Marcus Mariota Catches 41-Yard TD Pass

The stingy defense did the rest. They played a good game, a solid game and didn’t make a lot of mistakes. “We’re not that good (smiling)”.

“It took us long enough”, defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson said. Fitzpatrick now has 25 touchdown passes on the year, four shy of tying Vinny Testaverde’s franchise record for a single season.

Later in the first quarter, Bilal Powell had a 24-yard run during a 51-yard drive that resulted in a 47-yard field goal by Randy Bullock, putting the Jets ahead 10-0 with 47 seconds left in the first period.

Superlatives Aplenty: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, RB Chris Ivory and DE Muhammad Wilkerson all reached season personal-highs. The Jets offense lined up for the play, and Fitzpatrick noticed that the Titans weren’t in position, with many defenders still looking to coaches on their sideline for instruction. Tennessee fooled the Jets for a touchdown on a trick play, when running back Antonio Andrews threw a 41-yard scoring pass to Mariota from a Wildcat formation.

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. “There are some older guys that really understand how unique and what a great opportunity it is”.

When Fitzpatrick gets knocked down, he begins to feel the pocket collapsing around him and has a tendency to make bad throws. “I was pretty comfortable”.

But Nick Mangold says Marshall has what it takes to be a Jedi master.

With that in mind, the Jets produced their best effort of the season and avoided falling for a possible trap game against the woebegone Titans (3-10), who were eliminated from playoff contention for the seventh straight season. Bowles said Smith was scheduled for an MRI on Monday.

-WR Jeremy Kerley (calf) was injured twice during the Jets’ 30-8 win over the Titans on Sunday.

With temperatures an unseasonably warm 68 degrees at kickoff, the Jets got off to a roaring start. The outcome seem sealed on the game’s opening drive, when Fitzpatrick methodically led the Jets on a 14-play, 80-yard drive that culminated with him throwing to a wide-open Eric Decker in the middle of the end zone.

And yes, the 69-yard catch and run deserves to be rehashed and relived today, especially because of what it shows about the chemistry that continues to develop on this surging Jets offense. Searcy later left with a hamstring injury. The Titans are now 2-4 since Mularkey replaced Ken Whisenhunt.

“There was no communication to upstairs or the linebackers”, Mularkey said. The quarterback noticed the receiver was uncovered.

The Jets are a good defensive team, overall. Outside from one or two hiccups, the Jets defense absolutely suffocated the Titans, especially in the first half. He took a Ryan Fitzpatrick pass 16 yards for a score in the second quarter. He also threw a two-point conversion pass to RB Dexter McCluster. He missed two games with a concussion, but he practiced on Friday and is listed as probable. “We’re trying to run the football”. Led by Wilkerson’s 3 sacks, the Jets tallied 5 in all. Tennessee won just two games a year ago, and it has a chance to demonstrate a bigger improvement by knocking off a 7-5 New York Jets team that is very much playing for the playoffs.