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Jets ground flailing Dolphins
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October 19, 2011, Wednesday
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THE New York Jets ended a three-game slide in the National Football League by taking advantage of the hapless Miami Dolphins with a 24-6 win at the Meadowlands on Monday.
The victory lifted the Jets to 3-3 and dropped Miami to 0-5.
"We needed a win in the worst way," Jets coach Rex Ryan told reporters. "I'm just happy we found a way to get one."
Neither team showed much firepower. The biggest play of the game was turned in by New York's All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis who intercepted an errant pass by Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore at the goal line and ran it back 100 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The Jets, who gained a total of 10 yards on nine plays in the first quarter without a first down, finally found their rhythm and scored on a long TD drive on their last possession of the first half when quarterback Mark Sanchez ran the ball in from five yards out.
Miami was more efficient than New York in the first half, but stalled each time it got close to the end zone, settling for field goals of 23 and 21 yards.
Sanchez later connected with Santonio Holmes on a 38-yard catch-and-run TD in the fourth quarter, and Revis registered another interception to end a last Dolphins' scoring bid.
"It feels great," Sanchez said about ending the slide. "That's just what we needed to get back on track."
Picking up steam
Sanchez, picking up steam as the game progressed, completed 14-of-25 passes for 201 yards, while the running attack led by Shonn Greene's 74 yards totaled 104 yards.
Moore connected on 16-of-34 throws with two interceptions and later admitted to frustration over the Dolphins' continuing problem scoring TDs in the red zone.
"It's rough. It's the same old story. We're trying to find answers or make plays down there and we seem to be hitting a wall," he said.
The Miami quarterback gave Revis a surprisingly heavy workout.
While most teams direct their air strikes away from the top flight cornerback, Moore kept throwing to his top receiver Brandon Marshall, who was being covered one-on-one by Revis. Marshall caught six of 13 passes thrown his way, but Revis snared one of them, turning the interception into a romp over the entire length of the gridiron.
The victory lifted the Jets to 3-3 and dropped Miami to 0-5.
"We needed a win in the worst way," Jets coach Rex Ryan told reporters. "I'm just happy we found a way to get one."
Neither team showed much firepower. The biggest play of the game was turned in by New York's All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis who intercepted an errant pass by Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore at the goal line and ran it back 100 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The Jets, who gained a total of 10 yards on nine plays in the first quarter without a first down, finally found their rhythm and scored on a long TD drive on their last possession of the first half when quarterback Mark Sanchez ran the ball in from five yards out.
Miami was more efficient than New York in the first half, but stalled each time it got close to the end zone, settling for field goals of 23 and 21 yards.
Sanchez later connected with Santonio Holmes on a 38-yard catch-and-run TD in the fourth quarter, and Revis registered another interception to end a last Dolphins' scoring bid.
"It feels great," Sanchez said about ending the slide. "That's just what we needed to get back on track."
Picking up steam
Sanchez, picking up steam as the game progressed, completed 14-of-25 passes for 201 yards, while the running attack led by Shonn Greene's 74 yards totaled 104 yards.
Moore connected on 16-of-34 throws with two interceptions and later admitted to frustration over the Dolphins' continuing problem scoring TDs in the red zone.
"It's rough. It's the same old story. We're trying to find answers or make plays down there and we seem to be hitting a wall," he said.
The Miami quarterback gave Revis a surprisingly heavy workout.
While most teams direct their air strikes away from the top flight cornerback, Moore kept throwing to his top receiver Brandon Marshall, who was being covered one-on-one by Revis. Marshall caught six of 13 passes thrown his way, but Revis snared one of them, turning the interception into a romp over the entire length of the gridiron.
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