The game was over.
The Jets were down 27-24 to the Bills late in the fourth quarter, and they could not stop the two-headed rushing attack of Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson, who hurt them on the ground all day long.
The clock was winding down, and it looked as if the Jets were going to lose yet another heart breaker in front of their home faithful.
One moronic second down play by the Bills changed the outcome of the game though.
On second down the Bills decided, for some still unknown reason, to try and pass the ball. Abram Elam came from the left side almost untouched, and hit Bills quarterback J.P. Losman.
Elam then swiped at the ball, and it came loose.
Bouncing around deep in Jets territory, Shaun Ellis picked the ball up, and quickly turned into a running back.
He pounded, and then tip-toed, his way into the end zone.
Touchdown Jets.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the great escape.
Despite their best efforts to lose the game today, the Jets pulled out a miracle, a 31-27 victory, and are still tied atop the AFC East after huge wins by the Dolphins and the Patriots earlier today.
The defense saved them, and after some wretched play the past few weeks, it was long overdue.
Early on in the game though, it looked as if the Jets were going to win in a walk.
Driving down the field on an almost perfect first drive, Thomas Jones plunged into the end zone to start the scoring.
In doing this, he broke the Jets single season rushing touchdown mark with his 13th rushing touchdown, and the total touchdown mark, with his 15th touchdown overall.
Both of these records were held by the great Curtis Martin, and this has cemented Jones's status as a great Jets running back.
In addition, Brett Favre ran for a huge gain on a quarterback bootleg in the drive. Laughing it off in typical Favre fashion, this led to the score, and made the Jets fortunes looked great early.
Later on, Favre hit Jerricho Cotchery with a touchdown pass to make the score 14-3, and the Jets looked as if they were back.
Favre was gunning the ball with precise accuracy, the receivers were making a difference once again, and Thomas Jones was running the ball like a man possessed.
The Bills were done after this, right?
Wrong.
Coming back like a team fighting for a playoff spot, even though their chances were slim to none entering the game, the Bills ended up handing it to the Jets for the better part of the rest of the game.
They played like the team who wanted it more, and as a result, the Jets faithful were ready to give up on their team once and for all.
These feelings were very warranted. J.P. Losman was moving the ball down the field—yes, J.P. Losman—and the running game was punishing the Jets defense.
At the same time, Favre went back to throwing picks (he had two today), and the rest of the Jets went right back to shooting themselves in the foot.
Going into the half though, the Jets were up 21-17 on a huge long touchdown run by Leon Washington, who is quickly stating his case as to why he may be the best backup running back in all of football.
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Farvie and the Jets Jets 6 months ago
the AFC East is the most exciting division in the NFL and you have a 3-way tie with The Patriots and Miami. Of course every Jets fan is waiting for the Pennington-Favre matchup. Can the Jets beat Pennington?
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Jonathan Szenics 6 months ago
They will, no way he comes back and beats us.
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Doug Dwyer 6 months ago
What makes the Jets wheels fall off so easily? In the first half, they had the Bills on their heels. The 2nd half, the offense looked dysfunctional.
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