On Thursday night, a national audience will get to see the New England Patriots for the second time this season. Head coach Mike Vrabel and company will host the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium — a rivalry game in more than one sense: the Patriots will debut their alternate Rivalry uniforms for the matchup.

To celebrate the occasion in style, they will need to defeat an opponent that has had its problems so for this year.

Jets key stats

New coach, familiar results. Even under Aaron Glenn in his first year at the job, the Jets have struggled playing competitive football. The result is a 2-7 record and last place in the AFC East.

Record: 2-7 (4th AFC East) Scoring differential: -46 (t-24th) Turnover differential: -10 (32nd) Offense: 21.7 points/game (25th), 285.6 yards/game (28th), 11

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