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The Media had deemed this game the "Clash of the Titans". On one side you have Jack English, the phenom from Stanford, the man that's supposed to raise the bar for the gold standard of quarterbacks in the NFL. Then on the other side you have Biff Below, the golden boy from Florida. He was supposed to be the biggest bust since Ryan Leaf and cost Lou McCullen his career in the NFL.
These two quarterbacks have breathed new life into an otherwise lifeless rivalry. Lets face it, nobody really cared for this rivalry. The last game that people stood up and took note of was the "Miracle in the Meadowlands", and that was years ago. Jets and Dolphins fans alike needed a reason to get excited about this rivalry, and they got it.
In my opinion, they didn't disappoint, either. It was a close game up until the end. Pundits everywhere said that this game would come down to a single, cataclysmic mistake that would swing the pendulum of victory to one side or the other. That pendulum swing came in the fourth quarter, as usual.
As the third quarter came to an end, fans everywhere were ready to chalk this up as a Jack English victory. The Dolphins walked into the third with possession of the ball, and a ten point lead (24-14). But after a Dolphins three-and-out, the Jets luck turned around as they turned the next ten minutes into two touchdowns, taking the lead 28-24.
Jack English would have none of this though. Marching his offense downfield, English managed to get his team down to the Jets 10-yard line with 2:33 left in the game, this is when things took a turn for the worse though. At this point, English dropped back, whirred a beauty toward the endzone, and watched in dismay as Juran Riley tipped the ball right into Mack "Truck" Johnson's waiting hands to ostensibly put away the surging Dolphins.
Below would take this opportunity to drive downfield with a series of long passes and score a quick touchdown as time expired to assure victory for the Jets.
It's interesting how even though the Jets are playoff bound at 9-2 and the Dolphins are most likely going to have the first pick in the draft this year at 2-9, we can still get excited about a game like this. Jack English hasn't had the wild success he was expected to have in his first year in the NFL, but give him some time and watch the Dolphins become contenders within the next few years.
On the flip side, we see Biff Below who has had the wild success that Jack English was supposed to have! He's captaining a talented and young team that can most likely look forward to frequent playoff visits, and hopefully a Super Bowl win. One thing we as NFL fans can look forward to, though, is the rivalry between these two quarterbacks and teams.
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