Watch Alan Branch block a Jets field goal attempt

The play kept the score tied.

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Hayden Bird, Boston.com Staff

November 27, 2016

With the Jets threatening to take the lead towards the end of the first half in Sunday’s clash at MetLife Stadium, the Patriots came up with a huge defensive play.

Alan Branch, who is currently appealing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, blocked the Jets’ field goal attempt to keep the score tied at 10:

FG BLOCK.@patriots deny the Jets 54-yard FG attempt! #NEvsNYJ https://t.co/UXhn57g27M

— NFL (@NFL) November 27, 2016

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