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 Opportunity sat tantalizingly before the New York Jets Sunday — like a hanging curveball headed for the fat of the bat.
Yet, they swung and missed.
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Here were the wounded Patriots, with Tom Brady out for the season and replaced by a quarterback making his first start since high school.
It was Hall of Fame-bound Brett Favre vs. nine-years-without-a-start Matt Cassel.
It was the Jets' home opener and Giants Stadium was stoked.
Then came the game, a complete buzz-kill for the capacity crowd, which smelled blood with the wounded Patriots in their house.
The Patriots' 19-10 victory was, regardless of how the most optimistic of sorts wants to put it, a significant setback for the Jets.
And, if you're into symbolism, the symbolic moment of this game came in the second quarter, with the Jets trailing 6-0.
They had a first-and-goal from the New England 3-yard line and — despite having the dynamic Favre behind center — they ran Thomas Jones three consecutive times into the ferocious New England front seven, to no avail.
Though coach Eric Mangini would never admit it, the Jets were trying to make a statement, show the Patriots who was boss in this game — and they got smacked back pretty good.
Jones (17 rushes, 70 yards) went for 1 yard on first down, another yard on second down and lost 2 yards on third, forcing an unsatisfying 21-yard Jay Feely field goal.
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Added: September 15, 2008
