FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Justin Fields used his legs to give the New York Jets an early lead.

Then he stopped running.

And the Jets stopped moving the ball.

Fields ran five times for 28 yards and a 5-yard score on New York’s opening drive, but he was little help throwing the ball Thursday night in a 27-14 loss to the New England Patriots .

Fields was the team’s leading rusher with 67 yards, but he completed just 15 of 26 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. Most of his success came on the first possession, when he led a 14-play drive for the Jets’ first game-opening touchdown since the end of last season.

“We were getting good plays. Run game was good. O-line was controlling the line of scrimmage, and everybody was doing their job,” Fields said. “So, that first drive, we came out h

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