Sunday might have been the best all around performance we have seen by the Jets all season. They finally played the lights out defense that everyone expected to see all season. The Jets beat the Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium 27-11 Sunday afternoon. The Jets played an all around impressive performance not only defensively, but offensively as well.
The key early in this game was turnovers. Both teams were turning it over early and had trouble putting up points. The first half's only points was a 49 yard field goal by Nick Folk. It was all about defense early. In the second half, the Jets offense would kick it into gear. They would get a 50 yard field goal from Nick Folk early in the third quarter. The Bills would then fumble on the first play of their drive giving the Jets great field position in Bills territory. They would get a nice catch and run by Plaxico Burress followed by a 1 yard touchdown run by Ladanian Tomlinson to take a 13-0 lead. The Bills would finally score on a field goal making it 13-3.
From there on, it was all Jets.
They would have a 1:20 drive ending in a gorgeous play action touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes making it 20-3. They would put the dagger in the Bills in the fourth driving and ending it with a 1 yard touchdown run by "the terminator" John Connor. That would make it 27-3 and put the Bills away. They would add on a touchdown late to make it 27-11 after converting the 2 point conversion. That would be all. The Jets closed it out with the final being 27-11.
The key to the game was the Jets dominant defensive performance. They forced three Bills turnovers with one leading to a Jets touchdown. The Jets finally put pressure on the quarterback allowing Ryan Fitzpatrick to be completely shut down. Fitzpatrick was 15 for 31 for 191 yards with a touchdown and 2 interceptions. They only allowed 96 combined rushing yards as well with 82 of them coming from starter Fred Jackson. The Jets defense was aggressive and played their best game defensively.
The offense was solid as well. Mark Sanchez played one of his better games besides the early interception he looked like a veteran in the pocket. Sanchez threw for 230 yards and a touchdown. The Jets ran for 126 yards combined by Shonn Greene, Joe McKnight and Tomlinson. The offense had a chemistry that we have not seen all season. They looked very comfortable playing a Bills team who has been a pleasant surprise this year.
Next comes the game everyone has been waiting for. The Jets and Patriots will face off in New Jersey on Sunday night. The Pats beat the Jets at home and now with both teams being tied for first place in the AFC East, the Jets look to break the tie and continue their winning ways on Sunday.
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