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The offensive line was tremendous, dominating a front seven that is a little undersized for the 3-4, especially with Marcus Stoud and Andra Davis out.
The Jets pounded the Bills.
On the Jets first running play, an eight-yard run by LaDainian Tomlinson, Nick Mangold pancaked defensive end Dwan Edwards, opening up a big hole up the middle.
Damien Woody had a great block on Edwards, and LT ran for 15-yards off right tackle on the first series. Also helping this run be successful was a terrific lead block by John Connor on outside linebacker Chris Kelsay.
On a Brad Smith option pitch to LT on the left tackle, D’Brickashaw Ferguson did a great job sealing the left edge by locking up defensive end Spencer Johnson, and the runner ran behind him for 13 yards. Woody did a good job pulling left on this play, and knocked linebacker Paul Poslusny out of the way.
At the end of the first quarter, Brandon Moore and Woody collapsed the left side of the Bills defensive line, and LT gained nine behind them. Connor also helped LT on this play by knocking Kelsay out of the way.
Before the long touchdown pass to Braylon Edwards in the second quarter, there were two excellent running plays. Brick did a great job of sealing the left edge with a picture perfect block on Johnson, and Greene ran behind him for a gain of 17 yards. The play before that, Mangold locked up Kyle Williams, and Greene ran up the middle for eight yards.
On a two-play TD drive in the middle of the third, LT had two impressive runs and he helped his own cause on the first one by breaking the tackle of linebacker Akin Ayodele to make a potential short gain, into a nine-yard scamper. On the next play, he made an amazing move in the middle of his 26-yard TD run, making safety Donte Whitner miss, and he took it to the house. Brandon Moore had a key block on the TD run on Poslusny.
Matt Slauson had a pretty good game, including the key block on a run by Greene for seven yards behind him late in the game.
Believe it or not, there were a few plays the line would want back in this romp. We will pinpoint three.
Matt Slauson ran into LT and knocked him to the ground on a run that went nowhere in the middle of the third. Slauson was pulling to the right, and didn’t get over fast enough. He’s not as good on this play as Faneca. This play was Alan’s bread-and-butter, a short pull from the left to the right.
Mangold hold Kelsay on a late third quarter running attempt.
Early in the fourth quarter, linebacker Reggie Torbor got by Brick and forced Mark Sanchez into an intentional grounding call.
But overall, a dominating performance for the offensive line, and it should give them a lot of confidence entering their toughest challenge of the year on MNF against Minnesota.