"From the wee hours of Monday until late Saturday, the world still was talking about fourth-and-2.

Wondering why coach Bill Belichick made the call he did, wondering why a sure victory was inexplicably lost.

The Patriots were not. "We're moving on" was the mantra. And when they say it, they really mean it.

That was evident in the Patriots' emphatic response, an opportunistic 31-14 win against the Jets yesterday at Gillette Stadium.

Goodbye Colts, goodbye negative thoughts, hello commanding AFC East lead.

"What was last week?" joked linebacker Adalius Thomas. "No, the only thing that was going to help us was coming in here and getting a win. You couldn't let last week beat us twice."

Leigh Bodden's 53-yard interception return for a touchdown put the Patriots up 7-0, one of four interceptions of struggling rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez (8-of-21, 136 yards).

It was quickly 24-0. The Jets whittled it to 10 in the fourth quarter, but an interception by safety Brandon Meriweather set up the final score by Laurence Maroney (77 yards, two touchdowns) final score."