All the hype over the powerful Rex Ryan New York Jets run defense is silenced by Darren McFadden and the Oakland Raiders. The Oakland Raiders ran the ball at will against the New York Jets. They scored 4 rushing touchdowns with Darren McFadden scoring two of them on 19 carries and 171 yards rushing. Darren McFadden gained more yards than Quarterback Jason Campbell who threw for 156 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. The Oakland Raiders had a total of 234 yards rushing for the day.
Darren McFadden scored his first touchdown with a 2 yard run in the first quarter on a 5 play 76 yard drive. The New York Jets answered right back in less than two minutes they drove the ball down the field 76 yards on 4 plays, capped off by a Mark Sanchez 1 yard run.
In the second quarter the New York Jets scored 10 unanswered points. The first score was on a LaDainian Tomlinson 18 yard touchdown pass from Mark Sanchez. The second came off a 21 yard field goal by Nick Folk giving the New York Jets a 17 – 7 lead over the Oakland Raiders. The Oakland Raiders with 5 minutes left in second quarter and down by 10 scored 10 unanswered points to tie the ball game at half. With 3:40 left on the clock the Oakland Raiders scored on a Darren McFadden 70 yard scamper to the end zone. The Oakland Raiders got the ball back with 1:44 left in the game and drove the ball 51 yards in 10 plays to set up a 54 yard field goal attempt by Sebastian Janikowski who proceeded to nail the field goal with no time left on the clock.
The third quarter remained scoreless with a score of 17 – 17 until 40 seconds left in the quarter. When the Oakland Raiders reach down into their bag of tricks and pulled out a Denarius Moore 23 yard reverse for a touchdown giving the Raiders a 24 -17 lead. Then on the kickoff after the Denarius Moore touchdown Antonio Cromartie muffed the catch and the Oakland Raiders recovered at the Jets 13 yard line. Darren McFadden got the ball to the 1 yard line after he gained 12 yards on a run that ended the third quarter.
The fourth quarter started off with a 1 yard touchdown run up the middle by Michael Bush. After a few punts back and fourth the New York Jets went 93 yard on 10 play in 3 minutes and 6 seconds to score a touchdown and pull within 7 of the Oakland Raiders. The score was a 16 yard pass to Plaxico Burress from Mark Sanchez. After the Plaxico Burress touchdown the Oakland Raiders drove 49 yard on 8 plays taking nearly 3 minutes off the clock putting Sebastian Janikowski in position to make it a two score game with a 49 yard field goal. Sebastian Janikowski made the 49 yard field goal and put the Oakland Raiders up by 10 with 2:37 left on the clock. The New York Jets had a shot to score a touchdown with 49 seconds left when Mark Sanchez ran for a 2 yard touchdown on 4th down but was overturned and ruled down at the one essentially ending the game. The Oakland Raiders won 34 to 24 against the New York Jets with Raiders rookie G Stefen Wisniewski voted Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week and RB Darren McFadden as the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week.
