NFL: Jets Still Eyeing First TD After Loss Against Panthers; Mark Sanchez Comments On It
Three preseason games and counting. No trips to the end zone for the New York Jets.
After a couple of close calls, including a late drive by Tim Tebow in the final seconds, the Jets failed to score a touchdown again as the Carolina Panthers held on for a 17-12 victory Sunday night.
“Well, I’ve said it before,” starting quarterback Mark Sanchez said. “We’re saving our good stuff for the regular season.”
Whew.
That should relieve Jets fans who might be downright nervous after their team became the first since the 1977 Atlanta Falcons to go without a touchdown in its first three preseason games.
Sanchez, Tebow and the starters will not play Thursday night in the preseason finale at Philadelphia, so the Jets (0-3) certainly have a lot to work on before the regular-season opener against Buffalo on Sept. 9. All of that sneaky wildcat stuff the Jets have planned with Tebow will have to wait a few more weeks — when the games actually count.
“When Week 1 comes around, all bets are off,” wide receiver Santonio Holmes said, “and the guns are firing.”
They certainly weren’t in this one — for either team.
“Any time you can hold a team to field goals, I think you’ve accomplished something,” Panthers coach Ron Rivera said.
Tebow, who entered in the third quarter, got the fans at MetLife Stadium fired up with a dazzling 20-yard run in the fourth, but threw an interception three plays later.
Tebow faced a third-and-16 from the Jets 34 and ran around in the backfield, eluded a tackle attempt by Ryan Van Bergen and then took off and slipped through a few other tackle attempts by the Panthers (2-1) before being taken down for a 20-yard gain by Reggie Smith. Tebow pumped both fists and yelled at the crowd chanting “Tee-boww! Tee-boww!”
But three plays later, Tebow was intercepted easily by Smith.
“It was kind of good news, bad news with Tim,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said.
Tebow got the Jets in scoring position again in the closing moments, again with the fans chanting his name, but threw four straight incompletions from the Panthers 27 to end the game.
“I felt like we had it the whole time,” Tebow said. “I still feel like we should have had it. I feel like we just came up one or two plays short.”
Tebow finished 4 of 14 for 55 yards and the interception, but certainly had the Panthers nervous. He ran five times for 45 yards.
“It’s a nightmare,” Rivera said of facing Tebow. “Heck, I was in San Diego trying to stop him when he was in Denver. He’s an exciting football player. There are things he does that brings excitement and gets his teammates going. He’s a guy if you keep the game close gives you a chance to win. He’s a different type of football player, a different type of quarterback.”
While the Jets didn’t get into the end zone, two fans nearly did. Two men — wearing only underwear and sneakers — were tackled by security behind the end zone before they could get onto the field of play. One was handcuffed quickly and led off the field, while the other struggled for a few minutes before being led away.
Cam Newton was held mostly in check by the Jets, going 6 of 15 for 60 yards, but he got the Panthers into the end zone with a touchdown pass to Louis Murphy.
“Offensively, we have to do a better job sustaining drives,” Newton said. “We got some first downs, but we stalled at the end.”
Backup QB Derek Anderson put Carolina ahead to stay with a 1-yard touchdown toss to Gary Barnidge, making it 17-12 with 11:31 left.
Sanchez played well into the third quarter, but got no help from his receivers, who dropped a few passes. He finished 11 of 18 for 123 yards and an interception.
He was done in on consecutive plays by his own wideouts. First, on second-and-10 from the Jets 38, Sanchez hit Holmes in the mask and the receiver couldn’t corral the pass. On the next play, Sanchez hit Stephen Hill in the chest, but the rookie couldn’t control the ball and it bounced off his arms and into the hands of cornerback Captain Munnerlyn.
Five plays later, Newton connected with Murphy, starting for the injured Steve Smith, for a 9-yard touchdown that put the Panthers up 10-9 with 1:16 left in the opening half.
“Any time you don’t have Steve Smith, it throws some of the timing off,” Rivera said. “We do miss Steve. We’ll be honest about that.”
Jonathan Stewart was injured on the drive, twisting his right ankle when he took a handoff and went down the right sideline for 7 yards before he was knocked out of bounds on a hard hit byLaRon Landry.
Rivera said X-rays “were completely negative” and he didn’t believe it was a high ankle sprain.
The Jets lost three key players to injuries as tight ends Dustin Keller (hamstring) and Josh Baker(right knee) and linebacker David Harris (ankle) all left in the first half.
Baker appeared to sustain the most serious injury in the second quarter when he was hit on the right knee by a Panthers defender while trying to catch a pass from Sanchez in the end zone. Baker stayed down for several minutes, was helped to the sideline and then carted to the locker room.
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