Getty ImagesIt took the man who told off his teammates at the end of last season to get the Jets their first touchdown of the preseason.
Greg McElroy, starting at quarterback as both Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow get the evening off, threw a six-yard touchdown pass to rookie running back Terrance Ganaway in the second quarter against the Eagles. And so ends the much-discussed and often-ridiculed preseason touchdown drought of 2012.
It took the Jets more than 200 minutes of game action, but they have finally earned a reminder of what it feels like to score six points at the same time. The Jets had 36 drives without a touchdown before finally crossing the goal line and became the first NFL team since the 1977 Falcons to go without a touchdown in their first three preseason games.
Thursday’s touchdown doesn’t do much to quell any fears about the quality of the Jets offense this season. McElroy led a band of backups to a touchdown against a defense outfitted the same way, although there’s not much point in turning up your nose at a touchdown of any stripe when you’ve gone so long without one.
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Boo. Well maybe they can start another scoreless streak starting with game 1. Let’s hope they get 5 TDs and then no more TDs until week 16.
oh huh, QB contraversey in Jet land, LOL
Now that they’ve got that out of their system, they can go back to kicking punts and field goals.
Forget Sanchez and Tebow, McElroy should be the starter.
McElroy > Sanchez > Gridiron Jesus
McElroy is winning the quarterback competition.
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Jets score 3+ TDs in the home opener vs buffalo….enough of this nonsense
“Whoa, what is this feeling of accomplishment I got when that player walked past the white line?”
-Tony Sparano
Wasnt this an issue one of these past few years? The Jets didn’t score an offensive touchdown in a long span of time?
Break open the champagne
Mclroy should be starting QB for the jets
Hopefully he’s starting by week 4.
Jets Bills O/U opening at 26
At this rate the Jets will score 4 touchdowns all season
I just looked up the ’77 Falcons.
That defense was ranked #1, but the offense was ranked #25. (The NFL had 28 teams) They finished 7-7, missing the Playoffs.
Yay!
“It took the Jets more than 200 minutes of game action, but they have finally earned a reminder of what it feels like to score six points at the same time.”
Tim Tebow will take this as a compliment and would like to thank you for it.
People are forgetting that the Jets’ defense is #1 of all time and regularly holds teams to zero points, thus making touchdowns irrelevant. A field goal is all you need. #1 in scoring efficiency, not wasting any energy on unnecessary scoring.
The shorter the offence is on the field, the more chances the Jets D has to totally dominate everyone in their path.
annnnd….
A foot joke.
Only team in football where the #3 QB is the best one.
START Greg McElroy!!!
Why not play McElroy all season? You know what you have in Sanchez and Tebow, so just go with McElroy. If he’s awesome, then you’ve found your QB. If he blows, you get Matt Barkley. Win/Win
No way. Challenge it!
The only thing better than watching the Jets speed towards a humiliating, self-inflicted train wreck, is being able to rub it in their fans faces each new day on PFT.
Each. New. Day.
i dont understand why guys like andy dalton and eli manning are even dressed in the 4th pre season game. sanchez and tebow, on the other hand, need all the work they can get. and yet, they are the ones sitting out…
It’s sad that this is news… And I’m a Jet fan.
Jets should just trade Sanchez to the Cards. They don’t have any real WRs anyways, which fits Tebus just fine.
Few things.
(1) You mean to tell me the 3rd string QB does what the 1st and 2nd string can’t? Score a single touchdown? That tells me all I need to know.
(2) Eli, Dalton and others are dressed and playing. Risking entire seasons during a preseason game, but the two doofus QB’s on the Jets roster are sitting on the sideline! What kind of sense does that make?
(3) Who wants to bet Sanchez gets booted for Tebow and then midway thru that transition, Tebow gets booted for Sanchez?