Once again, my prediction was almost spot-on. The New England Patriots defeated the New York J-E-T-S Jets, by a score of 30 to 21, to improve to 4-1 on the season, and stay tied for first place in the AFC East with the Buffalo Bills. I said that the Pats were going to win by a touchdown, 31-24. Close, but no cigar. Anyways, there is definitely a lot that Pats fans, and anyone else for that matter, could have learned from the classic divisional rivalry. Here are my headlines.

#1 The Law Firm

With what was without a doubt his best performance in a Patriots uniform so far, BenJarvus Green-Ellis proved that there is still hope for a consistent rushing attack on offense to help out Tom Brady. He rushed for 136 yards on 27 carries and 2 very timely touchdowns. His longest carry went for 15 yards, and he was the main reason the Patriots were able to close out the game late in the 4th quarter. With his ground and pound attitude, the Pats were able to run out the clock and hand big mouth Rex Ryan another loss. That has to be one of the sweetest feelings in sports. Notice to other NFL teams, if the Patriots running game keeps doing what it did against the Jets, look out.

#2 An Overview

As expected, Brady and the receivers did well. Welker had yet another impressive game, as he caught 5 passes for 124 yards, most of them coming against arguably the best cornerback in the league, Darrelle Revis. Deion Branch and Aaron Hernandez were also key contributors. The defense wasn't great, but got the job done when it needed to. Each week of this season has showed us a little bit of what the identity of this team will be down the stretch. After 5 weeks, this is how I would sum up the Pats in simple terms: Brady and his weapons, a potential running game, timely but not great defense, average special teams, a team that does not make many mistakes, is very well coached and disciplined, and will surely capitalize on opposing teams' miscues. This looks like a pretty good formula for winning in the playoffs, but only time will tell how far the Pats can go.