It’s the third straight year in which the Bengals have opened their season with a road win. They did a good job here in blocking for the run as well and that’s a positive sign as Forte is not the type of power back that Ivory was past year.
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New York Jets running back Matt Forte (22) is stopped by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Karlos Dansby (56) during the third quarter at MetLife Stadium.
This was the end for the Jets, the moment their Week 1 optimism turned into a gut-punch of a 23-22 loss to the Bengals.
“We can’t feel sorry for ourselves or mope for too long because we’ve got one coming up in a few days”.
Revis understands an 0-2 start (against two AFC opponents, including a division foe) could send the Jets’ season into a tailspin.
Next came an incompletion to Decker, and then Josh Shaw picked off Fitzpatricks next throw to Decker the Jets only turnover of the game to seal it for the Bengals.
“I don’t really buy into that”, he said.
Neither do the Bills.
No, the ghost of former coach Herb Edwards was still screaming in fans’ heads – you know, “You play to win the game”, – it was not rattling around Chan Gailey’s brain.
That’s how Baltimore played defense under Ryan from 1999-2008, and that’s how it won the 2012 Super Bowl.
Despite being sacked seven times, quarterback Andy Dalton was 23 of 30 for 366 yards.
Trailing 20-16, NY went to the ground game in a big way, running the ball nine times in 10 plays to get down to the 2. Coach Marvin Lewis knows that the leaky line is one area that needs to improve starting next week against Pittsburgh.
“We do a lot of communication back there, a lot of things that we change up”, he said. Dalton was sacked a franchise record seven times. “Our quarterback will not make it through the season if we give up seven sacks a week”. Ryan Fitzpatrick is completing 54.3 percent of his passes for 189 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.
On an emotional day in NY, the home team let some missed opportunities get the best of them. “Revis is a first-ballot Hall of Famer”. It’s my honor going against him. “I was just trying to make plays anytime the ball came my way”.
“We had a rough start”.
The fact his past two games have not been vintage Revis has led some to question whether “Revis Island” is gone – maybe forever.
Revis said he’s spent time watching film of both games the Jets played against the Bills last season – including a Week 10 loss at home in which Watkins caught just three balls for 14 yards – to pick up on “tips and tendencies” from the Buffalo receiver.
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Fitzpatrick, who missed the entire offseason program during his freaky contract standoff with upper management, followed up a quiet preseason (16-of-29 passing for 183 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions) with one of his least impressive games the Jets quarterback on Sunday, when he was just 19 of 35 for 189 yards, one touchdown and one interception in the 23-22 loss to the Bengals. After an 11-play, 63-yard drive, the Cardinals would set up for a game-winning field goal with 41 seconds remaining, but the 47-yarder would miss wide left and the Patriots would escape with the win.
