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Jets has meant it!!!

Written by footballfan on September 21st, 2009

Rookie Mark Sanchez outplayed a Super Bowl champion quarterback and the Jets backed up their big talk, shutting down Tom Brady and the New England Patriots 16-9 on Sunday. Really unexpected result.

“We believe that we are the better team today,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said. “We went out and showed it. I think our fans are huge in this victory.” Jets did realize their dream.

The victory was the first for the Jets (2-0) over Brady at home, and the first over the Patriots (1-1) at the Meadowlands since 2000. And, it came after a week during which Ryan reiterated his offseason comments that he didn’t come to “kiss Bill Belichick’s rings” and sent a voicemail to season ticket holders, urging them to be loud.

The Pats quarterback wasn’t sacked, but he was hit seven times. Brady completed 23 of 47 passes for 216 yards and an interception, the first time his completion percentage was below 50 percent since a game against the Ravens in 2007. However, Sanchez completed 14 of 22 passes for 163 yards and one touchdown to improve to 2-0. He scored 101.1 quarterback reating.

While game, Ryan sent a voicemail to season ticket holders, urging them to be loud. The fans clearly answered the call, causing a tough time for the Patriots’ offense all game. Brady was forced into consecutive delay of game penalties in the third quarter.

“I’ve got to do a better job,” Brady said. “They don’t come up very often, but when they do, they hurt. And they hurt us today… We had a chance there. We just didn’t execute in that 2-minute possession. It’s something we’ve been good at, but the Jets were better at it today. It’s frustrating. I think we had really high expectations for this game. We just didn’t put it together very well.” It’s really a difficult game for Patriots. Well, who will be the real winners is hard to say. Don’t halloo till you are out of the wood, Jets.