“They took the same trip, so everything is equal on both sides”, Bowles said. “If we get beat in Europe, (players) are going to throw in the towel”.
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Fitzpatrick threw for 172 yards in the first half, including a 58-yard completion to Brandon Marshall on the first play for the Jets (3-1). With sacks included, the Bears finished with 48 net yards passing, the second time since 1990 they finished with fewer than 50 net yards through the air.
Poor defense was again on display for Miami, as was a dismal offensive showing.
If Calvin Pryor continues to play the way he has in the last three games (20 tackles, one forced fumble, one pass deflection and one interception), Miller shouldn’t be much of a problem out of the backfield. The way to make a quarterback uncomfortable is to get in his face, and that is exactly what the Jets did.
“He was a workhorse”, coach Todd Bowles said. In addition to supplying home-brought cereal, electrical plug adapters, extension cords and light-blocking sunglasses, team staffers also brought 350 rolls of American toilet paper to London because British toilet tissue is too thin, The New York Times reported.
The win lifts the Jets to a 3-1 start for the first time in five seasons. If he can’t play in two weeks against the Washington Redskins, the Jets have a decent replacement – a fellow by the name of Sheldon Richardson, whose four-game drug suspension ends Monday. After being decisively beaten by division rivals the New York Jets at Wembley, Dolphins coach Joe Philbin is at risk of losing his own job.
“We feel the urgency”, quarterback Ryan Tannehill said. “We have 14 days”. Running back Chris Ivory, who didn’t play last week due to injury, burst through on the next play behind a good offensive line blocking for a first down, and then into the endzone for the touchdown on the next.
Two Nick Folk first-half field goals gave the Jets a 13-0 lead before the Dolphins got on the board. But he missed a 40-yard attempt.
The Jets offense managed 425 yards of total offense. Ivory rushed for 166 yards and scored a touchdown.
The Dolphins responded with an 88-yard drive of their own which was aided by two pass interference penalties.
Past year the Dolphins were in a bit of a funk when they faced the Raiders in London and blew them out to even their record at 2-2. But that was just one way Miami failed against New York.
He thought he had a touchdown with 6:12 to go, only for it to be called back on a penalty, and when Revis picked off Tannehill in the end zone moments later, Miami’s fate was sealed.
No defensive pass interference?
With the score being 27-7 in the fourth quarter, the Dolphins were able to get down the field on a relaxed Jets’ defense.
The unbeaten Falcons are seeking only the fourth 4-0 start in franchise history.
“We’ve got to play a 60-minute football game”, Philbin said.
He seems to show little regard for his body as he bounces off defenders and spins his way through traffic, his dreadlocks flowing wild and free from underneath his helmet all the while.
The Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions will also play at Wembley as part of the NFL’s worldwide Series. And Ivory made sure to run all over the Wembley Stadium grass and through Dolphins defenders – including Miami’s $114-million man, Ndamukong Suh.
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Stephen Pond/Getty Images Eric Decker catches a touchdown in his first game back from injury.
