-40, 1 TD, 1 INT. New England Patriots advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
New England Patriots walked out of Gillette Stadium as the team that survived a Wild Card Round New York Jets will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 37-16. This was a 21-point margin, which is unusual for this round of the postseason and tells a story about which staff out-prepared the other from the opening series. The final scoring play came from Patriots: Asante Samuel 36 yard interception return ( Stephen Gostkowski kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. New England Patriots advance to the divisional round.
New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 68756. Q1: 2 scoring plays. Q2: 3 scoring plays. Q3: 3 scoring plays. Q4: 3 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Chad Pennington: 300 pass yards on 23-of-40, 1 TD, 1 INT
- Laurence Maroney: 69 rush yards on 18 carries
- Jabar Gaffney: 8 catches for 104 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Gillette Stadium. Final: New York Jets 16, New England Patriots 37, with New England Patriots taking the result by 21. **First quarter**
- Patriots: Corey Dillon 11 yard rush ( Stephen Gostkowski kick)
- Jets: Mike Nugent 28 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Jets: Jerricho Cotchery 77 yard pass from Chad Pennington ( Mike Nugent kick)
- Patriots: Stephen Gostkowski 20 yard field goal
- Patriots: Daniel Graham 1 yard pass from Tom Brady ( Stephen Gostkowski kick)
Third quarter
- Jets: Mike Nugent 21 yard field goal
- Patriots: Stephen Gostkowski 40 yard field goal
- Patriots: Stephen Gostkowski 28 yard field goal
Fourth quarter
- Jets: Mike Nugent 37 yard field goal
- Patriots: Kevin Faulk 7 yard pass from Tom Brady ( Stephen Gostkowski kick)
- Patriots: Asante Samuel 36 yard interception return ( Stephen Gostkowski kick)
Top performers
- Chad Pennington: 300 pass yards on 23-of-40, 1 TD, 1 INT
- Laurence Maroney: 69 rush yards on 18 carries
- Jabar Gaffney: 8 catches for 104 yards
The 21-point margin says most of what needs saying about how the day went; the box score is the rest.
| Jets | Patriots | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 18 | 26 |
| Total Yards | 347 | 358 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 24/41 | 22/34 |
| Pass yards | 299 | 212 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 2 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 3 | 1 |
| Sack yards lost | 22 | 12 |
| Net pass yards | 277 | 200 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 16 | 38 |
| Rush yards | 70 | 158 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 1 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties | 4 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 47 | 59 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | |||||
| Chad Pennington | 23/40 | 300 | 1 | 1 | |
| Patrick Ramsey | 1/1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |
| NWE | |||||
| Tom Brady | 22/34 | 212 | 2 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | ||||
| Leon Washington | 11 | 50 | 0 | 19 |
| Jerricho Cotchery | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 |
| Chad Pennington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Cedric Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NWE | ||||
| Laurence Maroney | 18 | 69 | 0 | 8 |
| Corey Dillon | 10 | 53 | 1 | 13 |
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | ||||
| Jerricho Cotchery | 4 | 100 | 1 | 77 |
| Chris Baker | 5 | 68 | 0 | 26 |
| Laveranues Coles | 5 | 45 | 0 | 14 |
| Justin McCareins | 2 | 31 | 0 | 20 |
| Leon Washington | 4 | 25 | 0 | 12 |
| B.J. Askew | 2 | 22 | 0 | 23 |
| Brad Smith | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| NWE | ||||
| Jabar Gaffney | 8 | 104 | 0 | 31 |
| Reche Caldwell | 5 | 50 | 0 | 19 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 26 | 0 | 16 |
| Ben Watson | 4 | 24 | 0 | 10 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Daniel Graham | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corey Dillon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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