hands to the face here. so signified by gene steratore who has cleaned up the bloody nose from earlier. >> referee: illegalle le >> referee: illegalle leeg >> referee: illegalle le >> referee: illegalle leegal use of the hands, hands to the face, replay first down. >> cris: i would say that i would take a page at this point out of tom brady's playbook. you have such inexperience now in the secondary and use a lot of shifts and a lot of motions on offense and snap the ball quickly. let them see if they can make these calls in the adjustments the same way that you are struggling on defense, because they have had to make so much changes back there. >> al: we will see what sanchez does, if he does indeed do that op first and 20. again, three guys rush and then tomlinson couldn't hold on to it, and looked upfield and second and 20.

here is michele. >> michele: well, james took a hit and came to the right side and the trainers look at the left hand and the shoulder and testing the strength of the grip there, and they put ointment on the shoulder, and he is obviously back in. and meanwhile, patrick turner is out with a kidney injury. >> al: so turner is the one who caught the first pass of the season, and he is out. the ball is at the 20 and again the patriots with three guys looking as though they will rush. they are bringing anybody else? nope. eight back. the pass is -- intercepted at the 10 by ninkovich, and another big play and a huge night for ninkovich. >> al: and the new england patriots with that two-game

losing streak, and that is -- >> cris: one of the best plays you will see. ninkovich is going to come over and knock down -- that is the other way around. it is tracy white who knocked down that receiver and then ninkovich comes in behind. here he is on the outside and they knock down keller and then ninkovich reads it. effectively ends it. this has been some game by these linebackers, by this secondary, by these guys that have come off of the bench, and they have simply gotten it done in a championship moment. >> al: a couple of very big plays in the half by ninkovich and the extra point by gostkowski is good. and new england is now up 37-16 at the meadowlands.

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>> al: most points allowed since ryan took over here, and two and a half seasons and 37 points tonight. 37-16, and for the jets who look like they are going to go down a game and having lost a season series in effect two game, it is a very short week. they go to denver, and that game is thursday night. so, only a couple of days of prep, and then a trip two-thirds across the country, and then taking on a team with a whackiest offense that you can remember of all time. from the 20. sanchez, and arm coming forward so that the pass is incomplete. denver won today beating kansas city. did you think that you would see a game of a quarterback 2 of 8

and does not complete a pass in the first half and win? that is denver. >> cris: i watched the university of florida play a lot. >> al: you know. >> cris: you know, but you can say what you want, and tim tebowing winning games, and they weren't before he was quarterback, but it is tough to play against that unique offense in a short week. >> al: and a little flak coming off of this game. second down and ten from the 20 yard line. sanchez, deep over the middle, and that is hauled in. the catch is made by kerley at the 41 yard line. good concentration and holds on and coverage was tight. a gain of 38 yards. >> cris: good catch by kerley, but without question, that was sanchez' best throw of the night. that was perfect. >> al: from the 42 yard line, to the ground.

tomlinson to the 41 yard line as we tip offto 7:00 and the jets going to no-huddle, of course. second and nine. >> al: sanchez -- from behind, and that is the hat trick for andre carter. three sacks. had two in the first quarter, and knocking him down here. >> cris: he comes right around the edge, and that is against the best pass blocking tackle in the game, d'brickashaw ferguson and no fluke there, because he is having a monster game tonight. >> al: third down and 15. out of the pocket -- down he goes again! that is number four. four sacks for carter tonight. >> cris: well, everybody is exhausted. you can see it that even andre carter and ferguson does a good

job, and as sanchez scrambles out, he scrambles right into andre carter who is making a name andre carter out there on the streets. a free agent, and i don't know if anybody thought that highly of him, and you don't have albert haynesworth for the patriots at this point. >> al: and tomlinson is ripped as he makes the catch well short of the first down, and they give it up on downs. hit by mayo. carter has been with san francisco and washington in the past. four sacks tonight. the first two came rapidly as did the last two. what a night. >> cris: yeah. mark anderson on the other side, and making the plays as well. but i will tell you for rex, it is interesting because we were talking about this game where we asked him about belichick, and he said, i know how much i respect him. i want him to respect me that same amount. well, tonight, it has be and the

belichick and brady destroy inging the dreams over the years and another one. >> al: and now taken down by wilkerson and you can't say enough about the patriot defense who has stepped up big time. >> cris: well, absolutely. and think of some of the names. you know, even mccourty was hurt, and antoine bolen and james ihidagbo and you cannot say enough for the patriot defense. >> al: they were ranked dead last in the league coming into the game. second down and 12. and brady going across the field, and that is gronkowski making his eighth catch of the night. that is going to take him into triple figures. >> cris: well, one of the

subplots of this one is has been gronkowski without question tonight. it is his ability to work against eric smith, but just not a lot you can do. smith had him covered and late breakaway and you can see that the catching is brady looking for him more often now, isn't he? >> al: a good guy to look for. >> cris: yes. >> al: eight catches for 113 yards. brady now has completed 12 consecutive passes. taking time off of the clock here, and green-ellis to the 44. >> cris: . >> cris: well, this is how locked in tom brady is on the night. on the key drive of the game, and you see him looking right, left, looking back right, going to throw it left for a first down. convert that third down, big play, and all of this happening while calvin pace was at his feet clawing around and watch tom here walking around and finally look back after he sees

the first down, what was that at my feet? that is amazing yu can do all of that with the big guy clawing around at you. >> al: second down and eight and here goes green-ellis. they will take as much time off of the clock and looking forward to the trip back to foxborough. >> cris: crushing for the jets. i mean this is their moment. they talked about it. they were so amped up in the course of practice, finally, they were in a position, a home game, and the patriots were reeling a little bit and a couple of losses in a row, and this is the time to take over this division. and tom brady was simply too much tonight. >> al: brady and the defense steps up. third down and seven. >> al: insooird handoff and that one

one goes to woodhead, and we are under 3:00 at the next snap of the ball. the stadium is emptying out, and the patriots, of all things if you look at the schedule, and add up the numbers that is the ease easiest schedule for the rest of the way in the national football league. easy in terms if you add it up, the composite schedule of the opponents, it is the easiest, so, not only will new england be in first place in effect by two games over the jets, because of the tie-break, but the road to the playoffs, you know, every coach will say it is not easy, but hey. the numbers are the numbers. >> cris: as long as tom brady doesn't get hurt, they will be heff heavily favored in all of the games the rest of the way. >> it is all about turnovers and belichick kept saying, we can't turn it over, and they didn't. the jets turn it over three times. >> cris: yeah, it was really the difference. i mean, they were hanging in, and playing their kind of game,

and maybe in an unlucky break here and mistake by shonn greene and double tip, but it was ninkovich who really just showed nup a up in a huge way tonight. you never know who it will be and there are a lot of guys on the patriot defense who don't have a pedigrees that make you think that they are headed for hall of fame, but somehow belichick goes out and finds them. they make a difference. andre carter another one tonight. >> al: the jets taking over at their own 38 yard line as sanchez throws, and holmes will try to get around it if he can. and he does at the 44 yard line. >> cris: you know, you just wonder, the jets, will they be able to stay fairly conservative offense and ever regularly beat the patriots as long as tom brady is around?

>> al: probably not. >> cris: yeah. >> al: sanchez, and of course, that is the whole story of new york and the jets' fans talking about when are we going to let sanchez, mark go, let sanchez be sanchez? that has been the story. in a way, they started the season and said, okay, we will let him go, and then they go back to ground and pound and where are they? >> cris: well, it did not work out, and in rt pa, it didn't work out because of the fact that nick mangold was not there, and to some extent in and out, and they didn't establish the run. but to win a super bowl, and they were close and plays away from going to the super bowl in back-to-back years and their schedule is not tough either, but they have that hurdle ahead of them that is the new england patriots. >> al: holmes, on the other end of that pass. we will go to the two-minute warning. with the new england patriots on

their way to go on to 6-3, leading by 21.

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gents next week. and they gave andre carter a half a sack and now he shares that with carter so it is 4.5 sacks for andre carter. a patriot record. and now, it is tomlinson -- >> cris: and guess who made the tackle? julian edelman the wide receiver in playing troy brown's role now from days gone by, and that is how thin they are at corner. they don't want to take anymore chances with the corners they have left. that is a solid tackle right there. >> al: and meanwhile, you have tomlinson now getting hurt at the end of the game. >> cris: well, a little respect in the defensive huddle, too. >> al: l.t. will get up. looking at the hit, and again, all of the jets only have three days to recover, because they have the thursday nighter in denver. >> cris: they have to physically

recover and emotionally recover from this one. they had a lot invested in this one. they thought that this was the changing of the guard night. >> al: not a good sign the way that l.t. goes off of the field. the ball at the 29 yard line, and first down. as we play it out to the finish. three-man rush. the catch is made at the 17 yard line by kerley for a first down. >> cris: what a night tonight for rob gronkowski. >> al: yes, gronkowski and ninkovich, and brady, carter --. over the middle, greene. he gets tackled at the 10 yard line. you know, you leave it to belichick, and he is always, i mean, people around the country don't even know who half of

these guys are. >> cris: i know i don't. >> al: we had to study like crazy this week going, this defense? >> cris: well, it is good that they brought up a lot of active guys from the secondary tonight, because they used them all. >> al: second and three and sanchez stepping away to throw that one out of of the end zone. third down. >> cris: really, it has been just solid coverage all night. and going right across the board here. john molden over there, and they are playing zones, and arrington on the other side. no problem. keller had that one catch after we talked about it, but he has not been nearly the factor that probably should have been against this makeshift "d." >> al: two catches, one for 29 and the other for eight yards, and that has been it for keller. third and three, and sanchez --

has that one dropped by kerley. patriots, and we talked about the no three-game losing streak since '02. in fact, since '02, they have only had three two-game losing streaks including the current one. >> cris: it was kind of interesting, because i was at both facilities this week watching the practice, and the jets were really amped up, and flying around and doing all of the stuff and this is it, and this is going to be championship moment, and the patriots, you couldn't have told if they had won or lost or -- it was just the next week on the schedule, and very methodical. they came out and delivered. >> al: fourth and three. he goes to keller, and that pass is broken up. new england can run the clock down. isn't that what all of the patriots are about, and belichick? it is just business, folks. business. >> cris: one of the finest moments for this coaching staff,

i guarantee you, this is one that if you look back at the end of the season, and it is going to be one that they remember for a long time. they have passed a couple of thresholds tonight, those two as well. >> al: bring the note back one more time, because it is worth absorbing again about belichick and brady. that is a big-time deal. coach/quarterback combination, 117 wins, and there it is, the most for any head coach and starting quarterback pair in history, passing marino and shula and these guys have a lot more ahead of them, too. >> cris: and in a lot fewer games as well. that is impressive. >> al: and even bill not prone to doing a lot of smiling when he is on the field has to enjoy this one. that was a tour deforce to force for all

of those guys to come out hurt, and the jets hot, and for rex ryan, he has to look ahead now to not that you will throw the division away in the middle of november, but they are looking a wild card again if that. wendy's postgame report coming up after the patriots beat the jets.

welcome to the wendy's postgame report. here is bob costas. >> final look at the scoreboard and the final score. new england over the jets 37-16.

kind of a typical brady game. not always this way, but over the course of his career, 26 of 39, 329 and three touchdowns and ron ninkovich had a interception for a td, and they are both down on the field with michele. >> michele: tom, in the second half, you sped it up, and how did you see that affecting the jets' defense? >> well, they are a good defense and they gave us all that we could handle tonight, and they took advantage of some plays, but i wish we had executed better in the first half, but it is good to get a win. >> michele: gronkowski your tight end of two touchdowns tonight and what is it like to have a player and offense who is such a tough matchup. >> he is. he is big and great hands and blocks and he does it all for the offense. dependable and reliable player and we needed a big game from him and you got it. >> michele: you needed a big game from the defense and they

gave it to you, and how big for them to overcome the deficiencies tonight. >> yes, ron's interception at the end was greatb, and we haven't seen that in a long time and it was fun to see 50 running with the ball into the end zone. hi, mom. >> michele: okay. thank you. talk to rob, and you talkinterceptions, but the pick six and tom said fun to watch. what did you see? >> i was spying over the quarterback and reading his eyes and, you know, he was throwing to the check-down and i took a break on it. and i took it for the touchdown. >> michele: a lot of people watching tonight learning the name ninkovich and a lot of the names on the defense, because you are not well known and undermanned and maligned and how did you rise up tonight and produce? >> well, every week you have to have a solid game, because it is the nfl and the jets are a great team and you have to respect them. we knew coming in here it was a big game and came out to lay it out on the field and got the win. we are excited and, you know, we have to move on the next week with another game the play.

>> michele: congratulations. bob? >> thank you, michele. the pats are 6-3, and they are home next week with kansas city. and the jets 5-4 have to regroup quick whether ily to go to denver. we go off to new york from here to tony dungy, and your reaction to this one, tony? >> well, i'm amazed always, bob, at bill belichick who comes up with the right game plan when the team needs it. they are so resilient and i thought that the coaching staff did a great job tonight going to the no-huddle in the second half as tom brady mentioned and then mixing the coverages on mark sanchez and rushing three guys some and blitzing some and keeping the jets off balanced and great job by the new england coaching staff. >> all right. next topic here, tony. last week i thought you which team was the best in the afc and your answer coming off of a last-second win or just about last-second over pittsburgh was the ravens. well, baltimore went out and lost to seattle today so we will give you another chanc