Jets Escape Miami With Overtime Win

The Jets were given a gift Sunday afternoon by the Miami Dolphins.  Kicker Dan Carpenter missed his second field goal of the game in overtime giving the Jets yet another opportunity.  They would finally take advantage with 6:04 left in overtime as Nick Folk nailed a 33 yard field goal to propel the Jets to a 23-20 victory.

It was in no way pretty, but Mark Sanchez and company left Miami with their second win of the season.  While Sanchez ended up throwing for 306 yards and a touchdown, his overall numbers and a lot of his throws were ugly.  He was 21 for 45 with an interception and an awful quarterback rating of 32.4.  Sanchez had a lot of overthrown balls and a lot of open receivers he could not get it to.  The Jets' starter missed a wide open Chaz Schilens for a touchdown and a wide open Jeff Cumberland in the endzone.  Also, on a 1st and goal at the one, Sanchez and the Jets failed to get it in the endzone and were forced to go for a field goal.  Luckily, Santonio Holmes had a clutch performance catching 9 passes for 147 yards for Gang Green.

The Jets running game was ineffective with just 88 yards on 33 carries.  A major issue was the lack of use in the redzone of Tim Tebow.  The Jets brought in Tebow to score touchdowns for them in the redzone.  He had two carries all day.  One of those carries was a game changing fake punt where Tebow ran it for five yards on 4th and 3 to get the first down.  It was a perfect playcall and the Jets would get a field goal in the drive.

The other big offseason acquisition, LaRon Landry had a pivotal interception that he ran back 18 yards for a touchdown in the first minute of the second half.  It was a momentum changer and a spark the Jets needed after an abysmal first half of football.  The two newest Jets helped to lead them to ten points that would change the game entirely.  It was a game the Jets needed with the 49ers and Texans coming up next on the schedule.

While it was a big win to improve to 2-1, they suffered a huge loss with their star cornerback Darrelle Revis tearing his ACL.  Revis will be out for the remainder of the season leaving the Jets with a huge hole on defense.  Kyle Wilson will have some big shoes to fill at cornerback.  The Jets will be heavily relying on Wilson and Antonio Cromartie to have big time seasons if they want a chance at the playoffs.  Trying to replace the best cornerback in the league is impossible, but the team needs to come together and step it up on defense without the Pro Bowl defender.

The team will have to rally around each other and find a way to win without Revis.  They return home for three straight games starting with the 49ers Sunday, who are coming off a bad loss to the Vikings.  Gang Green's offense is going to have to see much better production from Sanchez and the running game if they want to win games.  They were given a gift wrapped victory by the Dolphins Sunday that good teams won't allow to happen.  The Jets will need to have some sort of pass rush and see the offense get the ball in the endzone if they want success down the road.  Tebow will be a big part of that happening.