Today, the New England Patriots will play their first division game of the season. Fittingly, the opponent will be the team's AFC East arch rival: the New York Jets, who like the Patriots sit a 3-2 entering week six. Ever since both franchises were born in the old AFL, they have been at the forefront of the New York-Boston rivalry alongside major league baseball's Red Sox and Yankees.
The reasons for that extend beyond geography, though, as the rivalry has grown into one of the NFL's fiercest over almost 60 years and a total of 115 contests.