EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When it was over, Rex Ryan met his nemesis, Bill Belichick, at midfield. Their relationship is cordial, Ryan has said, but it is also complicated — all those New England victories and division titles over the last six seasons have something to do with that.

Maybe someday they will have a beer or two together. Ryan, in a lighter moment last week, said he would like that. But he was not in much of a mood to discuss his social plans late Sunday afternoon after Belichick’s Patriots edged his Jets, 17-16, for New England’s seventh win in the teams’ last eight meetings.

The two coaches shared a quick handshake and awkward embrace, and off they went. As they drew close, Ryan might have said something to Belichick. Or Belichick might have said something to Ryan.

“I don’t remember,” Ryan said.

Give him the benefit of the doubt, but the man has encyclopedic recall. He has never forgotten, and very likely never will, how the Patriots won by 2 points in October, by 3 in September 2013, by 30 on Thanksgiving night 2013, by 3 in overtime the October before that, and so on.