Jets find way past Patriots
By Barry Wilner
The Associated Press
FOXBORO, Mass. — Bill Par
cells might have been right about
Ray Lucas. He already knew
about Curtis Martin.
The inexperienced Lucas, a
longtime project for the New York
Jets coach, threw for two touch
downs, and Martin rushed for
more than 100 yards for the
fourth straight game Monday
night in a 24-17 victory over the
New England Patriots. That duo
of former Patriots produced 14
points in 28 seconds late in the
first half and it was decisive.
Martin finished with 149 yards
on 31 carries and a 36-yard scor
ing run, his longest of the season.
For all their heroics, though,
the Jets (3-6), who lost four games
by blowing fourth-quarter leads,
had to hold on. The rusty Patriots,
coming off a bye, woke up in the
final quarter for 14 points.
It was another sweet victory for
Parcells over his former team,
which he left in a dispute with
Patriots owner Robert Kraft in
1996. The Jets turned their season
around last year by beating New
England on a Monday night.
Martin’s TD run made it 14-3,
and when Drew Bledsoe’s ill-ad
vised bomb into the wind was
picked off by Marcus Coleman
and returned 26 yards, New York
was in good position again with
48 seconds left in the half. Wayne
Chrebet’s 15-yard reception and
Richie Anderson’s 20-yard run
got them to the 11. On third
down, Lucas hit Fred Baxter for a
21-3 halftime lead.
John Hall’s 26-yard field goal
capped a monstrous 19-play dri
ve of 11 minutes, 23 seconds and
made it 24-3.
The Patriots (6-3), who blew a
chance to tie for first place in the
AFC East, then responded, scor
ing on a 13-yard screen pass to
rookie Kevin Faulk. They came
right back with a 31-yard pass to
Troy Brown, making it 24-17 with
6:58 remaining.
Lawyer Milloy's interception
runback three plays later to the
Jets 27 gave the Patriots excellent
field position. But Bledsoe threw
four straight incompletions.
New York, now appearing ner
vous, went nowhere and punted.
Again, the Patriots couldn’t move,
but they got another chance with
1:51 to go. Once more, New
York’s defense held.
New England got the game’s
first big play when Lucas’ high
pass deflected off Chrebet’s out
stretched hands to safety Chris
Carter at the Patriots 36. Until
then, neither team threatened in a
lackluster first period, although
Martin rushed 10 times for 53
yards.
But the Patriots went backward
with the ball as Bledsoe kept get
ting pressured by New York’s
pass rush, which produced three
sacks.
The Jets put together a nice dri
ve early in the second quarter
when they got the wind at their
back and Lucas went 5-of-5. From
the 1, Keyshawn Johnson slipped
into the right comer of the end
zone to take Lucas’ scoring toss.
Faulk sped 95 yards with the
ensuing kickoff, but got nothing
from it. Terry Allen was stacked
behind the line of scrimmage on
fourth-and-goal at the 1 by Bryan
Cox and Roman Phifer.
New York appeared to get out
of that hole on a diving catch by
Chrebet for 29 yards, but the Pa
triots challenged the call and
were upheld, forcing a punt.
Once again, New England
moved deep into Jets’ territory on
a 26-yard pass play to Terry
Glenn, then bogged down again.
This time, Adam Vinatieri made a
22-yard field goal.
New England gained 75 yards
in the first half and didn’t get any
better in the third quarter. Bled
soe, who was intercepted only
four times going in, was picked
off again by Coleman on a deep
pass.
Minutes later, his short throw
was picked off by Marvin Jones.
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