EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — This couldn’t be some ordinary, ho-hum, throw for 300 yards and four touchdowns type of game to welcome in Tom Brady’s 200th win.

He couldn’t tie Peyton Manning as the NFL’s all-time leader in victories with some easy blowout.

Certainly not. The reason Brady has a couple hundred wins is because he’s taken out opponents in all kinds of different ways.

Yesterday, the Patriots quarterback beat the Jets on a bum right knee that had him hobbled and sailing passes for much of the game. He did it without his best weapon, as Rob Gronkowski left in the first quarter with a back injury. And, he did it having to lead the team on a drive in the final minutes, converting a fourth down do-or-die play along the way for the 22-17 come-from-behind victory.

Actually, it was perfect. There was drama, suspense and the type of Brady heroics that have punctuated his remarkable career, as he pieced together his 50th game-winning drive along the way to tying the victory milestone.

“It was a great win for our team. We didn’t play as well as we wanted to. We made plays when we needed to,” Brady said, when asked about No. 200. “It was a division game on the road. I thought (the Jets) played really well. I’m just glad we made the plays at the end.”

The defense finally delivered a few turnovers, but it was Brady who carried the team on his back and delivered the victory.

Down 17-16, the Patriots offense took over on their 17-yard line with 5:04 to play, needing to get something going. After struggling to move the ball consistently all game long against a stingy Jets defense, Brady, on cue, refused to let them lose.

He went to work, carving up the secondary, hitting Julian Edelman (24 yards), Dion Lewis (16 yards), Edelman (6 yards) again after a pair of incompletions, James White for 4 yards needed on fourth down, and Chris Hogan (25 yards) to set up a first-and-goal at the Jets 8, now with two minutes to play.

Brady wasted no time, finding rookie Malcolm Mitchell for the go-ahead and eventual winning score, and he went right at Darrelle Revis no less to pull it off.

“He makes people great,” Hogan said of Brady, “and you want to play hard when he’s out there. The expectations are high with him, and we set our expectations high for ourselves with him. He makes us all better players, for sure.”

Who would have thought you’d ever hear Brady chants at MetLife Stadium, while playing the rival Jets? Well, the chants were first heard toward the end of the third quarter, and hit a crescendo with 1:24 left as Brady, who finished 30-of-50 for 286 yards and a pair of touchdowns, taking a knee.

Maybe it was obvious how much Brady was favoring his right knee, and basically gutting it out through the game. As it was, he missed a few days of practice during the week thanks to swelling in the joint, an aftershock of a hit he took in the Seattle game two weeks ago.

The Jets naturally made his life pretty miserable in the first half with their potent pass rush hounding and getting to him constantly. There were a few times it didn’t seem like he was going to get up after being knocked down, but he did.

“He’s such a competitor,” said Danny Amendola. “He was still stepping up in the pocket, moving around, letting his guys get open. We made enough plays to win. He’s just such a team player, and such a leader on this team.”

Brady, of course, said there was no way he considered sitting out the game. He also wouldn’t acknowledge if the injury hampered him throwing the football, given several balls uncharacteristically sailed on him.

And yet, he was right on target with the game on the line. On the fourth-down play, with the Pats needing 4 yards, he hit White just short of the stakes and the back extended to get the first down and keep the game-winning drive alive.

“Tom Brady is one of the most clutch of all-time,” said Jets cornerback Buster Skrine. “Last year, it was a similar situation on fourth down. Last year, they converted on fourth down, but we won. This year, they converted on fourth down and they won.

“I give them credit. They made more plays than us at the end of the day.”

Brady showed incredible resolve and was so tough down the stretch, and so were the Patriots. No. 200 came with a glorious fight, and it was only fitting.

“It’s a team sport,” said Brady. “Individual awards and things like that mean that I’ve been a part of great teams with great coaches and great teammates, and I’ve had a lot of really great support over the years. So hopefully we can keep winning.

“It never gets old.”