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Got this from Jet's Gang Green website:
Monday, November 19, 2007
BY DAVE HUTCHINSON
Star-Ledger Staff
Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles suffered a high left ankle sprain in yesterday's 19-16 overtime victory against the Steelers at Giants Stadium and it's highly unlikely he'll play on Thursday against the Cowboys, according to someone who spoke to Coles after the game. That person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to speak on injuries.
Coles, who has a team-high six touchdowns, was injured on a 56-yard flea flicker on the second play of the game when he was tackled by Steelers CB Ike Taylor on the one-yard line. Coles (one catch, 56 yards) returned briefly and eventually went to the locker room with 6:58 left in the first half. He tried to return for the third quarter but was forced to the sidelines for good after pulling up lame on a deep ball on the third play of the quarter.
Coles' presence was sorely missed as neither Jerricho Cotchery (one catch, five yards) or Brad Smith (three catches, 26 yards) stepped up. Smith missed a potential game-winning catch in the end zone with 37 seconds left in regulation.
RB Thomas Jones (117 yards on a season-high 30 carries) notched his third 100-yard game as a Jet. He ran extremely hard against a fierce Steelers defense, repeatedly gaining yards after the first hit. Pittsburgh hadn't allowed a 100-yard rusher in 34 games, including postseason, dating back to 2005.
Jones had his big day on a day the Jets honored his predecessor, future Hall of Famer Curtis Martin.
"Their type of defense, you definitely have to try to get yards after contact and that's what I was trying to focus on, trying to finish the runs off," said Jones. "They're a pretty good tackling team but the line did a good job of staying on their blocks enough to where they couldn't wrap me up 100 percent and that gave me the opportunity to break out of some tackles."
Said RG Brandon Moore: "Thomas made a lot of those yards on his own, he kept churning his feet."
KR Leon Washington leads the NFL in kickoff returns but has struggled on punt returns, which made his game-breaking 33-yarder in overtime all the more surprising.
"Coach Mangini talked about things we need to work on during the bye week and I felt like for me, it was catching the ball on punt returns and giving my team the opportunity to be able to make plays in that aspect of the game," said Washington, who entered the game averaging just 6.6 yards per punt return."
NT Dewayne Robertson had a team-high 2.5 sacks and five tackles. ... LB David Harris finished with 11 tackles and a sack. He has had double-digit tackles in all three games he has started in place of the injured Jonathan Vilma (knee). ... The Jets' seven sacks were the most they've had since 2003 vs. Buffalo (seven).
Monday, November 19, 2007
BY DAVE HUTCHINSON
Star-Ledger Staff
Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles suffered a high left ankle sprain in yesterday's 19-16 overtime victory against the Steelers at Giants Stadium and it's highly unlikely he'll play on Thursday against the Cowboys, according to someone who spoke to Coles after the game. That person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to speak on injuries.
Coles, who has a team-high six touchdowns, was injured on a 56-yard flea flicker on the second play of the game when he was tackled by Steelers CB Ike Taylor on the one-yard line. Coles (one catch, 56 yards) returned briefly and eventually went to the locker room with 6:58 left in the first half. He tried to return for the third quarter but was forced to the sidelines for good after pulling up lame on a deep ball on the third play of the quarter.
Coles' presence was sorely missed as neither Jerricho Cotchery (one catch, five yards) or Brad Smith (three catches, 26 yards) stepped up. Smith missed a potential game-winning catch in the end zone with 37 seconds left in regulation.
RB Thomas Jones (117 yards on a season-high 30 carries) notched his third 100-yard game as a Jet. He ran extremely hard against a fierce Steelers defense, repeatedly gaining yards after the first hit. Pittsburgh hadn't allowed a 100-yard rusher in 34 games, including postseason, dating back to 2005.
Jones had his big day on a day the Jets honored his predecessor, future Hall of Famer Curtis Martin.
"Their type of defense, you definitely have to try to get yards after contact and that's what I was trying to focus on, trying to finish the runs off," said Jones. "They're a pretty good tackling team but the line did a good job of staying on their blocks enough to where they couldn't wrap me up 100 percent and that gave me the opportunity to break out of some tackles."
Said RG Brandon Moore: "Thomas made a lot of those yards on his own, he kept churning his feet."
KR Leon Washington leads the NFL in kickoff returns but has struggled on punt returns, which made his game-breaking 33-yarder in overtime all the more surprising.
"Coach Mangini talked about things we need to work on during the bye week and I felt like for me, it was catching the ball on punt returns and giving my team the opportunity to be able to make plays in that aspect of the game," said Washington, who entered the game averaging just 6.6 yards per punt return."
NT Dewayne Robertson had a team-high 2.5 sacks and five tackles. ... LB David Harris finished with 11 tackles and a sack. He has had double-digit tackles in all three games he has started in place of the injured Jonathan Vilma (knee). ... The Jets' seven sacks were the most they've had since 2003 vs. Buffalo (seven).
