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Jets’ goat vs. Bills defiantly defends his red-zone receiving prowess

Kellen Davis insisted this has not been a particularly long week since his spotlight blooper moment in the Jets nationally televised 22-17 loss to Rex Ryan’s Bills last Thursday at MetLife Stadium.

Davis, the backup tight end and the intended receiver for that ill-fated incomplete fourth-quarter, fourth-down pass that doomed the Jets, knows what you’re thinking. And he does not care.

A week later, Davis defended the play call and his pass-catching prowess — knowing there are legions of Jets fans wondering why, on the most important play of the game, Ryan Fitzpatrick was throwing to a blocking-specialist tight end who has one catch on one target this season and four NFL receptions since 2012.