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RB Watson Leads Way For Cincy

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The Associated Press

Published: October 22, 2007

CINCINNATI - Kenny Watson ran for 130 yards and three scores in the best performance of his career, and the Bengals (2-4) turned the Jets' second-half meltdown into a 38-31 win, their first in five games.

Watson led the way, playing like a star instead of Rudi Johnson's fill-in. The seventh-year runner with a half-dozen career starts scored on runs of 1 and 2 yards in the second half, finishing off a Jets team that couldn't hold a 13-point lead or get out of its own way.

New York (1-6) has already matched its loss total from last season, when Coach Eric Mangini was dubbed the 'Mangenius' for taking a previously 4-12 team to the playoffs.

There's been nothing brilliant about their play this year.

Chad Pennington, the main target of New York fans' wrath, put the Jets ahead with touchdown passes of 57 and 36 yards to Laveranues Coles, showing he can still make a big play. He couldn't make any meaningful ones in a horrid second half, though, as the Jets were done in by two costly pass interference penalties, a shanked punt, a personal foul for punching a downed runner, a botched snap and Johnathan Joseph's 42-yard interception return for a touchdown that made it 38-23 with 37 seconds left.

NYJ-Coles 57 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 10:23.

Cin-FG Graham 20, 5:47.

Second Quarter

NYJ-FG Nugent 24, 11:38.

NYJ-FG Nugent 35, 9:11.

Cin-Watson 3 run (Graham kick), 2:08.

NYJ-Coles 36 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 0:49.

Third Quarter

NYJ-FG Nugent 43, 11:15.

Cin-Houshmandzadeh 3 pass from Palmer (Graham kick), 3:41.

Fourth Quarter

Cin-Watson 1 run (Graham kick), 13:31.

Cin-Watson 2 run (Graham kick), 6:09.

Cin-Joseph 42 interception return (Graham kick), 0:37.

NYJ-Cotchery 32 pass from Pennington (L.Washington pass from Pennington), :00.

A-65,868

RUSHING-N.Y. Jets, T.Jones 19-67, L.Washington 3-11, Pennington 3-7, Cotchery 1-(minus 1). Cincinnati, Watson 31-130, Dorsey 7-23, C.Johnson 1-15, Houshmandzadeh 1-8, J.Johnson 1-1.

PASSING-N.Y. Jets, Pennington 20-31-1-272. Cincinnati, Palmer 14-21-1-226.

RECEIVING-N.Y. Jets, Coles 8-133, Cotchery 6-60, Ryan 3-46, L.Washington 2-21, B.Smith 1-12. Cincinnati, Holt 4-54, Houshmandzadeh 4-43, C.Johnson 3-102, Watson 3-27.

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