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Monday 30 November 2015
Fitzpatrick, Marshall lead Jets past Dolphins 38-20
By BARRY WILNER dropped four of five and a 92-yarder to end the first New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) catches a
AP Pro Football Writer is 3-4 under interim coach half. It was one of the Jets’ pass for a touchdown in front of Miami Dolphins’ Brent Grimes
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Dan Campbell, who took best possessions of the sea- (21) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 29,
(AP) -- A neater look sure over after Joe Philbin was son, capped by Smith’s 2015, in East Rutherford, N.J.
suits Ryan Fitzpatrick. fired following the Dol- post pattern on which he
The last time Fitzpatrick phins’ lopsided loss to the got a step on Jamar Taylor. Associated Press
trimmed his beard, he Jets in London. Miami gained only 81
threw six touchdown pass- ‘’There’s nothing I can say yards, 8 rushing, in the
es in leading Houston to that’s going to make that opening half, when it lost
victory in 2014. The recent- look better,’’ Campbell four players to injury: cen-
ly shorn Fitzpatrick wasn’t said. ‘’We got whipped. terMike Pouncey (right
quite as prolific Sunday for We got whipped the first foot), receiver Rishard
the New York Jets, con- time and we got whipped Matthews (ribs/chest),
necting for a mere four the second time. Those are defensive tackles Earl
scores in a 38-20 rout of Mi- the facts.’’ Mitchell(calf) and C.J. Mos-
ami. Ryan Tannehill threw ley (calf). The Dolphins fin-
It was Fitzpatrick’s best TD passes to Jar- ished with 12 yards on nine
performance since joining vis Landry, Greg Jen- rushes, the fewest yards on
the Jets this year, and was nings and DeVante Park- the ground any Jets team
punctuated by Brandon er - like Smith, the first NFL has allowed.
Marshall’s most impressive TD for the rookie - in the Fitzpatrick’s third scoring
outing in green. The receiv- second half when the Jets throw, a 2-yarder to Deck-
er had nine receptions for were well ahead. er, capped a short third-
131 yards and two TDs. New York took control in period drive of 25 yards set
Fitzpatrick, who cropped the opening half. Miami’s up Jeremy Kerley’s weav-
his Viking-like beard for his best threat in the half ing 58-yard punt return.
33rd birthday this week, ended in Tannehill’s poorly
didn’t seem bothered by thrown attempt to Kenny
the left thumb on which Stills. Marcus Williams, a
he had ligament surgery backup cornerback who
on March 13. He also con- leads the Jets with five in-
nected with Devin Smith terceptions, stepped in
for the rookie’s first NFL front of Stills and returned
touchdown, and with Eric the pick 21 yards.
Decker in New York’s fourth Williams, starting for in-
win in the last five meet- jured Darrelle Revis,
ings with Miami. The Jets sprained his knee on the
(6-5) had lost four of their play and did not return.
last five. ‘’It was just a little The pick set up New York’s
long,’’ Fitzpatrick said with first touchdown. Marshall
a smile. ‘’I miss it.’’ made receptions of 20
Decker added, ‘’We’ll and 16 yards before beat-
pitch in for a weekly trim.’’ ing Brent Grimes, Miami’s
And Marshall insisted that best cover man, for a 17-
‘’the beard should never yard score.
come back.’’ New York outdid that im-
Fitzpatrick, making the pressive 72-yard drive with
100th start of his 11-sea-
son career, said the Jets
sensed the critical nature
of this and every game re-
maining.
‘’We needed to right the
ship,’’ he said. ‘’This was an
important one for us. That
said, it makes next week’s
more important.’’
That would be against the
local rival Giants, who at
5-6 will be just as desperate.
‘’What you saw today was
our potential, what we’re
capable of doing,’’ Mar-
shall said. ‘’Now the mis-
sion is to do it every play,
every game and we’ll see
what happens.’’
Chris Ivory clinched the win
with a vintage 31-yard TD
run on which he broke four
tackles.
Miami (4-7) now has
