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New York Jets leave nothing to chance with freakish Stateside arrivals

LONDON-As if the trip to London weren’t grueling enough, Calvin Pace’s journey felt even longer.

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Osborne spoke on the same day that the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets arrived in London ahead of their game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. “My kids rave about that movie”. That game should start during the second half of the Jets-Dolphins game.

British Chancellor George Osborne has called for London to permanently adopt an National Football League franchise within the next five years to confirm the city’s status as the “sporting capital of the world”.

The Jets are well aware of what Suh and the rest of the Dolphins are capable of. “If football wasn’t over, we would still go to Heidi at 7:00”.

Whether or not the ball touched the turf or the receiver before it was caught will likely never be known for sure, which is what gave the play and this game its divine name.

The Jets will be playing in London for the first time, which may explain why they are taking so much care to ensure the players feel right at home.

The quick trip to London is a relatively new phenomenon.

The two teams met again in December in the highly anticipated Bounty Bowl II, in which the fans played a part by pelting the visitors with snowballs and objects from the stands.

That didn’t seem too hard to center Nick Mangold. “I just couldn’t get into that deep, comfortable sleep”, he said. Philbin’s NFL Week 4 injury report indicates that left tackle Branden Albert, who’s listed as doubtful following limited practice time, could also sit out due to a hamstring injury.

Like the Jets, the Dolphins touched down at Heathrow airport early Friday morning and practiced several hours later.

“There has to be improvement”, Ross said in March after adding an extra year to head coach Joe Philbin’s contract. I expect them to come out and play with urgency, they are hungry for a victory and their season is on the line.

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The games at Wembley last season drew sellout crowds of more than 80,000 fans, for a reported total of more than $32 million in ticket revenue. He downplayed the commute to American road games as a major deterrent for a team. Without Ivory and Decker, the Eagles were able to bottle up the run and double team Brandon Marshall, preventing the Jets top three weapons from being used. Marshall, unprompted, talked about how much he enjoys antiques (particularly antique bags), and sung the virtues of London’s famed Portobello Market.

Ndamukong Suh looking more like Albert Haynesworth, less like Reggie White