Okay, so I was wrong about the Chargers. The good news is I wasn’t alone. The Jets pulled the stunner of the weekend when they shocked San Diego in Southern California 17-14 to advance to the AFC Championship game.
I give all the credit in the world to Rex Ryan and his team. They had a game plan that they executed to near perfection. Despite the fact San Diego should have led by much more, the score was just 7-0 at the half. The Jets had weathered half the game, stayed within reach and the Chargers were play into their hands.
Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer stayed patient with the running game while the New York defense kept the Chargers and Philip Rivers off balance by mixing their blitz packages. By late in the first half rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez seemed to have settled down and gotten into the flow of the game.
The Jets didn’t ask him to do much and with 100 yards passing, he didn’t. But with the game on the line in the fourth quarter, he made a great pass to Dustin Keller for a TD and Shonn Greene burst for a 53 yard score and iced the win.
Blame the Chargers for a poor game plan and Norv Turner for a bonehead onside kick decision in the final two and a half minutes, but the Jets deserved this win. Now they have to go to Indianapolis to play Peyton Manning and the Colts. Just like the Ravens, if the Jets can’t show more of a passing attack than the 93 yard performance they had against the Chargers, their road to the Super Bowl will be halted in Indiana.
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