Once again....defense wins championships. Darren McFadden must have not got the memo. McFadden's 171 yards and two touchdowns helped the Raiders get by the Jets Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum in Oakland.
The Jets were sloppy with the ball and their two turnovers truly cost them the game on Sunday. Sanchez had a bad interception thrown in the endzone that ruined a great punt return by Jeremy Kerley. In the second half, Antonio Cromartie bobbled a kick return and fumbled it and the Raiders ended up with the ball and scored a touchdown. Those two turnovers were monumental in the loss.
They came out of the tunnel in the second half with nothing. They did not score in the second half until there were 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter. The offense did not play with the fire that we see from this offense when playing from behind. Mark Sanchez's stats were not bad as he threw for 369 yards and two touchdowns, but he threw 43 passes and completed 27 of them and also had the interception thrown in the endzone. Center Nick Mangold missed the game due to injury. Clearly, this was a huge hole for the Jets that was seen throughout the game.
The story of the game was the unbelievable performance by Raiders running back Darren McFadden. He carried the ball 19 times for 171 yards and two touchdowns. That is an astounding 9 yards per carry. Michael Bush also ran for 22 yards and a touchdown. Jason Campbell played a fairly mistake free game and let the run game do the bulk of the work in the victory. Campbell was 18 for 27 with 156 yards and no touchdowns and no interceptions.
The Jets have to go on the road to Baltimore and on the road to New England next. This was a game they really needed to pull out. Now they will hit the road to face two of the best teams in football. They are going to have to step it up defensively and not make any more careless turnovers if they want to head back home with a winning record.
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