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Jets Dominate Punchless Titans

JETS 34
TITANS 13

Talk about a statement game! The Jets not only made a statement that they are the class of the AFC East, they are quickly becoming the class of the AFC conference. The Jets dominated the once unbeaten Tennessee Titans in every facet of the contest. The Jets held the ball for over 40 minutes, had 27 first downs, and rushed for 192 yards against what was once considered a vaunted front seven for Tennessee.

Brett Favre was fantastic. He completed short and precise slants and cross patterns to his receivers, who ate huge amounts of yards against a beat up Tennessee secondary. On the Jets opening drive, Favre went six for six, culminating the drive with a 10 yard shovel pass to Thomas Jones, who squeezed through the Titans defense for the touchdown.

The Jets could have made this a blowout early, but a fumble by Leon Washington and a Favre interception prevented New York from adding points; however, Tennessee did not take advantage of the Jet turnovers. On Tennessee's first six possessions, they were forced to punt. Every Titans receiver dropped passes from quarterback Kerry Collins. As for Collins, he looked a look like the Kerry Collins of his dismal days with the Giants and Raiders. Collins overthrew and underthrew receivers and misread the Jets coverages at several points in the game.

The Jets blew things open in the second half. Favre hit a covered Laveranues Coles in the back of the end zone to complete a seven minute drive to give New York a 20-3 lead to open the third quarter. The touchdown put Favre ahead of Dan Marino for most multiple touchdown games in a career.

Later, Leon Washington took off, bursting through the tackles and down the sideline for a 61 yard touchdown run to make it 27-6 Jets. The 61 yard run was the longest Jets rushing touchdown in six years. In sum, Washington had a huge day, rushing for 82 yards on eight carries. He's a special player that is the best offensive player on a team that has Brett Favre on it.

The Titans got a little antsy as this game wore on, pushing and shoving Jet players when the game entered the final two minutes. Clearly, Tennessee showed no class; they do not know how to lose a game. In fact, they don't even know how to win. How many rings does Tennessee have? ZERO! Maybe the Titans should win a couple of Super Bowls before they strut the strut like world beaters.

The Jets are 8-3, tied with Pittsburgh for the number two seed in the AFC, although the Steelers have a tie-breaker with a better overall conference record. The Jets remain in first place in the AFC East, a game ahead of New England, and two ahead of Buffalo and Miami.

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