NFL - Jets take down the Patriots

Tom Brady was 9 for 15 for 96 yards in the first half and have been sacked 3 times along with his first interception since week 6 and it was done by David Harris who returned it 58 yards to the Patriots 12 yard line but the Jets did not score as Nick Folk missed a 30 yard field goal. Put the Patriots did not do much after a field goal drive set up by a 28 yard catch by Alge Crumpler as they went 3 and out 2 straight times till their last 2 drive of the half where they got 1 first down and punt and then the third 3 and out of the second quarter. The Jets got a 7 yard TD catch by LaDainian Tomlinson from Mark Sanchez set-up by a 37 yard catch from Braylon Edwards and then Braylon Edwards got a 15 yard TD catch himself as Patrick Chung put the ball on the carpet for the Patriots and the Jets got it on the Patriots 38 yard line where LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 21 yards to take a 14-3 lead into the second half. In the Second half the Patriots had a huge 8 play for 80 yards and took 351 to make it 14-11 with a Sammy Morris 2 yard for 2 points and the drive started with a 37 yard catch by Rob Gronkowski and had other big catches by Deion Branch (12 and 16 yards) along with a 10 yard run by BenJarvus Green-Ellis while Alge Crumpler caught a 2 yard TD pass from Tom Brady but the first play in the fourth quarter was a 58 yard catch for the Jets Jerricho Cotchery to turn the game in flavor of the Jets again. The Jets ended the drive with a 7 yard TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone where he got both feet down before going out of bounds to make it 21-11 Jets with 3:41 left the Patriots get a great punt return from Julian Edelman for 41 yards to the Jets 43 yard line and another catch by Rob Gronkowski for 12 yards sets up a 35 yard field goal just after the 2 minute warning. Then the Patriots went for the onside kick but the Jets poster boy this week Antonio Cromartie picks it up and goes 23 yards to the Patriots 25 yard line and the Patriots were off sides on the kick so the Jets start on the 20 and Shonn Greene runs 16 yards for a TD to put the Jets up 21-14 but with 24 seconds left Deion Branch catches a 13 yard TD to make it 28-21 but the Jets get the on side kick to close out the game. Mark Sanchez went 16-of-25 passing for 194 yards with 3 TDs and this now 4-1 in the playoffs and Tom Brady had his 27 game home winning streak snapped and it is the first time in a long time that a team has beating both the Colts and Patriots on the road in back-to-back weeks. Shaun Ellis had 2 of the 5 sacks on Tom Brady (29 of 45 for 299 with 2 TDs and an interception) and Jerricho Cotchery was a huge receiver (5 for 96 yards) while David Harris (9 tackles, 3 assists, an interception, and a force fumble) did everything on D for the Jets.

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Tom Mehegan