File Under: Jets, Dolphins Game Chat
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NYJ Inactives
QB E. Ainge (3rd QB), QB K. O’Connell, CB L. Sheppard, CB D. Strickland, CB A. Carroll, LB J. Westerman, G M. Slauson and DL R. Pitoitua.
MIA Inactives
QB T. Thigpen (3rd QB), S C. Clemons, G S. Murphy, T A. Gardner, DE L. Dotson, WR P. Turner, TE J. Nalbone and LB Q. Moses
STORYLINES
■ The Jets and Dolphins square off for the 11th time on Monday Night Football, which will tie the matchup for the third-most-played rivalry in the 40-year history of the MNF series.
■ The Jets' fourth-ranked defense (277.8 yards per game), 13th in the NFL against the run (100.3 ypg), will face the
■ The Jets, averaging 130.5 yards per game on the ground, seventh in the NFL, match up against the Dolphins' second-ranked rushing defense (61.0 ypg).
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Jerricho Cotchery: 283 career receptions, needs 12 to tie for 14th place on Jets' all-time list (295, Freeman McNeil)
James Dearth: 133rd consecutive game
Marques Douglas: 83rd career start, 101st straight game
Shaun Ellis: 144th career game, second-most among Jets DEs (Marty Lyons, 147); 130th career start; 62 career sacks., needs 2.5 sacks to tie Gerry Philbin for third-most in franchise history at 64.5
Alan Faneca: 174th career start, 117th consecutive start, and 179th career game
Jay Feely: Has hit 20 consecutive FGs, needs to hit next two FGA to tie Pat Leahy for Jets all-time record (22,1985-86)
Larry Izzo: 193rd career game
Kris Jenkins: Needs one sack for 25 career sacks, 100th career start
Thomas Jones: 8,044 career rushing yards, needs 8 yards to tie for 39th (Stephen Davis, 8,052), 30 yards to tie for 38th (Freeman McNeil, 8,074) and 37 yards to tie for 37th (Larry Csonka, 8,081) in NFL history; 17 rushing TD for Jets, needs one rushing TD to tie for 10th on Jets' all-time list (Scott Dierking, 18)
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Chris Rivera Said:
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 11:09am ET"All you heard all year, THE JETS ARE BIG,BAD, THE BEST, starting with their coach! big dolphin fan here, time to shut up and show a little class, that goes for the J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS FANS TO!!!!!!"
Kutty Said:
Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:47am ET"In this game the defense got punished , it was not on sanchez this week. Did you forget about the sack in the endzone last week ....oh my bad touch down. He got rid of the ball without a turnover , and BIG CHRIS JENKINS got doubled alot. No penetration , can't stop the run."
JoeyBoots Said:
Mon, October 12, 2009 - 1:38pm ET"getting ready to head to the game now. time to do some tailgaiting. GO GANG GREEN"
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