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Jets-Bills: Miracle Win Keeps Jets Alive

 
There I sat in Giants Stadium, 2:05 left on the clock, rubbing my face with my hands. I couldn't stand to watch. The Buffalo Bills were slowly killing the New York Jets' season, it was only going to take one more five-yard run by Marshawn Lynch, who had been gashing the Jets all day to put the final nail in the coffin. I looked around the stadium as most of the people around me began to file out, following the large groups who had left when the Jets punted the ball away with four minutes on the clock. There was no hope in this fanbase, no hope for this season, and no hope for this franchise. How did we get here? Just a few weeks ago, on Thanksgiving, the Jets were the talk of the NFL, the AFC's undisputed best team, they had a rock solid defense and an offense that was finding its rhythm. Two ugly losses changed everything. Yet, on this day the Jets came out of the gates looking like the world-beaters they were in the middle of the season. They rolled to a 14-3 lead but after a fluke ... (link)

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