He has a team-leading five INTs as a versatile backup who has started at both safety and cornerback this season. He is a game-day decision. The Jets won 23-20 in overtime.
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Let’s check out some of the key players and stats from the game so we can decipher why things played out the way they did. “We’ve got to execute, put it in right there and we didn’t do it”. He dusted Marcus Gilchrist on a crossing pattern late in the second quarter and took it 72 yards for the touchdown. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for a season-high four touchdowns and now has 20 scores on the year along with 11 interceptions.
The Jets’ offense took the field first, and Fitzpatrick again was able to move the ball nearly at will, again relying heavily on Marshall. Jets DE Mike Catapano was ruled out of the third quarter after suffering a foot injury…. The play failed when Rontez Miles intercepted Manning’s pass and returned it to the Jets 14. That much was clear as the Jets drove downfield twice to score 10 unanswered points, before marching right through them again in overtime for what turned out to be the game-winning field goal. But it will be up to Fitzpatrick and the coaching staff to get the ball to the playmakers and put the Giants defense on their heels early. Few regular-season games in that 12-year career have had as much riding on the outcome as this matchup with the Jets at MetLife Stadium. They couldn’t punch it in and had to settle for the field goal from 31 yards out. The Jets are taking on Odell Beckham Jr. without Darrelle Revis.
Blaine Gabbert rushed for a 44-yard touchdown to level the scores with less than two minutes remaining and, after Robbie Gould badly missed a field goal to win it for Chicago (5-7), Gabbert hit Torrey Smith for a 71-yard game-winner. Eric Decker had eight for 101 yards as Gang Green picked up a big win in their pursuit of an AFC Wild Card. On the ground, Chris Ivory rushed for 87 yards and one touchdown in 21 attempts while Bilal Powell added 28 yards in six attempts. However, the Giants converted on a pass to – who else – Beckham.
Ultimately Tom Coughlin opted to go for the touchdown.
The Jets secondary has been utterly atrocious over the last month and simply looks lost on deep passes.
“I think with Revis and Cro coming back, I’m learning from those guys”, Walls said.
Beckham said a defensive back trying to knock the ball out of his hands actually gives him the advantage and the potential for him to come up with a big play.
From what linebacker Calvin Pace has seen on film, the Giants move Beckham around the field throughout the game.
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The Browns (2-9) decided not to activate wide receiver Terrelle Pryor, the former National Football League quarterback who was signed earlier this week. Top draft pick Ereck Flowers has started at left tackle all season.
