File Under: Thomas Jones, Mike Nugent, Dewayne Robertson, Bob Murphy
11/18 — The Jets win the toss and Leon Washington finally gets a kickoff in his hands, although he can only take 12 yards to the 31. And Kellen Clemens can't get a first down. Ben Graham gets off a nice punt, Allen Rossum is penned in and the Steelersf will get their first OT try beginning at their 18.
And with Dewayne Robertson getting another sack — he's got 2.5 on the day — it appears the visitors are playing for the punt. Daniel Sepulveda does punt, and Washington has his best moment of the game, taking the short kick on the run to the Steelers 26. The Jets are already in field goal range.
Thomas Jones gains 2, then 3 more off the right side, then 1 to the 20. Mike Nugent is about to be called on for the second game-winning FG try of his career.
Nugent is kicking from the middle of the field from 38 yards out. The snap is good, Nugent seems not to get all of it, but he gets enough. The kick is good. "Nugent wins it!" screams Jets radio voice Bob Wischusen on the other side of the glass next to me. "What an effort!" The Jets celebrate at midfield. With 5:03 gone in overtime, the Jets have upset the Steelers.
Jets 19, Steelers 16
This has been a long time coming, but as Bob Murphy used to say at the ends of Mets victories, I'll be back with the happy recap in just a minute. Well, more like an hour or so.
Jet King Said:
Sun, November 18, 2007 - 10:57pm EDT"We all owe Leon and the Defense for this great win....great job. Let's bring Chad back in an win the rest!"
jets fan Said:
Mon, November 19, 2007 - 1:15am EDT"what a great joy it was to see this team finally play well for 4 qts. this win was truly a team effort, every player made plays. the 7 sacks were amazing against a great steeler d. they tried to keep leon out of the game but eventually he got the ball. thanks leon. "
Ira Said:
Mon, November 19, 2007 - 7:30am EDT"Good to se E.smith is out of the dog house. He played very well and was a sure tackler. Well now with 3 games in the books for Clemens he already has grown. All 3 games he has started he had the ball with a chance to tie and win games. He finally got over the hump. I thought Montgomery did an excellent job and should start. Baker is Clemens go to guy. Wait till next year."
Drew Said:
Sun, November 18, 2007 - 7:19pm EDT"It's always fun to watch your team lineup and run the ball all over the best defense in the league. Not bad when they shut down Big Ben, Fast Willie and the rest of that offense either. Great game call by all the coaches!!!! I can actually buy the Monday papers for the 1st time in a month.... "
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