GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: NY JETS (1-5) at CINCINNATI (1-4)

NFL: NY JETS (1-5) at CINCINNATI (1-4)

<h3>Jets, Bengals look to snap losing streaks</h3>







NY Jets (1-5) at Cincinnati (1-4) Sunday 4:05 pm EDT

CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Somebody has to win.


A pair of AFC teams who have lost a combined seven straightgames clash on Sunday when the Cincinnati Bengals host the NewYork Jets.


The Bengals have dropped four straight since a season-openingvictory over the Baltimore Ravens to fall into last place in theAFC North.


The Jets extended their slide to three games with a 16-9 defeatto the Philadelphia Eagles. New York is not in last place inthe AFC East only because they are in the same division with thewinless Miami Dolphins (0-6).


Defense has been a huge problem for the Bengals, who haveallowed a league-worst 31.2 points per game.


Cincinnati's defense has been on the field too much, as theBengals are just 1-for-18 on third-down conversions in the lasttwo weeks. They were 1-of-11 in Sunday's 27-20 loss to theKansas City Chiefs.


"We're not doing what we need to do on third down," Cincinnatiquarterback Carson Palmer said. "If you're 1-of-11 on thirddown, obviously your quarterback isn't playing well."

Palmer's play, however, isn't the Bengals' biggest concern as hehas passed for 1,491 yards and 12 touchdowns.


The Jets have bigger quarterback issues as Chad Penningtoncontinued to struggle against the Eagles.


Pennington completed just 11-of-21 passes for 128 yards and aninterception as New York's offense consisted of three fieldgoals by Mike Nugent.


Pennington has thrown only two touchdowns in the last threeweeks and his continued poor will only intensity calls that heshould be replaced by Kellen Clemens.


So far, second-year coach Eric Mangini has resisted the urge tomake a quarterback change. But after making the playoffs inMangini's rookie season, the Jets seemingly have fallen out ofpostseason contention this year.

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 0
CINCINNATI 0 14:54 LEFT, 1ST QTR

CIN BALL ON CIN 33 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 0
CINCINNATI 0 11:43 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL TD NYJ
DREW COLEMAN 57 YD PASS FROM CHAD PENNINGTON
(MIKE NUGENT KICK)

NY JETS 7
CINCINNATI 0 10:23 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 7
CINCINNATI 0 10:23 LEFT, 1ST QTR

CIN BALL ON CIN 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL FG CIN
SHAYNE GRAHAM 20 YD

NY JETS 7
CINCINNATI 3 5:47 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 7
CINCINNATI 3 5:41 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 34 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">CORRECTION


NFL FG CIN
SHAYNE GRAHAM 20 YD

NY JETS 7
CINCINNATI 3 5:47 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NFL NY JETS 7
CINCINNATI 3 5:47 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY JETS 7 7
CINCINNATI 3 3 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NYJ - TD, LAVERANUES COLES 57 YD PASS FROM
CHAD PENNINGTON (MIKE NUGENT KICK),
4:37. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards in
1:20. Key plays: Pennington 22-yard
pass to Ryan to New York 42. NY
JETS 7-0
CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 20 YD, 9:13. Drive:
11 plays, 78 yards in 4:36. Key
plays: Palmer 56-yard pass to
Johnson to New York 24; Palmer
10-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on
3rd-and-7 to New York 11. NY JETS
7-3</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL FG NYJ
MIKE NUGENT 24 YD

NY JETS 10
CINCINNATI 3 11:38 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 10
CINCINNATI 3 11:32 LEFT, 2ND QTR

CIN BALL ON CIN 18 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 10
CINCINNATI 3 10:48 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NYJ BALL ON CIN 25 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL FG NYJ
MIKE NUGENT 35 YD

NY JETS 13
CINCINNATI 3 9:11 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 13
CINCINNATI 3 9:04 LEFT, 2ND QTR

CIN BALL ON CIN 24 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL TD CIN
KENNY WATSON 3 YD RUN
(SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK)

NY JETS 13
CINCINNATI 10 2:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 13
CINCINNATI 10 2:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

NY JETS 13
CINCINNATI 10

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL TD NYJ
LAVERANUES COLES 36 YD PASS FROM CHAD PENNINGTON
(MIKE NUGENT KICK)

NY JETS 20
CINCINNATI 10 0:49 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY JETS at CINCINNATI

<div class="pre">NFL
NY JETS 20
CINCINNATI 10 0:43 LEFT, 2ND QTR

CIN BALL ON CIN 26 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>