NFL: Jets cruise past Dolphins at sell-out Wembley

Jay Asser 04:58 05/10/2015
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  • Triumphant feeling: Jets.

    One year on from their last trip, the Miami Dolphins found the Wembley tables had turned as they were brushed aside 27-14 by the New York Jets in London.

    The Dolphins, 38-14 winners over the Oakland Raiders 12 months ago, were outplayed on both sides of the ball by the Jets in front of another sell-out crowd of 83,986 under the arch.

    Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 218 yards and one score while Chris Ivory rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown, and New York hung on despite Jarvis Landry’s almost single-handed attempts to make a game of it in the fourth quarter.

    Cornerback Darrelle Revis said: “The sky is the limit. This is the best bunch of guys I’ve been around. We’ve got so much talent and we have confidence in each other.”

    From the moment the game kicked off, Miami appeared disjointed against a New York team eager to prove they are no longer the Same Old Jets.

    Back-up quarterback Fitzpatrick, starting in place of the injured Geno Smith, missed a string of wide-open receivers – mistakes which kept the game competitive longer than it might have otherwise been.

    On the Jets’ first drive, Fitzpatrick picked out Brandon Marshall with a 58-yard pass and Ivory rumbled into the end zone two plays later.

    New York added two more field goals before the Dolphins were handed a lifeline by two big penalties against the Jets – gifting Miami 58 yards on back-to-back pass interference calls, including one against Revis. Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill capitalised with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Jake Stoneburner.

    But despite Fitzpatrick’s often wayward throws, the Jets responded before half-time with another score through Eric Decker to lead 20-7 at the break.

    Wembley has become accustomed to lop-sided games and this one appeared over as a contest on the first drive of the second half, capped by Zac Stacy’s two-yard run to score.

    But after the Jets missed a field goal, Miami found some rhythm in the fourth quarter, with Landry’s 28-yard punt return giving them great field position before Kenny Stills caught a 10-yard touchdown pass to cut the gap.

    Landry then led another charge, returning a punt for 25 yards and later pounding his way to the four-yard line. He thought he had a touchdown with 6:12 to go, only for it to be called back on a penalty, and when Revis picked off Tannehill in the end zone moments later, Miami’s fate was sealed.

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