The Patriots, despite stormy weather, will beat the Jets and beat them handidly on Sunday for this reason: They are a far superior football team. Sure, the "Spygate" motivation may be there, but the Jets have no one who can match up on a dry, wet, or frozen day defensively with Tom Brady & Co. The only concern is the lack of depth the Patriots have defensively by losing players like linebacker Rosevelt Colvin and defensive lineman Mike Wright for the year. But Kellen Clemens vs. Tom Brady? Oh please.

RECORD: 13-0.

PREDICTION: Patriots 41, Jets 10.

The Patriots ended their practice week with four starters listed as questionable for Sunday's game and another one missing practice. Questionable are offensive guard Stephen Neal (shoulder), safety James Sanders (knee), linebacker Mike Vrabel (thigh) and tight end Ben Waatson (ankle). Neal, you may remember, was inactive last weekend and all four were limited in practice.

 Not practicing on Friday was linebacker Adalius Thomas as a "team decision." Thomas, however, was all smiles during a halftime interview Thursday night on the NFL Network. Listed as OUT for Sunday is reserve offensive lineman Billy Yates (foot). QB Tom Brady is on the report as Probable (yup, shoulder), and he took full part in practice.

The Jets list six players as questionable, including their two best receivers, Laveranues Coles (ankle) and James Cotchery (finger). The others: tight end Chris Baker (back), tight end James Dearth (foot), wideout Justin McCareins (thigh) and defensive lineman Dewayne Robertson (knee). All were limited in practice.

Listed as Probable and fully practicing were starting QB Kellen Clemens (thigh), tight end Joe Kowalewski (shoulder) and wideout Brad Smith (back).

-- TOM KING