Fitzpatrick, who heads into Sunday’s clash against the Titans with a 60.1 completion percentage, 2,866 yards, 22 touchdowns and an 88.1 quarterback rating this season, is used to being a team’s second option.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick and the New York Jets have a real shot at a wild card berth, but they need to beat the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Fitzpatrick has been almost ideal over the last three weeks posting 930 yards passing, 66 yards rushing, and nine touchdowns to no interceptions. “I’ve got three coats with me, I thought I’d be in a coat and scarves”, said British tourist Olivia Hanson, who was ice-skating in a sleeveless shirt in Bryant Park Sunday.
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett announced Matt Cassel will be their quarterback against the Jets.
New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles talked to the NY media after the Titans game.
“We know he is an elusive guy but our job as pass-rushers is to have precise rushing lanes”, Wilkerson said. “We were focused, we were locked in and we’ve got to continue to stay locked in throughout the rest of the season”. Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 36 of 50 passes for 390 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Jets.
Fitzpatrick capped a game-opening 80-yard drive by finding wide-open wide receiver Eric Decker (seven catches for 74 yards) in the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown pass.
Fitzpatrick looked up to see Marshall waving his hands while still on the line of scrimmage.
Second quarter, 9:25 left: Randy Bullock hits a field goal from 27 yards out.
The Jets started the season 4-1, then lost four of their next five to drop to 5-5.
But before the Jets can start planning their Super Bowl championship parade, they’ve got another few weeks of regular season football to worry about and that includes a Saturday night road matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. Rookie Marcus Mariota threw for three scores and rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown in the wild contest. But even a dream finish to the regular season could end in a the ultimate Jets nightmare – missing the playoffs due to the “common opponents” tiebreaker. And the biggest question was always going to be at quarterback, where Smith failed to cement himself as a leader.
The lone highlight for the lowly Titans (3-10) came in the third quarter when Antonio Andrews took a direct snap and connected with Mariota for a 41-yard touchdown – the rookie quarterback’s first career reception. The play might not have resulted in anything if S Calvin Pryor hadn’t slipped racing over to cover Mariota.
“I was very fortunate to be picked by the Tennessee Titans and that’s all I could have ever asked for”, Mariota said. These three teams are now two games clear of the pack with only three games left to play.
Yes it was only the Titans, who boast a good but still young Marcus Mariota and a set of skill position players that isn’t the greatest, but any time this defense can have this kind of performance it should be celebrated.
Andrews took a direct snap and threw to Mariota, who had lined up as a wide receiver. Kerley was injured on a punt return in the second quarter, exited and came back after halftime before leaving again after aggravating the injury on a third-quarter punt return. Otherwise, if the Jets have one loss and it comes against the Patriots or Bills, they’ll be reliant upon either the Steelers or Chiefs losing twice. The only two kickoffs for the Titans were both touchbacks. McBride has yet to catch a pass in three games this season and is questionable with an abdomen injury.
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What was concerning is the lack of effort as the Jets pulled away.
