Jets Back Up Trash Talk 'Broadway Joe' Namath Style Beat Patriots 28-21

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New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez celebrates his touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011.

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Jets shocker: Ryan's boys back up talk, win 28-21

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So the Jets weren't all talk — trash talk — after all. Now Rex Ryan's rowdy bunch is headed to its second straight AFC championship game after New York backed up its coach's boasts with a 28-21 win Sunday over the New England Patriots — the team with the best record in the NFL.
Mark Sanchez threw three touchdown passes and the Jets sacked Tom Brady five times in the most-hyped of the weekend's four postseason games following a week of verbal potshots from both teams.
New York led its fierce rival 14-3 at halftime before Brady's 2-yard touchdown pass to Alge Crumpler and Sammy Morris' run for a 2-point conversion made it 14-11 late in the third quarter. But Sanchez came right back with a 7-yard scoring pass to Santonio Holmes and New York finished the upset with Shonn Greene's 16-yard touchdown run.
The Jets (13-5) kept Ryan's prediction of a Super Bowl appearance alive. The Patriots (14-3) lost their third straight postseason game.
They lost last season to Indianapolis 30-17, but now have another chance for their first Super Bowl berth since 1969 when another loudmouth, "Broadway Joe" Namath, backed up his guarantee with a 16-9 win over the Baltimore Colts.. Click Here to Read More.

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Joe Namath the $400,000 quarterback out of the University of Alabama in 1965 led the New York Jets to what many still regard as the biggest upset in pro-football history, a 16-7 win over the mighty Baltimore Colts.
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