EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—It wasn’t the ’81 championship game. This much… we’re certain.
The New York Jets 22-21 victory over the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium featured not a thing resembling a legendary back-of-the-end-zone catch or a young quarterback ready to take the world by storm. Instead, what the faithful received fell under the ordinary bucket.
This is amazingly true despite a game-winning 44-yard field goal that sent the fans home happy. (Or, at least as happy as this disgruntled fanbase can get.)
Sam Ficken’s heroics improve the Jets to 5-8 while avoiding a season sweep at the hands of the inept, once intentionally-tanking Fins.