Moss Escapes Revis Island, Patriots Win
Revis Island is the Alcatraz of the NFL no more for Randy Moss has broken free. Thanks in large part to a very sucessfull New England running game, Randy Moss burned the Jets secondary for 233 yards and 2 touchdowns, both of which coming off of play action. Moss is the first player since Revis' rookie year to out perform the stud corner, and if you were to guess who would break Revis spell, it would of been Moss....and he did.
The Patriots looked very impressive in their win over the Jets, especially the defense who had to face a Mark Sanchezless New York offense. New England took advantage of 2nd string QB Erik Ainge, blitzing him early and often, sacking him 4 times (3 bye rookie Jermaine Cunningham) and also forcing him to throw two interceptions. Laurence Maroney had another great game rushing for 87 yards, and helped set the tempo for New England's second win of the season.
NFL Scoreboard - New England Patriots (1-0) at New York Jets (1-0)
| , | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | | New England Patriots | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 | | New York Jets | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Top Performers | New England Patriots - Stats | | Randy Moss 5 catches, 223 Yds, 2 TD's | | Jermaine Cunningham, 7 tackles, 3 sacks, FF | | New York Jets - Stats | | Jerricho Cotchery, 6 catches 112 Yds, 1 TD | | David Harris 9 tackes 1 TFL |
| Team Stats Comparison | NE | NYJ | | First Downs | 8 | 15 | | 3rd Down Efficiency | 2-12 16% | 3-16 18% | | 4th Down Efficiency | 0-0 0% | 2-3 66% | | Total Yards | 460 | 462 | | Passing Yards | 299 | 318 | | Rushing Yards | 104 | 32 | | Penalties-Penalty Yards | 2-15 | 2-20 | | Turnovers | 3 | 4 | | Time of Possession | 22:09 | 25:52 |
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Scoring Summary | Second Quarter | NE | NYJ | | NE | 8:09 | Laurence Maroney 9 Yd Run (S. Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 0 | | NE | 6:27 | Randy Moss 53 Yd pass from Tom Brady (S. Gostkowski kick) | 14 | 0 | | NYJ | 0:06 | Nick Folk, 21 Yd FG | 14 | 3 | | Third Quarter | NE | NYJ | | NE | 8:59 | Randy Moss 79 Yd pass from Tom Brady (S. Gostkowski kick) | 21 | 3 | | Fourth Quarter | NE | NYJ | | NYJ | 1:16 | Jerricho Cotchery 4 Yd pass from Eric Ainge (N. Folk kick) | 21 | 10 | | NE | 0:48 | Stephen Gostkowski 51 Yd FG | 24 | 10 |
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New England Patriots | Passing | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | | Tom Brady | 16/24 | 307 | 2 | 1 | | Rushing | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Laurence Maroney | 17 | 87 | 5.1 | 1 | | Fred Taylor | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Julian Edleman | 3 | 8 | 2.6 | 0 | | Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Randy Moss | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 2 | | Aaron Hernandez | 4 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | | Kevin Faulk | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | | Rob Gronkowski | 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | | Julian Edelman | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | | Defense | TKL | SACK | INT | TD | | Jermaine Cunningham | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | Jerod Mayo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Brandon Meriweather | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Brandon McGowan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Devin McCourty | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Tuly Banta-Cain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Derrick Burgess | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Pat Chung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Vince Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jonathan Wilhite | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Leigh Bodden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Kick Returning | NO. | YDS | TD | LONG | | Brandon Tate | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | | Rob Gronkowski | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | | Punt Returning | NO. | YDS | TD | LONG | | Julian Edleman | 5 | 46 | 0 | 18 | | Kicking | FGM/A | XPM/A | PTS | LONG | | Stephen Gostkowski | 1/2 | 3/3 | 6 | 51 | | Punting | NO. | YDS | AVG | IN 20 | | Zoltan Mesko | 6 | 265 | 44.1 | 3 |
New York Jets | Passing | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | | Erik Ainge | 19/41 | 332 | 1 | 2 | | Brad Smith | 1/2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | | Rushing | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Shonn Greene | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 0 | | Ladainian Tomlinson | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | | Brad Smith | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | | Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jerricho Cotchery | 6 | 112 | 18.6 | 1 | | Braylon Edwards | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | | Shonn Greene | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | | Santonio Holmes | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | | Dustin Keller | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | | Defense | TKL | SACK | INT | TD | | David Harris | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Darrelle Revis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dwight Lowery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jim Leonhard | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Kyle Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Shaun Ellis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kris Jenkins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Eric Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Bart Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Antonio Cromartie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Mike Devito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kick Returning | NO. | YDS | TD | LONG | | Aundrae Allison | 3 | 56 | 0 | 23 | | Brad Smith | 2 | 34 | 0 | 17 | | Punt Returning | NO. | YDS | TD | LONG | | Jerricho Cotchery | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 | | Kicking | FGM/A | XPM/A | PTS | LONG | | Nick Folk | 1/1 | 1/1 | 6 | 22 | | Punting | NO. | YDS | AVG | IN 20 | | Steve Weatherford | 7 | 253 | 36.1 | 2 |
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