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            Happy Dance:

            Catanzaro’s FG leads Jets to wacky 23-20 OT win over Jaguars


                                                                                                   vantage — and then had       256-175 on the ground.
                                                                                                   to hold on in the extra pe-  Blake  Bortles  was  15  of  35
                                                                                                   riod.                        for 140 yards with a TD and
                                                                                                   “We fought back,” coach      an interception.
                                                                                                   Todd Bowles said. “We had    “We’ve got to find ways to
                                                                                                   the lead and gave it away.   make plays offensively and
                                                                                                   Guys didn’t get down. They   score touchdowns and put
                                                                                                   didn’t blink.”               games  like  that  away,”
                                                                                                   On  fourth-and-5  from  the   Bortles said.
                                                                                                   Jets  25,  Lachlan  Edwards   It appeared the Jets were
                                                                                                   boomed  a  70-yard  punt     heading  for  a  win-sealing
                                                                                                   that  was  misjudged  by     drive after a 41-yard pass to
                                                                                                   Marqise Lee, who had the     Robby Anderson got them
                                                                                                   ball  bounce  away  from     to the Jaguars 14. But Mc-
                                                                                                   him  before  he  recovered.   Cown  tossed  a  backward
                                                                                                   Jacksonville was called for   pass  to  Powell  and  the
                                                                                                   an illegal block in the back   ball  bounced  off  the  run-
                                                                                                   on  the  play,  putting  the   ning  back’s  shoulder  pad
                                                                                                   ball at the Jaguars 3.       —  ruled  a  fumble  —  and
                                                                                                   Jacksonville  went  three-   Myles Jack recovered and
                                                                                                   and-out,  but  on  the  punt,   went 81 yards for a touch-
                                                                                                   Paul  Posluszny  was  called   down  to  cut  the  Jaguars’
                                                                                                   for  unsportsmanlike  con-   deficit  to  20-17  with  10:20
                                                                                                   duct  for  taunting  as  the   left  in  the  fourth  quarter.“I
            New York Jets kicker Chandler Catanzaro, left, reacts after hitting the game winning field goal   Jets’ Dylan Donahue went   wasn’t  ready  for  it,”  Pow-
            during the overtime period of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday,   down on the Jaguars side-  ell said, “but we bounced
            Oct. 1, 2017, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Jets defeated the Jaguars 23-20.            line with an elbow injury. It   back from it.”
                                                                            (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)  put  the  ball  on  the  Jack-  With  3:19  left  in  regulation
            EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)  with  a  grin.  “I’m  glad  we  “What  you  saw  there  was   sonville  25,  and  after  two   and  New  York  still  lead-
            —  Long  runs,  bad  breaks,  were on the right side of it,  a  complete  team  effort,”   1-yard runs, Josh McCown   ing  by  three,  A.J.  Bouye
            big  plays  and  wacky  mo-  though.”                     running  back  Bilal  Powell   spiked  the  ball  to  set  up   picked  off  McCown  af-
            ments.  This  one  had  them  After  Catanzaro  split  the  said.                      Catanzaro’s field goal.      ter  Powell  slipped  right  in
            all.                         uprights,  he  and  his  team-  Powell rushed for a career-  “Those  long  runs,  my  stu-  front  of  the  cornerback
            Chandler        Catanzaro  mates celebrated wildly in  high 163 yards, including a     pidity  at  the  end  of  the   and gave the Jaguars the
            kicked a 41-yard field goal  the  middle  of  the  field  —  75-yard  touchdown  ,  and   game,”   Posluszny   said,   ball at the Jets 35.Leonard
            with 28 seconds left in over-  but then had to wait a mo-  rookie  Elijah  McGuire  had   “you  can’t  win  with  stuff   Fournette took a short pass
            time,  lifting  the  New  York  ment  because  there  was  a  69-yard  score  and  fin-  like that.”                from  Bortles  and  scored  a
            Jets to a 23-20 victory over  a penalty flag on the field.  ished with 93 yards rushing   McCown  finished  22  of  31   23-yard touchdown — but
            the Jacksonville Jaguars on  The officials ruled there ac-  as the Jets ran all over the   for 224 yards with an inter-  it was wiped out by a hold-
            Sunday.                      tually  was  no  penalty  on  Jaguars (2-2).              ception  and  the  Jets  out-  ing call on Arrelious Benn.
            “Crazy  is  right,”  Jets  quar-  the  play  —  giving  the  sur-  But  New  York  blew  a   gained  the  Jaguars  471-  Four plays later, Kony Ealy
            terback Josh McCown said  prising Jets (2-2) the win.     10-point, fourth-quarter ad-  311 in total yards, including   knocked down a pass from
            Folk boots 34-yard FG to beat Giants 25-23                                                                          Bortles  on  third-and-goal
                                                                                                                                from  the  4,  and  the  Jag-
                                                                                                                                uars  settled  for  Jason  My-
            TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jameis  Eli  Manning’s  second  TD  ceiver had stepped out of  season  and  being  fined         ers’ 22-yard tying field goal
            Winston  threw  for  332  and  pass of the day with an im-  bounds before making the  $12,154  for  a  dog-like  TD   with 46 seconds remaining.
            three  touchdowns  without  pressive  drive  that  began  catch.                       celebration, Beckham had     q
            an  interception,  and  Nick  at his 25.                  Winston  threw  TDs  passes  seven  receptions  for  90
            Folk  kicked  a  34-yard  field  The  Giants  (0-4)  lost  on  a  of  6  yards  to  Mike  Evans  yards, including a 42-yarder
                                         the  second  straight  week.  ard in building an early 13-0  to  Ellison  for  New  York’s  Like
            goal  as  time  expired  to  last-second  field  goal  for  and 58 yards to O.J. How-  that led to Manning’s pass    Like
            give  the  Tampa  Bay  Buc-
            caneers  a  25-23  victory  They took a 23-22 lead on  lead.  His  14-yard  scoring  short-lived one-point lead.
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            over  the  winless  New  York  Rhett Ellison’s 2-yard TD re-  pass to Cameron Brate put  Manning  finished  30  of  49   us on
            Giants on Sunday.            ception  with  3:16  remain-  the Bucs up 22-17 midway  for 288 yards and no inter-
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            Folk  redeemed  himself  af-  ing.  Manning  threw  to  through the fourth quarter,  ceptions.  He  also  scored
            ter  missing  two  field  goals  Odell  Beckham  Jr.,  in  the  setting the stage for an ex-  New  York’s  first  rushing  TD   Facebook
            and  an  extra  point  earlier  rear of the end zone for a  citing close.              of the season on a 14-yard
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