New York Jets defense lays an egg, On night when Mark Sanchez lights up scoreboard

MIAMI - Jets profess Sovereign Ryan did his choicest to cheer up Mark Sanchez on the plane ride homey from Fresh Orleans last Sunday dark hours following the rookie judge suffered the numero uno loss of his accomplished occupation.

Right away present ' s Sanchez ' s turn to cheer up the polish up, next his pride and delight, the Jets ' defense, flat out laid an egg censure the Dolphins, and their Wildcat outbreak, Monday after hours. Despite Sanchez end an instant empathy protect au courant receiverBraylon Edwards for five catches, 64 yards and a touchdown, the Jets irrevocable, 31 - 27, through their defense gave up three fourth - room touchdowns, including the pastime - winner on a 2 - enclosure run by Ronnie Brown salt away six seconds to play.

Ryan called the defensive performance " embarrassing " and " foolish, righteous contemptible. " He vocal undoubted was " a horrendous stint for the defense.

" The aggression was fantastic, " Ryan uttered. " Every lifetime they put sincere back on our ( defense ' s ) shoulders we didn ' t come through. I ' m at a loss for words. "

But nothing says " get well soon " to a quarterback sickened by a loss than a new target to take away some of the pressure. And when JetsGM Mike Tannenbaum acquired Edwards from Cleveland on Wednesday, he did more for Sanchez than a hundred bouquets of roses and boxes of chocolate ever could have.

From the looks of things against the Dolphins Monday night, it ' s a gift that will keep on giving. In addition to the touchdown he did score, there was another that Edwards didn ' t get credit for, as his catch at the 1 - yard line was initially ruled a touchdown but overturned on replay. No matter, Thomas Jones punched it in on the next play for a 20 - 17 lead with 12: 17 left.

After Miami regained the lead, Edwards came into play again, drawing a pass interference call at the Miami 3 to set up another Jones touchdown run and a 27 - 24 Jets edge.

If the Jets ' defense had held, Sanchez would have been able to accomplish something that he hadn ' t even done at USC - lead a fourth - quarter touchdown drive for a comeback victory.

It was an auspicious debut for Edwards and a reaffirming performance for Sanchez - both gifts from Eric ( The Benevolent ) Mangini of Cleveland. It ' s like he ' s still working for the Jets, even though they fired him.

" It was a proving - it game for me, " Edwards said. " I wanted to prove that I ' m a team guy and I ' m the guy they thought I was. "

And while Sanchez looked as if he had bounced back from the loss to the Saints, the Jets ' defense looked as if it was still reeling. It couldn ' t manage to get any pressure on Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne, even though linebacker Calvin Pace was back from a four - game suspension for abuse of a dietary supplement. Pace led the Jets in sacks last season, but he didn ' t get a whiff of Henne, who looked likeDan Marino sitting in the Dolphins ' pocket. And the Jets looked as if they had never seen the Dolphins ' Wildcat offense.

Sanchez made good use of Edwards, an inviting target at 6 - 3, hitting him on a 3 - yard TD pass in the first quarter to help tie the score 7 - 7. It was Edwards ' first reception as a Jet, and he even put to rest some of the questions about his hands as he grasped the ball in his fingertips and held on for the score at the back of the end zone.