The Life: New York Jets

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Jets Stymie Bills, but Victory Proves Costly
Lose Rhodes and Turner in win

The Jets may have beaten the Bills and improved to 3-0, but the injury parade keeps rolling along as this week Kerry Rhodes was sidelined with broken ribs, which he suffered when he picked off EJ Manuel in the end zone. Add to that Michael Turner's broken jaw which he suffered mid-way through the first quarter, and the Jets now have four starters out, with Stephen Hill expected to need another week or two, and Sheldon Richardson not looking at getting back on the field until mid-October.

The Jets once again waited until the fourth quarter to get going, settling for two short Nick Folk field goals in the first half, and a long miss which would have given them a lead. Buffalo threatened twice, as EJ Manuel threw a 22 yard touchdown pass to Marquise Goodwin on an all out blitz, and later in the half Manuel threw an interception to Kerry Rhodes on a poorly thrown ball.

The New York defense shut down the elusive C.J Spiller, allowing him just 9 yards rushing on 12 carries, and overall giving up just 229 yards of offense to the Bills. Buffalo never threatened in the second half, cross mid field only two times, allowing the Jets to get the momentum.

Mike Goodson had a huge day in relief of Michael Turner, carrying 28 times for 127 yards and two touchdowns, both of which came on one yard dives set up by Kirk Cousins passes to Santonio Holmes, who both times was stopped at the 1 yard line. It may not have been a statistically great day for Cousins, but he played his best game, only turning the ball over once on an acrobatic interception by Jairus Byrd in the second quarter.

Other than the pick Cousins looked cool in the pocket, and made timely throws. He was hurt by 7 drops, 3 alone by Holmes in his 15 of 29 performance.

Jairus Byrd made the play of the season so far with this one handed interception.

Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
Sep 22, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Buffalo Bills (0-2)	0	7	0	0	7
New York Jets (2-0)	3	3	0	14	20

Team Stats Comparison
	BUF	NYJ
Total Offense	229	376
Rushing Yards	17	171
Passing Yards	212	205
First Downs	12	19
Punt Return Yards	29	52
Kick Return Yards	93	49
Total Yards	351	477
Turnovers	1	1
3rd Down Converstion	4-12	7-14
4th Down Conversion	0-1	1-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-0-0	4-2-2
Penalties	2-15	1-10
Posession Time	19:52	36:08

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BUF	NYJ
7:04	(NYJ) Folk 21 Yard Field Goal	0	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BUF	NYJ
9:25	(BUF) Goodwin 22 Yard Pass from Manuel	7	3
2:33	(NYJ) Folk 28 Yard Field Goal	7	6
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BUF	NYJ
12:35	(NYJ) Goodson 1 Yard Run	7	13
5:23	(NYJ) Goodson 1 Yard Run	7	20

Buffalo Bills PASSING C/A YDS TD INT E.J. Manuel 21/30 220 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C.J. Spiller 12 9 0.7 0 Fred Jackson 2 7 3.5 0 E.J. Manuel 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T.J. Graham 5 100 20.0 0 Marquise Goodwin 4 45 11.2 1 C.J. Spiller 4 26 6.5 0 Fred Jackson 2 21 10.5 0 Stevie Johnson 2 19 9.5 0 Dorin Dickerson 2 2 1.0 0 Brad Smith 1 5 5.0 0 Da'Rick Rogers 1 4 4.0 0 Scott Chandler 1 2 2.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Duke Williams 7 0 0 0 Nigel Bradham 7 0 0 0 Manny Lawson 6 0 0 0 Jerry Hughes 6 0 0 0 Jairus Byrd 5 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Rian Lindell 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Jeremy Kapinos 7 317 45.2 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Brad Smith 3 66 22.0 0 C.J. Spiller 1 27 27.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C.J. Spiller 2 29 14.5 0

New York Jets PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Kirk Cousins 15/29 215 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Mike Goodson 28 127 4.5 2 Michael Turner 6 38 6.3 0 Kirk Cousins 3 -5 -1.6 0 Rob Malone 1 6 6.0 0 Chris Ivory 1 5 5.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Santonio Holmes 7 89 12.7 0 Jeremy Kerley 4 95 23.7 0 Clyde Gates 2 9 4.5 0 Kellen Winslow 1 20 20.0 0 Tommy Bohanon 1 2 2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Vladimir Ducasse 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jaiquawn Jarrett 5 0 0 0 Dawan Landry 4 0 0 0 Quinton Coples 4 0 0 0 David Harris 3 0 0 0 Muhammed Wilkerson 3 2 0 0 Kerry Rhodes 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Nick Folk 2/3 2/2 8 29 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Rob Malone 3 131 43.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Mike Goodson 1 25 25.0 0 Clyde Gates 1 24 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Jeremy Kerley 5 52 10.4 0

[Gronk4M13]

Good start to the season, but tough losses to injury.

[jayenomics]

Matchup Preview *|* September 22, 2013
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New York Jets (3-0, 1-0 Away)		Tennessee Titans (2-1, 0-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 22.3 Points Per Game 21.3 1111 Total Offensive Yards 931 726 Passing Yards 354 385 Rushing Yards 577 4 Passing TD 2 3 Rushing TD 4 Defensive Stats Comparison 42 Points Allowed 51 937 Total Yards Allowed 908 775 Passing Yards Allowed 624 162 Rushing Yards Allowed 284 14 Sacks 5 1 Fumble Recoveries 0 6 Interceptions 3 Injury Report LB Ricky Sapp | Dislocated Elbow 5 Weeks RE Kamerion Wimbley | Achilles Tear 40 Weeks RE Sheldon Richardson | Dislocated Ankle 4 Weeks FS Kerry Rhodes | Broken Ribs 2 Weeks HB Michael Turner | Broken Jaw 1 Week WR Stephen Hill | Broken Jaw 1 Week Game Notes The Jets are the literal definition of the walking wounded. Two defensive starters, and two offensive starters, along side two special teamers for the Jets are out. They will need their backups to step up and play big if they are going to keep their hot start going. The Jets Win If...Kirk Cousins keeps improving, and Mike Goodson can run the ball the way he did against the Bills. The Titans Win If...Chris Johnson can continue to dominate on the ground, and the Titans defense can keep pressure on Cousins.

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Captain Kirk! Cousins Leads Jets to W
Leaves game with dislocated finger, but has best performance to date

The Jets finally got the performance they were looking for when they traded for Kirk Cousins before he left in the fourth quarter with a dislocated thumb. Cousins, who is day to day and should be ready for next Monday night against Atlanta threw for 322 yards and 3 touchdowns, to just 1 interception, with the touchdown passes of 37, 22, and 19 yards to three separate receivers.

It looked like it would be all Titans early after Mike Goodson fumbled the kickoff after Rod Bironas had nailed a 53 yard field goal, but the defense bailed him out, holding Tennessee to another Bironas field goal. Goodson would make up for the fumble on the next drive, capping it off with a 3 yard touchdown run.

Tennessee would extend their lead to 6 with just under three minutes to go in the half, when Ryan Fitzpatrick hit Kenny Britt for a 7 yard score. It seemed as if the Titans would go into the half with a lead, but on 3rd and 9 from the 22 Cousins laid a perfect ball over the shoulder of Kellen Winslow, in triple coverage for the score, and the lead.

The Jets would extend that lead on the first drive of the second half as Cousins would hook up with Santonio Holmes from 37 yards out to push the lead to 8 before the Titans reeled off 13 straight points, pushing the Jets backs up against the wall.

Captain Kirk would answer less than a minute later, hitting Clyde Gates on a 19 yard fade to the corner of the end zone. Cousins was 4 of 4 for 65 yards on the drive.

Tennessee would have another shot to take the lead, but Fitzpatrick threw his second pick of the game, this time Jaiquawn Jarrett skied to pick him off and tip toed the sideline. After review the pick stood, and the Jets ran the clock out, pushing their record to 4-0 ahead of their Monday Night showdown in Atlanta.

Kirk Cousins led the way for the Jets in Music City

New York Jets at Tennessee Titans
Sep 22, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York Jets (3-0)	7	10	7	6	30
Tennessee Titans (2-1)	6	10	6	7	29

Team Stats Comparison
	NYJ	TEN
Total Offense	447	279
Rushing Yards	133	109
Passing Yards	314	170
First Downs	18	12
Punt Return Yards	22	11
Kick Return Yards	193	116
Total Yards	662	406
Turnovers	3	4
3rd Down Converstion	5-12	5-13
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-1	0-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-2-0	5-3-1
Penalties	1-5	1-12
Posession Time	27:23	28:37

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		NYJ	TEN
7:32	(TEN) Bironas 53 Yard Field Goal	0	3
5:56	(TEN) Bironas 24 Yard Field Goal	0	6
0:15	(NYJ) Goodson 3 Yard Run	7	6
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		NYJ	TEN
10:10	(TEN) Bironas 48 Yard Field Goal	7	9
7:20	(NYJ) Folk 44 Yard Field Goal	10	9
2:46	(TEN) Britt 7 Yard Pass from Fitzpatrick	10	16
1:24	(NYJ) Winslow 22 Yard Pass from Cousins	17	16
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		NYJ	TEN
10:59	(NYJ) Holmes 37 Yard Pass from Cousins	24	16
0:01	(TEN) Britt 15 Yard Pass from Fitzpatrick	24	22
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		NYJ	TEN
9:12	(TEN) Johnson 14 Yard Run	24	29
8:11	(NYJ) Gates 19 Yard Pass from Cousins	30	29

New York Jets PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Kirk Cousins 17/36 322 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Mike Goodson 25 99 3.9 1 Chris Ivory 5 24 4.8 0 Geno Smith 2 10 5.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Santonio Holmes 5 139 27.8 1 Kellen Winslow 4 53 13.2 1 Clyde Gates 4 45 11.2 1 Jeremy Kerley 3 80 26.6 0 Mike Goodson 1 5 5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK D'Brickashaw Ferguson 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Josh Bush 7 0 0 0 DeMario Davis 5 0 0 0 Quinton Coples 4 0 0 0 Dee Milliner 3 0 0 0 Jaiquawn Jarrett 2 0 1 0 Antonio Cromartie 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Nick Folk 1/2 3/3 6 45 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Rob Malone 5 233 46.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Mike Goodson 4 122 30.5 0 Clyde Gates 3 71 23.6 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Jeremy Kerley 3 22 7.3 0

Tennessee Titans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Ryan Fitzpatrick 15/30 176 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Chris Johnson 23 106 4.6 1 Patrick DiMarco 1 3 3.0 0 Shonn Greene 1 2 2.0 0 Ryan Fitzpatrick 1 -2 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Delanie Walker 6 43 7.1 0 Nate Washington 4 79 19.7 0 Kenny Britt 4 44 11.0 2 Kendall Wright 1 10 10.0 0 Greg Romeus 1 8 8.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Zach Brown 7 1 0 0 Blidi Wreh-Wilson 6 0 0 0 Rocky McIntosh 5 0 0 0 Jameel McClain 5 0 0 0 Alterraun Verner 4 0 0 0 Michael Griffin 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Rob Bironas 3/3 2/2 11 53 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Brett Kern 4 186 46.5 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Darius Reynaud 4 82 20.5 0 Marc Mariani 1 34 34.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Marc Mariani 1 11 11.0 0

[Icy4me]

Kirk Cousins is lighting it up and showing he deserves to be a starter! Hopefully he can keep it up! Holmes had a big day as well. An awesome start to the season, too bad this will likely not happen in real life for you, lol.

[jayenomics]

Quote: Originally Posted by Icy4me

Kirk Cousins is lighting it up and showing he deserves to be a starter! Hopefully he can keep it up! Holmes had a big day as well. An awesome start to the season, too bad this will likely not happen in real life for you, lol.

I'm finally figuring out how to play with Kirk within these sliders.

[Gronk4M13]

Good win, good 4-0 start.

[jayenomics]

Around the League Week 4

Weekly Awards
Matt Cassel had a career day, going 17-37 for 203 yards with 5 touchdowns in the Vikings victory over Pittsburgh and being named NFC Offensive Player of the Week.

Asante Samuel was the man, picking off two passes and returning them for touchdowns, and adding 7 tackles in the Falcons dominating 55-27 victory over the Pats.

Jamal Charles crushed it, rushing for 207 yards on 22 carries and scoring 3 times for the Chiefs in their 38-16 win over the Giants.

Dwight Lowery, the former Jets had a huge day with 11 tackles, 2 interceptions and a score as Jacksonville beat the Colts 28-21.

Rex Ryan Watch
Job Security Level | Extension?
The Jets are improbable 4-0 after going to Foxboro and dominating Tom Brady and the Patriots, rolling over the Bills, and coming from behind to top the Titans. Ryan has instilled his defense, and the Jets have been relentless so far this season.

If they continue to win and can do something in the playoffs, despite the past two years, Rex Ryan may be looking at a job next year in New York.

Injury Update
Jay Cutler has a broken upper arm and will be out a month.

Joe Staley had just worked his way back into the lineup, but will miss 3 weeks with a fractured forearm.

Steve Smith will miss 3-4 weeks with a Broken Toe.



AFC East Standings

NFL Standings - Updated: Sep 24, 2013
AFC EAST	W	L	T	PF	PA
New York Jets	4	0	0	97	71
New England Patriots	2	2	0	116	123
Buffalo Bills	1	3	0	58	142
Miami Dolphins	0	4	0	62	100