FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Chris Jones wasnt going to make the same mistake he did last year when Nick Folk tried another potential winning field goal Thursday night.This time, the New England defensive tackle didnt commit a penalty to give the Jets kicker another chance.Jones blocked Folks 58-yard attempt on the final play and the Patriots had just enough offence with Tom Bradys three touchdown passes to edge surprisingly competitive New York 27-25.Its good to feel that ball hitting my hand and its good to get the win, Jones said. I just played it legally and did all that I could.Last season, Folk was wide left on a 56-yard attempt in overtime, but Jones was penalized under a new rule against players pushing a teammate into the opponents formation. Folk then connected from 42 yards, giving the Jets a 30-27 victory.After what happened last year, I thought it was fitting that he made that play, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said.Folks longest field goal in his career travelled 56 yards, but he had made all 13 of his attempts this year so the 58-yarder was makeable.It felt pretty good off my foot, he said. I did kick it low, in order to give it enough to get it there.But when Jones batted it down, the Patriots (5-2) raced onto the field in celebration of a win that was much tougher than expected.The Jets (1-6) suffered their sixth straight loss, the longest streak in Rex Ryans six seasons as coach, after taking a 19-17 lead with just under 9 minutes left in the third quarter on Chris Ivorys 1-yard run.Stephen Gostkowski put the Patriots ahead to stay with his second field goal, a 36-yarder with 4:10 to go in the third. Bradys 19-yard touchdown pass to Danny Amendola gave them an eight-point lead with 4:10 remaining.The Jets made it 27-25 on Geno Smiths 10-yard scoring pass to Jeff Cumberland with 2:31 left, but Smiths pass for the 2-point conversion was incomplete.Ivory finished with 107 yards rushing.This is extremely frustrating, Smith said. I felt it was going to happen for us.Smith, last in the NFL in passer rating, had a solid game with 20 completions in 34 attempts for 226 yards and no interceptions.Brady was 20 for 37 for 261 yards and no interceptions.Each team played without two key starters who went on season-ending injured reserve after being hurt Sunday — cornerback Dee Milliner and left guard Brian Winters for the Jets and linebacker Jerod Mayo and running back Stevan Ridley for the Patriots.As a whole offence we needed to step up, running back Shane Vereen said. You cant replace Stevan.The Patriots led 17-12 at halftime despite having the ball for just 7:57, while the Jets held it for 22:03.When the defence is out there as much as they were tonight its going to be tough for them, Brady said. Weve got to help them out.The Jets got inside the New England 30 on all four of their first-half possessions. But they managed just four field goals by Folk, covering 22, 47, 46 and 27 yards.The Patriots went three-and-out on two of their possessions in the half but made the most of the other two as Brady threw touchdown passes to Vereen — a 49-yarder on their fourth offensive play and a 3-yarder that made it 14-9 with 4:22 left in the half.After Folks fourth field goal, the Patriots got the ball with 55 seconds remaining in the half. On third-and-10 at the New York 44, Antonio Allen was called for defensive pass interference on Amendola, putting the ball at the 12.An unnecessary roughness penalty against guard Jordan Devey pushed the ball back to the 27. After a 6-yard run by Vereen, Gostkowski kicked a 39-yard field goal on the last play of the half.The Jets were competitive against a top team for the second straight game. They lost to the Denver Broncos 31-17 on Sunday.The result is not showing on the scoreboard, but I think we are getting there, Ivory said.NOTES: The Jets outgained the Patriots on the ground 218 yards to 63. ... Former Patriots cornerback Ty Law was honoured at halftime for his induction into the teams Hall of Fame. ... Amendola had four catches in his first six games but came up with a big one then watched his team hold the lead. I almost had a heart attack at the end, he said, but the defence came up huge. ... Brady got his 41st straight regular-season home victory against an AFC opponent.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Air Max 3 Sale . Ted Ligety, Mikaela Shiffrin, Bode Miller and Tim Jitloff underlined the squads enormous potential on the Rettenbach glacier in Austria. 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Bruce Arthur, National Post My thumb is down to Russias national mens hockey program, which is still making reverberations a week after Sochi. After falling in the quarter-finals for the second straight Olympics, Russias NHL stars came back angry. As Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review wrote, Evgeni Malkin and Alex Ovechkin were unhappy for many reasons, but most of all resented the programs bias towards KHL players, which greatly distorted playing time, pairings, strategy, and felt like a punishment to Russian stars who dont play at home. Russia was one of the worlds great hockey powers, and a worthy rival to Canada; now its a mess, riven by petty rivalries. Its a shame, really. The Russians havent won a best-on-best tournament since the 1981 Canada Cup, and somehow they feel further away than ever. Steve Simmons, SUN Media My thumb is down to the International Olympic Committee for the mess it made of the Nicklas Backstrom gold medal game allergy pill fiasco. As a member of Swedens hockey delegation said, the IOC destroyed one of the greatest days in Olympic hockey history for the country. Backstrom, who did test positive for pseudo-ephedrine, didnt disagree with that assessment. The IOC first tested Backstrom last Wednesday. In the three days that followed, they never did do a second test. The Swedish team was not informed of Backstroms status until two hours before game time. Now dont get me wrong, the Swedes could have had Nicklas Baackstrom, Ralph Backstrom, and all the Backstroms you can name available for the gold medal game and the result wouldnt have been different.dddddddddddd What they didnt need was an unnecessary disruption, born of IOC ineptitude. Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated My thumb is down to John Tortorella, not for his most recent apology but for the continual need to apologize. This time, the Canucks coach launched into a mea culpa after saying he favored Sweden in the Sochi final because he wanted his Swedish Olympians - Daniel Sedin and Alex Edler - to return with smiles on their faces. Tortorella wears blinders. Professionally, he sees the small picture, nothing beyond his team. Belatedly, of course, he grasped context - Vancouver … Canada. So four weeks after apologizing for losing his mind between periods against Calgary, he again was at a microphone wearing a hair shirt and a tight expression. Thats Tortorella, the never-ending sorry. Dave Hodge, TSN My thumb is up to the excellence shown by Canadas Gold-medalists in curling - Jennifer Jones and her rink from Winnipeg and Brad Jacobs and his rink from Sault Ste. Marie. We used to take for granted Canadas worldwide dominance in curling, and then we didnt, because as good as the Canadians continued to be, several other countries showed they were capable of winning world titles. Not that Jones and Jacobs allow Canada to rest on its laurels, but the Sochi results were very impressive, and hows this for proof of Canadas wealth of curling talent - the Brier is underway in Kamloops and the field is strong with Jeff Stoughton, Kevin Koe, John Morris, and Brad Gushue. And imagine talking about a strong field that doesnt include Jacobs, Glenn Howard and Kevin Martin. ' ' '