MJD Takes a Knee, Apologizes to Fantasy Owners

There was only one way the New York Jets were going to get the ball back late in their game with the Jacksonville Jaguars today and it involved letting Jags running back Maurice Jones-Drew(notes) score a touchdown. Despite holding a one-point lead with under two minutes remaining, the Jets were without a timeout and were conceding a Jags score in hopes of returning the kickoff and driving down for a game-winning score of their own. MJD wasn't fooled. Instead of running into the end zone for a 10-yard TD run on first down with 1:48 left in the game, Jones-Drew alertly fell at the one-yard line to keep the clock moving. Two kneeldowns later, the Jags brought out kicker Josh Scobee(notes), who booted a game-winning 21-yard field goal as time expired. It was reminiscent of the play two years ago in which Brian Westbrook(notes) did the same thing to preserve a Philadelphia Eagles victory. However, Westbrook's was a less-obvious move (the Eagles would have been up two scores had h...