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Season all butt over after debacle
The Jets handed out scarves before last night’s game with the Patriots. They should have given out paper bags for fans to wear over their heads instead.
Thiswas a Jets loss fromthe Rich Kotite era— a bumbling, embarrassing, humiliating thrashing from the Patriots that ruined the Thanksgiving of every Jets fan. What a bunch of turkeys. Rex Kotite, er Ryan, and Co. got blown out on national television in their own building, turning the ball over five times and losing 49-19 to Bill Belichick’s Patriots in front of an angry holiday crowd at MetLife Stadium.
At one point Ryan was caught by TV cameras saying “Un-bleeping-believable.” It got so bad “Fireman Ed” left at halftime.
The game got away from the Jets in a stunning, 52-second, second-quarter sequence when the Patriots scored three touchdowns — one on offense, one on defense and one on special teams. The sequence was the funniest thing NBC has shown on Thursday night since “Seinfeld” went off the air.
The Jets are now 4-7 and any thought of them making the playoffs is laughable. The Jets would have to run the table in their final five games, and they have not been able to win two consecutive games this season.
The Patriots had a 7-0 lead when they took the ball over with 9:56 left in the first half. It took one play for quarterback Tom Brady to hit running back Shane Vereen on a swing pass that turned into an 83-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead.
Then things got really strange. The Jets had a broken play in which Sanchez went to hand off to either fullback Lex Hilliard or tailback Shonn Greene, who went in a different direction. With no one to hand off to, Sanchez tucked the ball and ran … into guard Brandon Moore’s backside. He lost the ball and Patriots safety Steve Gregory scooped up the ball and ran 32 yards for a touchdown.
On the following kickoff, Jets return man Joe McKnight fumbled the ball when he took a hit from Devin McCourty. Patriots receiver Julian Edelman caught the ball in the air and ran 22 yards for the Patriots’ second touchdown in 19 seconds and third in 52, giving them a shocking 28-0 lead.
The Patriots tacked on another touchdown minutes later in the quarter on a 56-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Edelman that went over Jets safety LaRon Landry’s head.
The Patriots scored 35 points in the quarter despite having the ball for just two minutes, 14 seconds. The Jets kicked a field goal at the end of the first half to avoid a shutout.
The Jets opened the game playing defense with a ton of defensive backs on the field, daring the Patriots to run it. New England was having some success, but was kept out of the end zone for its first two drives.
After going three- andout on their first drive, the Jets put together a decent drive, moving the ball 47 yards before Sanchez committed the Jets’ first turnover of the night, an interception by Gregory at the 15. The Patriots then put together a 15-play, 84-yard drive helped along by three Jets penalties. It finished with Brady finding Wes Welker in the end zone for a 3-yard touchdown against Jets cornerback Ellis Lankster.
The Jets made a weak effort at a comeback in the second half, scoring a safety and touchdown, but the game was over before people’s turkey was digested.
Just imagine what the score might have looked like if Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had played. The idea that his absence would be a big help to the Jets proved terribly wrong.
The Jets have five games left, but there is no doubt their season is over.