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The New York Jets suffered one of the worst losses in recent memory to the Denver Broncos last Thursday night (11/17/11) 17-13 at Mile High. This was a tough game to watch as it was ugly for both teams on both sides of the ball. The loss brings the Jets’ season record to 5-5, and instead of a race for first in the AFC East it places the Jets in a 4-team race for an AFC Wild Card spot. The Jet defense held the Broncos offense the entire night, forcing 8-straight punts, until of course it was Tebow Time. Nick Folk kicked a go ahead 47-yard field goal early in the 4th quarter that gave the Jets the 13-10 lead. The game looked to be in the Jets’ hands with the way the defense was playing. With just under six minutes left in the 4th quarter Tebow led his team on a 95-yard touchdown drive that stole the game from the Jets. The play that broke the Jets’ backs was on a 3rd-and-4 from the Jets’ 20-yard line. Tebow took the snap and rushed left for the touchdown and I was left speechless. The Jets decided to put another defensive back on the field and come on an all-out blitz. Tebow read it perfectly and sprinted into the end zone. Sanchez got the ball back but had no chance getting into end zone with the way the Jet offensive line had been playing. Sanchez was 24-of-40, 252 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT. Shonn Greene left the game with a rib injury and Joe McKnight took over, with 16 rushes for 59 yards, 6 receptions for 62 yards and lost fumble on special teams. Plaxico Burress had 4 receptions for 64 yards. Sanchez also threw a terrible ball to Burress that was intercepted. He continues to telegraph passes and that has to stop. The Jets are not out of the Playoff race but need to play a full 60 minutes if they want to play serious January football
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