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Jets clinch wild card, beat Bengals 37-0

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)—Rex and The Sanchise are headed to the playoffs,lucky breaks and all.

Same Old J-E-T-S? Nope, not this time.

Rex Ryan’s top-ranked defense shut down Cincinnati and rookie Mark Sanchez(notes)efficiently led a clock-eating offense as the New York Jets clinched their firstplayoff berth in three seasons with a 37-0 victory Sunday night at the frigidMeadowlands.

“It’s a special feeling,” Sanchez said. “A few weeks ago, people had uscounted out.”

New York Jets quarterback Mark… AP – Jan 4, 12:26 am EST New York Jets head coach Rex R… AP – Jan 4, 12:25 am EST New York Jets head coach Rex R… AP – Jan 4, 12:17 am EST New York Jets Jamaal Westerman… AP – Jan 4, 12:10 am EST New York Jets quarterback Mark… AP – Jan 4, 12:05 am EST Cincinnati Bengals head coach … AP – Jan 3, 11:58 pm EST New York Jets fans hold up a s… AP – Jan 3, 11:52 pm EST Cincinnati Bengals quarterback… AP – Jan 3, 11:49 pm EST Cincinnati Bengals quarterback… AP – Jan 3, 11:45 pm EST Few fans remained in the stand… AP – Jan 3, 11:33 pm EST New York Jets fans hold a sign… AP – Jan 3, 11:17 pm EST Cincinnati Bengals quarterback… AP – Jan 3, 11:14 pm EST New York Jets' Jerricho Co… AP – Jan 3, 10:58 pm EST New York Jets' Dwight Lowe… AP – Jan 3, 10:49 pm EST Cincinnati Bengals wide receiv… AP – Jan 3, 10:39 pm EST Cincinnati Bengals wide receiv… AP – Jan 3, 10:39 pm EST New York Jets' Jerricho Co… AP – Jan 3, 10:30 pm EST New York Jets' Dwight Lowe… AP – Jan 3, 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Needing a win to keep their season going, and playing in front of frostedfans braving Arctic conditions, the Jets (9-7) set up a rematch against the AFCNorth champion Bengals (10-6) in the first round Saturday at Cincinnati.

“This wasn’t our goal to make the playoffs. Our goals are much higher,”said Ryan, heading to the postseason in his first year as a head coach. “Wewere 4-6 and we had a mission with the team. It went from impossible toimprobable, back to impossible and then to inevitable.”

Ryan led his players back onto the field after a few minutes in the lockerroom, celebrating with a victory lap and high-fiving the few thousand remainingfans.

“It was great,” cornerback Darrelle Revis(notes) said. “We had to give back tothe fans. They stuck with us.”

The win—marked by Ryan getting a Gatorade shower on the sideline—waslikely the last game at Giants Stadium and capped a series of favorable twistsand turns for the Jets.

New York appeared to be on the outside of the playoff hunt two weeks agowhen it lost to Atlanta, and Ryan even mistakenly said his team’s playoffchances were over.

Instead, the Jets defeated previously undefeated Indianapolis last Sundaywhen Peyton Manning(notes) and other Colts stars went to the bench in the second half.Several other teams in playoff contention lost, setting up the Jets’ win-and-ingame against the Bengals.

“I don’t believe we backed into anything,” Ryan said, “so we’re going totry to prove it.”

Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco(notes) said his team would be ready.

“We’ll be fine,” he said. “We’ll study a lot of things we can fix,especially offensively. Next week will be a lot more serious.”

Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards(notes) boldly told the fans earlier in the weekthat New York wouldn’t lose, and his teammates backed him up big-time.

“That’s a great team we have to play again,” Sanchez said, “so, we haveto be ready for a dogfight at their place.”

It was the Jets’ first shutout at home since beating Pittsburgh 6-0 on Dec.14, 2003. Green and white confetti filled the sky after the game as fans wavedwhite rally towels with the words “Win And We’re In” in green letters.

Sanchez was 8 for 16 for 63 yards with no turnovers before being replaced byKellen Clemens(notes) late in the fourth quarter with the game in hand. Thomas Jones(notes)ran for 78 yards and two touchdowns and do-it-all wide receiver Brad Smith(notes) had92 yards rushing, including a 32-yard TD run, as the Jets set a record forrushing yards in a season.

The Bengals opened with most of their starters—running back Cedric Benson(notes)was the only healthy starter to not play—but pulled Carson Palmer(notes) early in thethird quarter. Palmer was ineffective when he was in, going 1 for 11 for no—yes, zero—yards before J.T. O’Sullivan(notes) replaced him.

The Jets ran 24 plays and the Bengals had three, and Cincinnati wasoutgained 138 yards to 1 in the first quarter. New York had 250 yards athalftime, including 190 on the ground, to 7 for Cincinnati.

Cincinnati fell to 0-11 at Giants Stadium, including 0-8 against the Jets.

“It was not the outcome we wanted,” Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said. “TheJets outplayed us in all three phases. We get a chance to regroup and get goingagain next Saturday afternoon.”

The Jets got things started on their first possession when Smith took adirect snap in the TigerCat formation on third-and-7 from New York’s 42. He tooka few steps to his right and then scooted up the middle before being taken downby Leon Hall(notes) and Johnathan Joseph(notes) at the 1. Jones took the ball over the top andinto the end zone to make it 7-0 4:14 into the game.

Jay Feely’s(notes) 20-yard field goal 1:31 into the second quarter made it 10-0,capping a 21-play drive that lasted 11:11.

Smith’s 32-yard touchdown run gave the Jets a 17-0 lead with 6:37 left inthe half. Smith, lined up at quarterback, took the snap under center and tookoff, running over linebacker Rashad Jeanty(notes), and zipping into the end zone.

Jerricho Cotchery(notes) had a 6-yard run for a score that made it 24-0 with 37seconds to go in the first half. New York got the ball right back when Palmer’spass on the next play from scrimmage was intercepted by Dwight Lowery(notes), who ranit back 34 yards before Palmer pushed him out of bounds. Three plays later,Feely kicked a 39-yarder to give the Jets a 27-point halftime lead.

Jones added a 2-yard touchdown run—his team-record 14th rushing—to makeit 37-0 with 9:55 left in the game.

The much-anticipated showdown between Revis and Ochocinco ended up decidedlyin the Jets cornerback’s favor. Ochocinco left the game with an injured leftknee without any catches, and was scheduled to have an MRI exam Monday.

“Whether I had one leg or not, Darrelle did a great job,” Ochocinco said.

NOTES: The Jets finished No. 1 in the NFL in total defense, passing defense,points allowed and rushing offense. … New York finished with 257 yards rushingon 57 carries. … Cincinnati was 1 for 11 on third down, and finished with just72 net yards on offense. … The last time Cincinnati was shut out was in 2001against Baltimore—when Lewis was the Ravens’ defensive coordinator and Ryanwas part of his staff.

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