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Jets Outlast Titans In Soggy Mess

JETS 24
TITANS 17

This one wasn't pretty, but the Jets take it.

Unlike the previous two weekends, the Jets 46 defense had no answer for the Titans running back tandem of LenDale White and Chris Johnson, as the duo rushed for 127 yards on the once vaunted Jets D.

Meanwhile, the Jet offense, which saw early success in the first quarter with two Mark Sanchez touchdowns (one pass, one rushing), fell silent in the middle two quarters, as the Titans D, consistently harassed the young quaterback for three sacks and forced him to make some untimely throws throughout the afternoon.

With Tennessee up 17-14, it appeared that the Jets good luck was beginning to thin. Then a fumble changed it all.

On a Jets punt back to Tennessee, returner Ryan Mouton fumbled the ball on the Tennessee 20, and it was recovered by special teams ace and former Patriot Larry Izzo to give the Jets some much need momentum. With new life, Sanchez hit Jerricho Cotchery in the flat for a 15 yard gain to move the ball to the Titans five yard line. Two plays later, Sanchez connected with Cotchery down the middle for the touchdown to give the Jets a 21-17 lead.

Fast forward to the fourth with Tennessee driving into Jets territory, the Jets pass rush forced Kerry Collins to throw one up into the hands of Jets linebacker David Harris. Later in the game, Harris sacked Collins for a huge loss to all but end the football game, giving the Jets the 24-17 victory. Box Score.

NOTES: The Jets wore their throwback N.Y. Titans uniforms for the fifth time since 2007. The win today puts the Jets at 4-1 in those uniforms. Maybe they need to think about making them permanent. The Tennessee Titans wore their Oilers uniforms in a regular season game for the first time since the end of the 1998 season, when they were still known as the Tennessee Oilers.

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