Every NFL season is full of surprises, and the NFL Week 11 Thursday Night Football matchup pits two teams that fit that category against one another.

The first-place New England Patriots (8-2 SU, 7-3 ATS) play host to the last-place New York Jets (2-7 SU, 5-4 ATS) in an AFC East showdown that most expected to have something at stake for both teams.

It was reasonable to expect the Patriots to be better thanks to an easy schedule and the probable improvement of second-year QB Drake Maye. But first place in the division owned by the Buffalo Bills? Hardly.

The Jets didn’t necessarily have Super Bowl hopes under first-year coach Aaron Glenn, but a seven-game losing streak to begin the season wasn’t on the tip of anybody’s tongue.

Because the teams have drastically different fortunes, the

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