Jets Win Third Straight, Cruise Past Titans 30-8

They have been up and down all year and with a 7-5 record in a tough division, they need this game to keep pace with Buffalo and New England. We have a lot more confidence and we’re learning how to win different types of games. “It has to be corrected”.

He powered a defense that sacked Mariota five times, including takedowns by Leonard Williams and Demario Davis.

NY still has questions about its long-term future at quarterback despite a big year from Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick now has 25 touchdown passes on the year, four shy of tying Vinny Testaverde’s franchise record for a single season. The Titans announced Friday that Wright would be out Sunday due to the injuries he suffered in a 42-39 win over the Jaguars on December 6. Nothing was working and seemingly every play was a max-protect, play action pass. Now that is fine, but it definitely loses some teeth when the Titans can’t get anything going on the ground. The Jets pride themselves on stopping the run, which in fact, will be quite easy to do, since the Titans’ rushing attack lacks explosiveness.

“The last few weeks, we’ve really had to have it and I think we’ve done a good job the last three weeks as a team, kind of coming up with big-time situations and playing off of each other”, Fitzpatrick said.

Fitzpatrick capped a game-opening 80-yard drive by finding wide-open wide receiver Eric Decker (seven catches for 74 yards) in the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown pass.

And if we’re putting a positive spin on things, the Titans’ almost catching Marshall just shows how athletic they are.

Second quarter, 4:18 left: Bilal Powell catches a 16-yard pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick to pad the Jets’ lead, 20-0. “I should’ve just eaten the ball instead of putting our team in a bad spot”.

New York Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson (96) celebrates a sack with teammates during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Jets are built very similarly to the Titans as far as strengths and weaknesses now.

This season, Marcus Mariota is among the leaders in the red zone and is also having success against the blitz thanks to quick thinking to get rid of the ball – or take off with it in hand.

The Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Mariota led the way for his team (3-9) in the victory against Jacksonville Jaguars by scoring a touchdown on an impressive 87-yard scramble and run. He won’t work exclusively against Marshall, but he’s the Titans’ most consistent cornerback and the two will square off consistently. A 2-point conversion to Dexter McCluster cut the deficit to 27-8. Marshall has 10 touchdown catches this season. “I was pretty comfortable”.

The Jets added another late field goal from Bullock to account for the final margin. Yet Walker, who leads all tight ends in catches this season, isn’t in the Top 10 in fan voting for the Pro Bowl.

The Jets will face stiffer challenges the rest of the way – the Cowboys, Patriots and Bills await – but there was an unmistakable we’re-not-messing-around vibe against a poor team.

“That’s the media talking, it’s a trap game”, Richardson said.