Drake Maye Hosts Geno Smith’s Jets After Five Touchdowns Against the Raiders
Drake Maye threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as the Patriots routed the Raiders 45-17 for their second straight win. New England is 3-2 but banged up at cornerback. The Jets are 2-3 after snapping a three-game skid against Cleveland, and Geno Smith has yet to throw an interception. The posted line is NE -7 with a total of
44.5, and the contract below prices the win outright.
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New York Jets are 2-3. New England Patriots are 3-2. The posted line has New England Patriots favoured by 7, with a total of 44.5. Kickoff is 1:00 PM ET on Sunday, October 18 at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough.
The storyline. Drake Maye threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as the Patriots routed the Raiders 45-17 for their second straight win. New England is 3-2 but banged up at cornerback. The Jets are 2-3 after snapping a three-game skid against Cleveland, and Geno Smith has yet to throw an interception.
Eight storylines for Jets at Patriots
Drake Maye is rolling
Drake Maye threw four touchdown passes and ran for a fifth score in a 45-17 win over the Raiders, becoming the first Patriots quarterback with back-to-back games of at least three touchdown passes since Tom Brady in 2018. He went 26 of 34 for 374 yards without a turnover, and New England piled up a season-high 536 yards. “It was beautiful to be a part of today,” Maye said. AP recap via CBS Sports
From 1-2 to 3-2
The Patriots lost 13-10 at Seattle, beat Pittsburgh 20-3, lost 35-6 at Jacksonville, won 29-26 at Buffalo and beat Las Vegas 45-17. Through the 1-2 start Maye had one touchdown pass and six interceptions; the win in Buffalo, where he threw three touchdowns and led the team with 54 rushing yards, made him AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Pro-Football-Reference Patriots · Newsweek
The Jets ended a three-game skid
New York beat Cleveland 17-12 for its first win since Week 1. Geno Smith went 17 of 30 for 182 yards and hit Garrett Wilson for a 32-yard touchdown on the opening drive, Braelon Allen ran 22 yards for the go-ahead score with 3:01 left, and Will McDonald’s strip-sack on fourth down sealed it. The Jets sacked Deshaun Watson eight times, three by David Bailey. AP recap via CBS Sports
A Jets defense that keeps games low
The Jets beat Tennessee 23-10, lost 20-17 in overtime to Green Bay, lost 31-24 at Detroit and 23-12 at Chicago, then beat Cleveland. They allow 19.2 points a game, fifth fewest in the league, but score 18.6, which ranks 27th. Smith has six touchdown passes and no interceptions, per CBS Sports. Pro-Football-Reference Jets · CBS Sports game preview
Injuries pile up in New England, with help possibly coming
Christian Gonzalez (shoulder) and Carlton Davis III (neck) were already out against Las Vegas, and cornerback Charles Woods (shoulder) left in the third quarter. TreVeyon Henderson (ankle) and left tackle Will Campbell (knee) did not return, and CBS Sports lists Woods, Henderson and Campbell as questionable for the Jets. Mack Hollins, who had 209 receiving yards in four games, is expected to miss at least four games with a calf injury. A.J. Brown, out since a high ankle sprain in Week 1, is eligible to return for this game, per CBS Boston. AP recap via CBS Sports · CBS Sports Patriots injuries · CBS Boston · CBS Sports game preview
Breece Hall’s quad and Braelon Allen’s chance
Breece Hall has missed two games with a quadriceps injury that coach Aaron Glenn called week to week. Braelon Allen ran 24 times for 116 yards against Cleveland in his place. Glenn also said tight end Kenyon Sadiq is in the concussion protocol after getting hurt on his fumble. AP via Yahoo Sports · CBS Sports Jets injuries · AP recap via CBS Sports
New England won both meetings last season
The Patriots beat the Jets 27-14 in Foxborough on November 13, 2025, and 42-10 at MetLife Stadium on December 28, 2025, when Maye went 19 of 21 for 256 yards and a career-high five touchdown passes. New England leads the regular season series 75-55-1. Pro-Football-Reference Jets 2025 · AP via Boston 25 · Pro-Football-Reference head-to-head
The line
DraftKings had the Patriots by 7 with a total of 44.5, the Patriots at -325 and the Jets at +260, as read on ESPN on October 12. Lines move through the week; the live Kalshi price is on this page. ESPN odds (DraftKings)
Jets vs Patriots injury report
Statuses are from ESPN’s NFL injury page, read Friday, October 16, at 10:45 AM PT, with the practice notes it carries. Teams set final game statuses on Friday afternoon and inactives come out 90 minutes before kickoff, so a Questionable here can still move.
Player
Team, pos
Status
What it changes
Breece Hall
NYJ, RB
Out
Quadriceps, ruled out Friday. Kalshi’s Jets rushing market is on Braelon Allen.
Adonai Mitchell
NYJ, WR
Out
Finger, ruled out Friday.
Kenyon Sadiq
NYJ, TE
Questionable
Concussion. Trending toward playing, per NFL Network’s Around The NFL.
1,084 passing yards with six touchdowns and no interceptions, per CBS Sports. He went 31 of 37 for 321 at Detroit, then threw only 15 passes at Chicago.
1,228 passing yards with 8 touchdowns and 7 interceptions per CBS Sports, plus 161 rushing yards. 643 of those passing yards came in the last two games.
227 rushing yards on 57 carries and 15 catches for 111. His 64 yards and 5-yard touchdown against Las Vegas were his best rushing day, and Henderson is listed questionable.
Weeks 1-5: 5-20, 1-9, 1-38, 2-15, 4-65 on 22 targets.
13 catches for 147 yards. Against Las Vegas he had 65 yards and two touchdowns, including a 35-yarder on the opening drive.
Why each side can win
The Jets
New York allows 19.2 points a game, fifth fewest in the league, and just sacked Watson eight times. Smith has no interceptions in five games, Wilson has 374 receiving yards, and the Patriots may be without Gonzalez and Davis at cornerback.
The Patriots
Maye has thrown seven touchdown passes and 643 yards in two games, and New England just gained a season-high 536 yards. The Patriots are home, beat the Jets by a combined 69-24 last season, and face an offense that scores 18.6 points a game, 27th in the league.
Records, venue, spread and total from the ESPN scoreboard, read 2026-10-12.1
Implied points is half the total moved half the spread, which is arithmetic on the two numbers above, not a projection.
What the market says
The posted line has New England Patriots favoured by 7, with a total of 44.5. A spread is the market's estimate of the margin, not a result; the Kalshi contract below prices the win outright.
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before the game ends. Books differ on the spread itself: our read found two games where a
second book had a different number the same afternoon.1
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The question on New York Jets
New York Jets are 2-3 and they are on the road, and the line makes them the underdog by 7. Decide what chance you
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The question on New England Patriots
New England Patriots are 3-2 and favoured by 7. A favourite contract costs most of a dollar, so the
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Questions people ask about this game
Who is favored in Jets vs Patriots on October 18, 2026?
The New England Patriots are 7-point favorites over the New York Jets at DraftKings, with the Patriots at -325, the Jets at +260 and a total of 44.5, as read October 12, 2026. Lines move through the week.
What time is Jets vs Patriots and what channel is it on?
The Jets play the Patriots on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET (10:00 AM PT) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The game is on CBS.
Is A.J. Brown playing against the Jets?
Not confirmed. Brown has been on injured reserve since a high ankle sprain in Week 1. CBS Boston reported he is eligible to return for the Jets game, while CBS Sports’ injury page lists a Week 7 return as of October 12.
Is Breece Hall playing against the Patriots?
Unclear. Hall was inactive for Weeks 4 and 5 with a quadriceps injury, and coach Aaron Glenn has called him week to week. Braelon Allen ran for 116 yards against Cleveland in his place.
What happened the last time the Jets played the Patriots?
New England won 42-10 at MetLife Stadium on December 28, 2025. Drake Maye went 19 of 21 for 256 yards and a career-high five touchdown passes. The Patriots also won the earlier 2025 meeting, 27-14 in Foxborough.
What is Agent Brad’s parlay for Jets vs Patriots?How many points is each team priced for in New York Jets at New England Patriots?
Half the total moved half the spread puts New York Jets at about 18.75 points and New England Patriots at about 25.75. That is arithmetic on the two posted numbers, not a score projection, and it is the figure most fantasy decisions on this game turn on.
How often does each leg of a pick'em entry need to hit to break even?
A pick'em entry is a parlay, so every leg has to land: two legs you price at 60 per cent are 36 per cent together, and three are 22 per cent. If your board pays N times the entry on an L-leg play, the entry needs to win one divided by N of the time, so each leg needs the L-th root of that. A two-leg play paying 3x needs each leg at about 57.7 per cent, and a four-leg play paying 10x needs each at about 56.2 per cent. Multipliers differ by state, board and promotion, so use your own terms.
Sources
Every stored figure on this page came from one of these, read 2026-10-12. Lines move
and injury news lands after that; the prices in the strip and on the board are read live when
the page loads, not written into it.
ESPN NFL scoreboard: schedule, records, venue, broadcast, the posted spread and the total. site.api.espn.com
ESPN NFL game summaries for the completed Week 1 to Week 5 games: the five-game player totals, summed from the box scores. espn.com
Kalshi public markets API, the New York Jets at New England Patriots game market: the contract this page links to. Prices are read live in your browser, never stored here. external-api.kalshi.com
The headline on this page: Drake Maye threw four touchdown passes and ran for a fifth score in a 45-17 win over the Raiders, becoming the first Patriots quarterback with back-to-back games of at least three touchdown passes since Tom Brady in 2018. Read 2026-10-12. www.cbssports.com
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