You guys are forgetting this one: Wesley Walker, Ken O'Brien outduel Dan Marino , Sept. 21, 1986 Jets 51, Dolphins 45 For a few moments, Wesley Walker thought he was the goat. His fumble late in the fourth quarter of this epic shootout had led to Dan Marino’s sixth touchdown pass of the game, a 4-yarder to Mark Clayton that gave the Dolphins a 45-38 lead with 2:56 left in regulation. "I was down on myself because I fumbled the ball," Walker said after the game. "I thought I lost the game for the team. I was just grateful I was given the opportunity to make it up." Walker, who had touchdown catches of 50 and 65 yards in the first half, caught a 21-yard touchdown from Ken O’Brien as time expired in regulation. On the play, he found a seam in the secondary, caught the ball short of the goal line and managed to get across for the score while being tackled. The play capped a frantic drive that included several key plays by tight end Mickey Shuler, who caught a 7-yard pass and lateraled to Johnny Hector for another 21 yards, putting the ball at the Miami 39. Shuler then caught two passes to put the Jets at the 21 and set up the final play of regulation. After all that, overtime seemed almost anticlimactic. Walker beat free safety Bud Brown on a go route for the 43-yard touchdown from O’Brien that gave the Jets the victory. "I have confidence in myself in situations like this," said Walker, who finished with six catches for 194 yards and four scores. "You just hope you have the chance to come back and make up for your mistakes." "Nobody on this team will quit. We proved that today," O’Brien said. It was the first of nine straight victories for the Jets, who then lost their last five regular-season games to finish 10-6. They beat Kansas City in the AFC wild-card game and then lost a heartbreaker to Cleveland in double overtime in the divisional playoffs.
Here are my favorite Jets victories of recent memory. 1.) Jets vs. Patriots Divisional Play off Round - 2011 2.) Jets vs. Chargers Divisional Play off Round - 2010 3.) Jets vs. Texans 2010 - Sanchez game winning drive with 45 secsonds left. 4.) Jets vs. Browns 2010 - OT victory slant pass to Santonio Holmes. 5.) Jets vs. Dolphins - 2000 Monday Night Miracle - Jets overcome 30-7 deficit and comeback to win 40-37 in Overtime.
My personal list as long as I can remember ('82)... 1) '11 Divisional Game in New England. One of the most thoroughly satisifying wins for the Jets. One of the most satisfying wins for any franchise I root for. 2) '10 Divisional Game in Sand Diego. Seeing Greene burst through the line and us going crazy knowing we were gonna be in the AFCCG for the 1st time in 12 years is still a great feeling. 3) '02 last game of the season vs. Green Bay. Improbably winning the division on the last game of the season. What a fucking day. 4) '82 Divisional Game at the Raiders. I'm a little young to exactly remember the details, but this game is basically why I became a fan and why Mehl and McNeil were my first 2 favorite players. 5) '98 game at Buffalo. Clinching the division. Beautiful. The game before in Miami with Cascadden returning the fumble for a TD in the 4th quarter was awesome, too. 6) '02 Wild Card game vs. Indy. 41-0. From beginning to end, you just knew we had it. 7) '86 game in the Meadowlands vs. Miami. Such an offensive display, and such a great win. I really hated Dan Marino. 8) '91 game in Buffalo after the Byrd injury. We're 17 point underdogs to the mighty Bills and Brian Washington gets two Jim Kelly picks. We had a bad season that year, but that was an inspirational win. 9) '09 Final game of the season vs. Cincy. Just a party all day. Another game that never seemed in doubt. 10) '00 Monday Night Miracle. I'd put this higher on the list because of the comeback and because it was Miami, but in perspective, the way that season ended takes a lot of the steam out of that for me. I was still in college at the time, so that night was fucking great. Off the top of my head.
