11/11 — The Jets had a number of standout performances Sunday in their historic 47-3 thumping of the St. Louis Rams, and pair of players — RB Thomas Jones and S Abram Elam — have been nominated for two weekly sponsored NFL awards.

Jones, who rushed for 149 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, is a candidate for FedEx Ground Player of the Week, and Elam, whose first career sack resulted in a 50-yard fumble-return TD for Calvin Pace, is up for the GMC Sierra Defensive Player of the Week. Fans can vote for both players at the above links through Thursday.

On Monday, TJ talked about his latest effort on newyorkjets.com radio.

“I guess I was kind of in a zone,” he told fullback Tony Richardson and me during the latest installment of ‘Paving the Way with T-Rich." “It was one of those things where you get rolling early, you feel pretty good and you start to get consistent carries. You get the feel for how the defense is playing and then you start making things happen.”

TJ set the tone against the Rams, carrying five times for 53 yards on the opening drive, which culminated with his 13-yard cutback to the end zone.

“When you’re able to run the football — especially early in the game — it demoralizes a football team but it gives us the ability to set other things up,” Richardson said.

But that Rams demolition means little now as the Jets are only two days out from getting it on with the Patriots in Foxboro with sole possession of first place in the AFC East at stake.

“We’re kind of on a roll and we have some momentum,” said Jones, the AFC's leading rusher with 750 yards. “We’ve won a couple of games now and we’re kind of coming together as a team, playing complementary football.

“It would be a really big win for us. It’s away, so it’s going to be a tough environment and it’s against a really good football team. We definitely have our work cut out for us, but I think we’ll be up to it and I think everyone’s excited about the opportunity to play.”

Elam’s made the most out of his opportunity in the defensive backfield. After taking Eric Smith’s spot in the lineup, “Big Play Abe” returned an interception 92 yards for a touchdown against the Bills and then came back a week later to deliver an early knockout blow to QB Marc Bulger and the Rams.