A few days ago, Dolphins Brandon Marshall vowed to mix it up on Monday Night Football against the New York Jets.
Instead, the Miami wide receiver just fell flat. Although Marshall finished with over 100 yards receiving, he inexplicably ran out of bounds on what might have been a touchdown and dropped another potential score.
It turns out Marshall and his uninspired teammates
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With their season on the brink of unraveling because of mounting losses and infighting, Rex Ryan and his feuding team got back on track with a 24-6 victory over the winless Dolphins on Monday night.
"Hey, we needed a win in the worst way," a relieved Ryan said.
mlb jerseys cheap"I'm just happy that we found a way to get one."
The Jets (3-3) came into the game as a team in turmoil, and this victory was far from pretty or convincing. But it didn't need to be. It only needed to not be another loss.
"Anytime you lose three games straight, you're going to lack
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Darrelle Revis ran back the first of his two interceptions 100 yards for a touchdown and the Jets did just enough to avoid their first four-game skid under Ryan. Mark Sanchez threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes and ran for another score as the Jets — who called this a "must-win" game — capped a tough week by sending the Dolphins to their fifth straight loss.
"Losing was tough," Revis said. "It was hard coming to work.
nfl jerseys from chinaWe wanted to get this win. We came in with a great game plan and guys stuck together."
But CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman says that despite the win, the Jets failed to impress.
"The game tape should be buried at sea and the score
cheap nfl jerseys was extremely deceptive (the first half was close)," Freeman writes. "The Jets beat Miami 24-6, and this night will do little to ease the critics of the Jets who say this team isn't close to being ready for a Super Bowl they constantly brag about one day winning."
Mike Freeman: Forget the score, Jets nowhere near Super Bowl level
There were some serious doubts whether that would be the case, though. With frustration quickly seeping into the locker room, New York traded wide receiver Derrick Mason to Houston for what the team said was a lack of production. Then, the Jets had to deal with some infighting as Holmes called out the offensive line for not giving Sanchez enough time to throw deep. Right guard Brandon Moore fired back, saying those comments could have a "fragmenting effect" and were not what a captain, which Holmes is, should do.