Fitzpatrick, D help Jets rout Titans

“This is why we play the game – for the games we’re playing right now”, said Fitzpatrick, who finished 21-of-36 for 263 yards and no interceptions. “This is what all the work is for”.

We’re trying to win the next game.

Mariota also became the first player since Walter Payton in 1983 with 40-yard touchdowns on a pass, a rush and a reception in the same season. The Chiefs and Jets are technically the wild cards at the moment due to the conference record tiebreaker. “It took a lot of work,” the first-year coach said.

“I knew we were going to try to run the ball and we’re able to run the ball”, Bowles said.

-SPECIAL TEAMS: A-minus. K Randy Bullock’s ideal run ended when he missed a 53-yard field goal in the first quarter, but he nailed his other three field-goal attempts and was 3-for-3 on PATs.

“If you’re the Golden State Warriors, you can have a trap game”, said coach Todd Bowles, referring to the National Basketball Association team that started its season 24-0 before a loss Saturday.

For Titans interim head coach Mike Mularkey, meanwhile, the busted play signified a game and a season gone south. “We’re not that good”. The Titans simply aren’t good enough now to make it easy on any team. 2 and the Raiders did it from November 10-Nov. 27. The Titans can now officially look toward what they’ll do with another top-five pick – though who will be making that pick is decidedly unknown.

Next up, the New York Jets will travel to Arlington, Texas, to take on the Dallas Cowboys in Week 15 of the 2015 National Football League season. In this game alone he put up 125 yards receiving and a touchdown and has amassed eight 100 yard receiving games this season. The next punt by the Titans was fielded by Jets wide receiver Eric Decker. He’s thrown nine touchdowns and no interceptions over that stretch, bringing him up to 25 touchdown passes for the year.

Marshall says the working chemistry between the trio has been excellent, pointing out that Decker caught a touchdown in last Sunday’s win over Tennessee after suggesting a play he and Peyton Manning had executed while in Denver. Bowles said Smith was scheduled for an MRI on Monday. “I think it kind of expedited the process a little bit because we can just talk about it. We don’t have to rep it. We don’t have to see it on film”. Among the Titans’ inactives was WR Kendall Wright, who suffered a rib injury last week. “But there’s a time constraint on that with three weeks left in the season”. “Obviously, you deal with all of those things after the season”. The Titans didn’t even take an offensive snap in Jets’ territory until the second half.

“Yeah, I’d love to be back”, Fitzpatrick said Tuesday.

New York Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson (96) celebrates a…

On Tennessee’s series following Bullock’s field goal, rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota was under pressure and overthrew Dexter McCluster on a screen pass. Cornerback Buster Skrine intercepted the ball and returned it 9 yards to the Tennessee 35. With three games remaining, the Jets will likely need to win all three of their one-game seasons in order to make the postseason. His previous high was 10.5 sacks, which he recorded in 2013.

There might have been skepticism from players that a two-year layoff could have caused the game to pass Gailey by.