New England Patriots New York Jets

since inception of american football league, jets have maintained considered marquee rivalry new england patriots. rivalry relatively docile in years until 1966 when jets removed patriots, had hopes of appearing in super bowl i, playoff contention 38–28 defeat @ shea stadium. patriots returned favor in 1985 when jets lost new england 26–14 in wild card round; patriots went on super bowl xx defeated bears.

the rivalry began escalate , receive increased media attention in 1997 when disgruntled bill parcells vacated head coaching position new england accept same position new york. following year, jets signed pro bowl running curtis martin patriots. after jets declined during parcells third year, parcells decided resign head coach. assistant, bill belichick, resigned next day become head coach of patriots instead.

a critical turning point of rivalry took place on september 23, 2001 when jets linebacker mo lewis tackled drew bledsoe, leaving veteran internal bleeding. provided opportunity tom brady take on starting quarterback , during tenure, brady guided new england 5 super bowl titles. in 2006, eric mangini, assistant under belichick, left new england join jets head coach. under mangini, famous spygate incident took place, further escalating tensions between both clubs. when rex ryan hired team s head coach, rivalry further escalated due increased war of words between both teams. in january 2011, 2 met in divisional round playoff game. visiting jets pulled 28–21 upset advance afc championship game, lost 1 week later pittsburgh steelers.