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Jets open season 2-0 after squelching Colts

Behind surprising defense, New York starts season 2-0.

The Associated Press
September 22, 2015 at 4:55AM
New York Jets outside linebacker Quinton Coples (98) sacks Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) in the second half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
New York Jets outside linebacker Quinton Coples sacked Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck in the second half Monday. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

INDIANAPOLIS – The New York Jets' suddenly opportunistic defense did it again Monday night.

Calvin Pryor intercepted one pass to set up a touchdown and Darrelle Revis snuffed out a scoring chance by recovering a Colts fumble in his own end zone as New York Jets confounded Andrew Luck most of the night and held on for a 20-7 victory at Indianapolis.

New York, 2-0 for the first time since 2011, has 10 takeaways this season and has turned them into 28 points — a stark contrast from 2014, when New York scored 20 points off turnovers the entire season.

Indianapolis matched last season's 0-2 start by losing back-to-back games for only the second time in Luck's four-year career.

Against an offense that was considered one of the league's best into the season, Revis and the Jets made sure it was no contest.

Revis continued his mastery of the Colts by recovering two fumbles and grabbing one of Luck's three interceptions. With a steady stream of costly penalties, the Colts never really got in sync.

Ryan Fitzpatrick finished 22-for-34 for 244 yards and two touchdowns with one interception — getting his first career win at Lucas Oil Stadium. Fitzpatrick became the first player since 1950 to start five consecutive road games against one team while playing for five different teams. He was 0-4 in the previous starts.

Former Gopher Eric Decker had eight receptions for 97 yards and a TD before leaving because of a knee injury, and Brandon Marshall caught seven passes for 101 yards and one touchdown.

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How strange was this for the Colts? They were shut out in the first half in consecutive weeks for the first time since 1997 and Adam Vinatieri missed his first field goal inside 30 yards since 2007. And Luck was 21 of 37 for 250 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions.

Indy opened the second half with a drive that lasted nearly 10 minutes and got all the way to the Jets 1 before Revis scooped up Gore's fumble.

The Colts avoided the shutout when Luck hooked up with Donte Moncrief on a 26-yard TD pass with 10:07 left in the game.

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