Well then, after a night of some stomach pains I figured now would be a good time to talk about last night's thrilling back and forth game that ended in a 17-16 Wild Card Weekend Jets victory.
Thank you Nick Folk for nailing a 35 yard field goal to win it. But also, thank you Mark Sanchise for calling and completing the 18 yard pass to Braylon Edwards, and thank you Braylon for catching it. Thank you Antonio Cromartie for a 47 yard kick off return to start that last drive. Thank you Ladanian Tomlinson and Shonn Greene for Ground and Pound, running the football the way we came accustom to last season and keeping Peyton Manning off the field. Thank you Rex Ryan for organizing a confusing defense and finally stopping Manning.
It was a great first quarter defensively. Teams do not hold the Colts on three straight 3rd and 1's and force three and outs. The Jets did. The problem wound up on the offensive side of the ball. They weren't bad, no, bad isn't the word. But they weren't good enough. Didn't do enough to get in the end zone, or even attempt a field goal for that matter. Down 7-0 at the half, that proves it.
But old reliable reared it's great head in the second half. Ground and Pound. LT and Greene. Just keeping running, keep pounding, keep grinding. And that's exactly what the Jets did. All the way down to Nick Folk's foot.
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