An AFC East showdown will take place on Thursday Night Football as the New York Jets (1-1) host the New England Patriots (1-1) to start Week 3. In Week 2, the Jets beat the Tennessee Titans, 24-17. On the other side, New England fell to the Seattle Seahawks, 23-20 in overtime. Kickoff from MetLife Stadium is set for 8:15 p.m. ET.

New York is a six-point favorite in the latest Patriots vs. Jets odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 38.5. The Jets are -272 money-line favorites (risk $272 to win $100), while the Patriots are +222 underdogs.

Before making any Patriots vs. Jets picks or predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine expert Emory Hunt is on. 

Hunt is the founder and CEO of Football Gameplan, which has been supplying analysis of all levels of football since 2007, and a former running back at Louisiana-Lafayette. He knows the game from a player's perspective and Hunt also has a strong read on the Patriots. He is 18-5 (+1244) on his last 23 picks in games involving New England. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

Now, Hunt has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Patriots vs. Jets.

We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins Patriots vs. Jets on Thursday Night Football, and what x-factor makes one side a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Patriots vs. Jets spread to back, all from an expert on a 18-5 roll on picks involving the Patriots!