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New York Jets at Denver Broncos Game Capsule

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WEEK 11 – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011
NEW YORK JETS (5-4) AT DENVER BRONCOS (4-5)
SERIES
JETSBRONCOS
SERIES LEADER 16-15-1
STREAKS 3 of past 5
COACHES VS. OPP.Ryan: 1-0Fox: 1-1
LAST WEEKL 37-16 vs. PatriotsW 17-10 at Chiefs
LAST GAME10/17/10: Jets 24 at Broncos 20. New York RB LaDainian Tomlinson rushes for 2 TDs in 4th quarter, including game-winning 2-yard TD run with 1:13 remaining.
LAST GAME AT SITE10/17/10
BROADCASTNFLN (6:00 PM MT): Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock, Alex Flanagan (Field reporter). Westwood One Radio: Ian Eagle, Trent Green, Laura Okmin (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 92 (NYJ), 93 (Den.). XM: 88 (WW1), 225 (NYJ), 226 (Den.).

 
STATS
PASSINGSanchez: 169-298-2,081-14-9-81.5Tebow: 47-105-605-7-1-81.6
RUSHINGGreene: 145-563-3.9-2McGahee: 127-640-5.0-3
RECEIVINGKeller (TE): 31-473-15.3-2Decker: 34-462-13.6-7 (T3L)
OFFENSE314.1318.1
TAKE/GIVE+1-5
DEFENSE326.8360.7
SACKSMaybin, Pace: 3Miller (R): 8 (3C)
INTsRevis: 4 (T3C)Bailey: 2
PUNTINGConley: 43.7Colquitt: 49.0
KICKINGFolk: 61 (25/25 PAT; 12/14 FG)Prater: 46 (19/19 PAT; 9/14 FG)

NOTES
JETS: Have won 6 of past 7 in Nov…Aim for 4th consecutive win on Thursday…In past 2 games on road, QB MARK SANCHEZ has completed 36 of 54 passes (66.7 pct.) for 396 yards with 3 TDs vs. 1 INT & 99 passer rating. Sanchez (14) needs 3 TD passes to tie career-best of 17 in ’10. Aims for 25th regular-season win as starter (24-16, .600)…In past 3, RB SHONN GREENE is averaging 83 rush yards per game (249 total). RB LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON (18,206) surpassed HOFer BARRY SANDERS (18,190) for 5th-most scrimmage yards all-time. Has 21 rush TDs in 19 career games against Broncos…WR SANTONIO HOLMES had season-high 93 rec. yards last week & tied season-best with 6 catches. WR PLAXICO BURRESS has 4 TD catches in past 3 games…TE DUSTIN KELLER has 152 rec. yards in 2 career games vs. Den…KR-RB JOE MC KNIGHT leads NFL with 36 KR avg…BRONCOS: TIM TEBOW is only QB in NFL history to throw TD pass & rush for at least 25 yards in each of 1st 7 starts. As starter in ’11, Tebow has 6 TDs vs. 1 INT. Tebow leads AFC QBs with 320 rush yards. Tebow had rush TD in last meeting vs. Jets. RB WILLIS MC GAHEE has 5 games with 100+ rush yards in 8 career meetings vs. NYJ. Since ’04, McGahee is tied for 3rd in NFL with 58 rush TDs (LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON, 108; ADRIAN PETERSON, 62; MAURICE JONES-DREW, 58). RB LANCE BALL had career-best 96 rush yards last week…WR ERIC DECKER aims for 4th consecutive game with TD catch & has 7 TD receptions in past 8 games…Rookie LB VON MILLER (No. 2 overall) leads NFL rookies with 8 sacks. Miller needs 3 sacks to surpass MIKE CROEL (10 in 1991) for the most sacks by Denver rookie since sacks became official statistic in  ’82…LB ELVIS DUMERVIL has 2 sacks in past 2 games…LB WESLEY WOODYARD leads team with 56 tackles in ’11.