RUNNING BACK DAVID Johnson rushed for three touchdowns as the Arizona Cardinals romped to a 28-3 victory over the New York Jets on Monday.
Johnson scored a spectacular 58-yard touchdown as well as two short-range efforts from two yards each to take his tally to the season for eight.
The win saw the Cardinals move level in a tie for second place with the Los Angeles Rams at 3-3 in the NFC West while the Jets slumped to 1-5 in the AFC East.
Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer returned to the starting line-up after missing his team’s last game at San Francisco because of a concussion.
Palmer went 23 for 34 with one touchdown and no interceptions, but suffered a scare in the fourth quarter when he left with a strained hamstring.
Jets signal caller Ryan Fitzpatrick meanwhile had a miserable outing in his home state making only 16 of 31 attempts for 174 yards with no touchdowns and one interception.
The interception — Fitzpatrick’s 11th of the season, the worst record in the league — was to prove costly.
The pick came just as the Jets appeared to be generating momentum with a long drive in the third quarter with the score finely balanced at 21-3.
However Fitzpatrick’s loose pass for Brandon Marshall was intercepted by Arizona safety D.J. Swearinger and the Cardinals went on to score through Palmer’s nine-yard pass to Michael Floyd for a touchdown.
Fitzpatrick was eventually pulled with 8:40 left in the fourth quarter, to be replaced by Geno Smith.
Smith finished his cameo with four completions from six attempts for 31 yards and no touchdowns, with one interception.
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RUNNING BACK DAVID Johnson rushed for three touchdowns as the Arizona Cardinals romped to a 28-3 victory over the New York Jets on Monday.
Johnson scored a spectacular 58-yard touchdown as well as two short-range efforts from two yards each to take his tally to the season for eight.
The win saw the Cardinals move level in a tie for second place with the Los Angeles Rams at 3-3 in the NFC West while the Jets slumped to 1-5 in the AFC East.
Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer returned to the starting line-up after missing his team’s last game at San Francisco because of a concussion.
Palmer went 23 for 34 with one touchdown and no interceptions, but suffered a scare in the fourth quarter when he left with a strained hamstring.
Jets signal caller Ryan Fitzpatrick meanwhile had a miserable outing in his home state making only 16 of 31 attempts for 174 yards with no touchdowns and one interception.
The interception — Fitzpatrick’s 11th of the season, the worst record in the league — was to prove costly.
The pick came just as the Jets appeared to be generating momentum with a long drive in the third quarter with the score finely balanced at 21-3.
However Fitzpatrick’s loose pass for Brandon Marshall was intercepted by Arizona safety D.J. Swearinger and the Cardinals went on to score through Palmer’s nine-yard pass to Michael Floyd for a touchdown.
Fitzpatrick was eventually pulled with 8:40 left in the fourth quarter, to be replaced by Geno Smith.
Smith finished his cameo with four completions from six attempts for 31 yards and no touchdowns, with one interception.
(C) AFP 2016
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