Patriots handle AFC East rival Jets at home behind TreVeyon Henderson's 3-touchdown night

The New England Patriots continue to roll handling their AFC East rival New York Jets - on Thursday Night Football New England extended its lengthy win streak to eight games improving to - on the season Meanwhile the Jets brief win streak after starting the season - has come to a close Heading into this battle the Patriots were expected to dominate the Jets While the scoreboard didn t say so in the end their rookie running back certainly provided the fireworks CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMTreVeyon Henderson who had a breakout encounter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week with rushing yards and two long touchdown runs added three more touchdowns to his first-year stat line in this achievement He was the only Patriots player to find the end zone starting with the band s -play -yard drive that ended with his entire offensive line pushing him over the goal line to tie the tournament at seven apiece On the Patriots next drive Henderson rushed in from seven yards out to give the Patriots a - lead to end the first half PATRIOTS DRAW PRAISE WITH STORMY UNIFORM DEBUT AGAINST JETSNew England started to pull away after quarterback Drake Maye an MVP hopeful who had yet another great performance put together chunk completions to set up an eventual touchdown pass to Henderson who unveiled himself wide open in the end zone Henderson finished the encounter with rushing yards on carries while hauling in five catches for yards Meanwhile Justin Fields and the Jets offense struggled in yet another outing despite a great -play opening drive that ended with the quarterback rushing it in himself Fields was coming off a rough event against the Cleveland Browns though the Jets were able to win thanks to two special teams scores He threw for only yards with a quarterback rating Fields was -of- for yards in this match with a touchdown pass on a broken play to John Metchie III that made it - in the third quarter But there were more negative moments than positive for the Jets including a fumble lost on a low snap in the fourth quarter while the Jets were down just a touchdown The Patriots were able to run the fourth-quarter clock out and give the home crowd what they were hoping for in Mike Vrabel s first year as a head coach a winning season There is still more work to do but nine wins put the Patriots above Looking more into the box sum Maye was an efficient -of- for yards with his one touchdown pass to Henderson Stefon Diggs also led the way with nine catches for yards a competition high while Mack Hollins and Hunter Henry both caught four passes For the Jets Metchie was the leading receiver with yards on three grabs while Breece Hall had rushing yards on carries Fields had yards on runs Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter