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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Bill Belichick didn't have much to say about the New England Patriots' decision to kick off to the New York Jets, rather than receive, in overtime.

"I thought that was the best thing to do," Belichick said.

Under the new overtime rules, the Patriots could have held the Jets to a field goal and lived to fight another drive. Ideally, they would have held the Jets and forced a punt. Neither, of course, happened, and the Patriots let up a touchdown to the Jets on the opening series of overtime to lose 26-20.

"Looking at field position," Belichick offered up after the loss.

Belichick said he didn't regret the decision to kick off.

"No. There was a pass interference penalty on third down," Belichick said. "They get the stop, we get the ball back where we want it. Then we get picked, beat on two flag patterns. We just didn't play good enough defense."

Jets wide receiver Eric Decker beat Malcom Butler for a 6-yard touchdown after the Jets drove down the field, thanks in large part to a 48-yard catch and run from quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick to Quincy Enunwa.

There appeared to be some uncertainty at midfield prior to overtime when Patriots captain Matthew Slater told the officials the Patriots wanted to kick off.

But, "there wasn't any confusion," Belichick ensured. Belichick actually had told the officials prior to the coin toss that the Patriots would elect to kick off.

The decision didn't pan out for the Patriots, who now have to beat the Miami Dolphins in Week 17 to clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

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