FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Quarterback Drake Maye strengthened his position as the favorite to win the NFL's MVP award with another impressive performance, as the New England Patriots ' turnaround continued with a 27-14 win over the visiting New York Jets on Thursday, lifting the team to an NFL-best 9-2 record.

The Patriots have won eight games in a row, breaking a tie with the Denver Broncos for the league's longest current winning streak. After finishing 4-13 in each of the past two seasons, they are just the fourth team in the past 25 years to win nine of their first 11 games after having four or fewer wins in the previous season, joining the 2013 Kansas City Chiefs , 2016 Dallas Cowboys and 2019 San Francisco 49ers .

While such a reversal has taken many by surprise, that isn'

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