4th and what again?

The past week since Bill Belichick made that infamous 4th and 2 call on his own 28, everyone made a huge deal about how he didn't trust his defense to win the game for him. Well, that was last week. I think Tedy Bruschi summed it up when he said that those players should be for all day Monday and all day Tuesday, but you come back and get back to work on Wednesday, and that is what they did.

That "offended" defense made Mark Sanchez look like a rookie with five turnovers (4 interceptions, 1 fumble) and the run game never got going for the Jets and they made Sanchez uneasy all day.

Sanchez, who was 8 of 21 pass attempts with one touchdown and 4 interceptions, had his worst day of the season since week 6 against Buffalo, when he had 5 picks and no touchdowns. The "Sanchize" has looked like a rookie since week 3 of the season and now has 10 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.

However, with all of these side stories, the real story was the offense of New England, which was shut down in week 3 against the Jets. Wes Welker, who had a huge day, and the second best receiving day in New England franchise history with 15 catches for 192 yards and even rushed for 11 yards on one attempt. Tom Brady secured his 7th straight 300 yard game, and Randy Moss, who said that Darrelle Revis didn't deserve all of the credit for covering him, only had 5 catches for 34 yards, but did have a touchdown at the end of the first quarter.

This was a statement game, and the Patriots made a huge statement with the thrashing of the New York Jets.