TNF Week 12: Cincinnati Bengals vs New York Jets | Jets win 26-10

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Week 12 – Cincinnati Bengals vs New York Jets
When: Thursday, 8:20 PM ET, November 25, 2010
Venue: ew Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

Bengals (2-8) vs Jets (8-2)

The New York Jets certainly have made things tough on themselves lately against inferior opponents, though their wins sure have been exciting. They want a much easier time Thanksgiving night before the schedule gets a lot more daunting.

New York shares the league’s best record but hasn’t had a comfortable victory since early October, something it should have a good chance to achieve against a visiting Cincinnati Bengals team which hasn’t won since September.

All three of New York’s games this month have gone down to the wire even though those opponents have a combined 9-21 record. The Jets (8-2) managed to win them all, including the first two in overtime before a 30-27 victory over Houston on Sunday.

New York needed a field goal as time ran out in regulation before winning 23-20 at Detroit on Nov. 7, a week before Sanchez’s 37-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with 14 seconds left in overtime resulted in a 26-20 win in Cleveland.

That same connection was the difference Sunday, with Sanchez finding Holmes for a six-yard TD with 10 seconds remaining after the Jets blew a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter. Their last win that wasn’t decided in the final minutes was 38-14 over Buffalo on Oct. 3.

Cincinnati (2-8) has lost seven in a row since beating Carolina on Sept. 26, allowing an average of 29.6 points during the slide. The Bengals’ run defense may be the biggest culprit of the past two months, surrendering 124.1 yards per game and nine rushing touchdowns, and now faces New York’s fourth-ranked rushing attack (145.9 ypg).

The competition stiffens greatly after this week for the Jets, who get a 10-day break before visiting AFC East co-leader New England in a Monday night matchup to close Week 13. That showdown precedes a meeting with archrival Miami and road games against first-place teams Pittsburgh and Chicago.

Cincinnati has lost eight of nine versus the Jets and ended last season by losing to them twice, including 24-14 at home in the playoffs. (Source preview: ESPN)

You can watch Thursday Night Football live Week 12 Game Cincinnati Bengals vs New York Jets on NFL Network.

Next game for Thursday Night Football on Week 13 (December 2) is Houston Texans vs Philadelphia Eagles. Game Time at 8:20 PM ET. Watch out for it on NFLN.

UPDATE: NY Jets defeated Cincinnati Bengals 26-10 to claim AFC East top spot together with the Patriots at 9-2 each.

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GAME RECAP

Brad Smith’s two long touchdown plays have lifted the New York Jets past the Cincinnati Bengals, 26-10 Thursday night to keep the Jets tied atop the AFC East and knocking out the Bengals in the contention.

Hours after the New England Patriots beat Detroit to improve to 9-2, the Jets matched them as Smith scored on a 53-yard run two plays into the third quarter, and on an 89-yard kickoff return in the final period. Smith lost a shoe midway through that return, which clinched an eighth straight loss for Cincinnati (2-9).

Santonio Holmes scored on a 13-yard reception from Mark Sanchez after Cincinnati’s Andre Caldwell had a punt deflect off him while he was blocking.

The Jets have beaten Cincinnati three times in less than a year, including the 2009 season finale that got them into the playoffs, then in the wild-card game the following week.