Top 10 Key Matchups in Patriots-Jets Divisional Playoff Game

FOXBORO, Mass. — When two teams like the Patriots and Jets meet with such regularity, other matchups come into greater focus, whether it’s a star cornerback on a Pro Bowl wide receiver or a more intense battle in the trenches.

Eventually, those players will wash each other out, as each side will develop a greater sense of how to neutralize the other, and that’s when lesser-known players take on a heightened level of importance.

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick often goes back to a familiar saying: Whichever team makes the most plays will end up winning the game. And since these two rivals know each other so well, the margin for error is almost non-existent.

That’s why these 10 matchups will carry so much significance Sunday in the divisional playoffs. The team that wins the majority of them will likely move on to the AFC Championship.

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