Monday, December 1, 2014

Jets leading Dolphins 7-0 after one

East Rutherford, N.J. - New York struck first as the Jets lead the Dolphins 7-0 after the first quarter Monday night.

Greg Salas raced around left end for a 20 yard touchdown rush from the Miami 21 on a give from Smith on a misdirection play that had the formation going right. Salas broke through an empty secondary and trotted into the end zone for the 7-0 Jets lead.

Smith would convert a 3rd-and-7 on the drive to Bilal Powell and New York was set up by Chris Johnson, who broke on a 46 yard rush, charging over the right, cutting left in traffic, and juking left again before streaking down the sideline to the Miami 21.

The score was the fifth play in an 85 yard drive, the second on the night for the Jets (2-9).

New York outrushed Miami 134-10 as Chris Johnson rushed 4 times for 64 yards in the quarter.

Miami (6-5) tried to respond as Ryan Tannehill darted a play-action pass to Mike Wallace for a quick 25 yard gain. Lamar Miller rushed up the middle for a first-down, but the play was called back when Daryn Colledge held on the attempt. 

The visitors would chip their way to a 3rd-and-8 on two passes before Tannehill threw a strike to Jarvis Landry on a slant play to the Jets 32. The quarterback then kept himself when center field came open for a 10 yard gain.

He was sacked when Kendrick Ellis powered past the center guard and wrapped Tannehill for an 8 yard loss, the defensive tackle's first-career sack. The resulting 3rd-and-13 pass went wide of Landry when Tannehill was pressured from both sides.

Caleb Sturgis missed the 43 yard field goal wide left, his 5th miss this season as Miami ended a 58 yard drive over six minutes with no points.

Tannehill is 7-of-9 for 73 yards passing for Miami.

Both sides exchanged punts on their first drives in the contest. Miami was held to a three-and-out after 8 yards gained and New York to 7 plays on 39 yards.

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the fake-clock play between the Jets and Dolphins, when quarterback Dan Marino rushed to the line signaled a spike, but instead threw wide to Mark Ingram in the end zone for a surprise 28-24 victory for Miami.

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