Four of the receptions converted third downs, the most by a Jet since Jeremy Kerley had his six conversions against the Patriots in the 2013 home win. “And that’s what happened”. “This Sunday, I got into it with a teammate but we got in the locker room, we talked it out and we love each other”. Marshall was speaking about Cowboys defensive lineman Greg Hardy and was relating to the emotion players have in-game.
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“It’s football, man”, Colon said. You can’t hold onto it. You’ve got to give it 48 hours. “We know what kind of fight we have, we just have to make sure we take care of the little things and take it one game at a time”. “I knew they would fight hard, I knew we would play tough and I knew we’d be mentally tough”.
After, Marshall accepted the blame for his mistakes during the Jets’ 30-23 loss.
“Right now, how they’re trending, it’s going upwards, ” Colon said. We just have to clean up a few mistakes. “And we can’t have that”. And if he had made that catch, the Jets wouldn’t have been forced to settle for a field goal.
“Those were huge, ” said Fitzpatrick, who threw for 295 yards and two touchdowns and gained 29 yards on five carries. “… Not being able to be flawless down there in the red zone, that was a huge part of the game, and it definitely could have changed the outcome if we were able to convert there”. We made progress, but not enough.
New York players have been saying all week, “It’s just another game”. Furthermore, if Marshall had gotten himself set on the game’s final play, the Jets would’ve had a chance to hoist up a jump ball in the end zone.
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Bowles essentially said he would have called timeout had it not been a short-yardage situation after Edelman’s 8-yard catch on first-and-10 from the Jets’ 44 with about 3 minutes left.
