FLORHAM PARK — Jets receiver Robby Anderson broke out with his first 100-yard game of the season in Sunday’s win over the Cowboys.

But doing it again against the Patriots this week won’t be easy.

Stephon Gilmore has become perhaps the best cornerback in the league since joining the Patriots in 2017. And the last several times the Jets have played the Patriots, Anderson has been shadowed by Gilmore.

“It’s definitely a challenge,” Anderson said Wednesday. “I have a lot of respect for him. He’s a good corner.”

The strategy has worked for the Patriots, as Anderson has been held under 25 yards in each of his last five games against the Patriots — including a three-catch, 11-yard performance in the Jets’ Week 3 loss at New England.

But Anderson doesn’t believe it’s all Gilmore.

“I can’t really say as to why, I wouldn’t really say necessarily because of him,” Anderson said.

To be fair, several of the Jets’ games against the Patriots have been strange in recent years. Four weeks ago they played with Luke Falk as the starting quarterback; he’s not even in the league at the moment.

In 2017 and 2018 the Jets played Week 17 games in New England with depleted rosters and little to play for. And three of the last five games the Jets have played against the Patriots came with a backup quarterback.

“That has to play a part in it,” Anderson said.

Anderson’s best game against the Patriots came in 2017 when starter Josh McCown was playing in a Week 6 game that meant a lot to both teams. Anderson had four catches for 76 yards that day.

With Sam Darnold healthy, and the Jets trying to jumpstart their season after Sunday’s improbable win, this should be a telling test. We get to see how the Jets’ mostly complete offense stacks up against the best defense in the league.

It’s also a good measuring stick for Anderson. He started his career as a one-dimensional receiver, a guy who was best at catching the deep ball. But he did a little bit of everything against the Cowboys when he caught a 92-yard touchdown pass but also created plays on several shorter routes.

Now, he gets to test out his upgraded skills against Gilmore, the best cover corner in the game.

“It's a tough matchup for both those guys because you got a guy like Robby that can stretch the field, you don't know when it's going to happen,” Jets coach Adam Gase said. “I think Robby has done a good job, at least putting on tape — I know we haven't hit him a ton, on a lot of these different routes — but where it can create doubt for [Gilmore] seeing that [Anderson is] running the whole route tree. So, [Gilmore] has to respect that and at the same time Robby has to understand who he's going against and he has to use certain techniques to help get freed up.”

Mosley progressing

Gase is optimistic that middle linebacker C.J. Mosley can participate in individual drills on Thursday. It would be the first time he’d participated in any practice since suffering a groin injury in the Week 1 loss to the Bills. Still, Gase wouldn’t come close to saying if Mosley can play Monday against the Patriots.

“I'm hopeful for [Thursday], that he'll be able to do individual and just kind of see how it goes,” Gase said. “I think we're just taking this minute-to-minute.”

Gase said Mosley is as important to the defense as a starting quarterback, “it’s that impactful.” And that’s why the team is going to weigh all the options before getting him back on the field.

“At the end of the day we want to make the right decision, whatever we decide to do,” Gase said of Mosley, who has missed the last four games. “I think this is just going to be more than just me saying, 'Hey, it looks good,' and the trainers. I think this is going to be full organization, C.J. involved, as far as what's the best thing for him.”

Gase said Mosley has “been able to do a lot more the last week or so,” which is why the team is optimistic he can return to practice Thursday.

Switching it up

Before a Monday night game, Gase typically has his team practice on Wednesday and Thursday and go through a walkthrough on Friday before one last practice on Saturday. But this week the team didn’t practice Wednesday because of injuries.

“We're pretty banged up right now, so we were limited on who would have been able to do [in practice],” Gase said. “We're light in two positions right now, it just would have been hard for us to get the reps we wanted in, so we just pushed everything back a day.”

Left tackle Kelvin Beachum (ankle) and tight end Chris Herndon (hamstring) are week-to-week. Inside linebacker Albert McClellan is in the concussion protocol. Running back/returner Trenton Cannon (ankle) is day-to-day. And cornerback Nate Hairston is also hoping to return to practice Thursday.

Gase would not confirm reports that guard Kelechi Osemele will have season-ending shoulder surgery, saying only “we’re going through our process right now.”

Which means?

“That means I don’t have an answer for you,” Gase said.

Andy Vasquez is the Jets beat writer for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to all Jets analysis, news, trades and more, please subscribe today and download our app.

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