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Dolphins enjoy ‘satisfying’ win after week of trash talk

After a week of back-and-forth trash talk, the Dolphins said the Jets have too much lip and talked their way into a beating. They took Gang Green’s words off the bulletin board and shoved them down the Jets’ throats — sprinkled with hot sauce — in a 30-9 rout at Met Life Stadium that sent the crowd of 79,088 running for the exits.

“When you’re playing against another team and they’re running their mouth, you’re going to go out and play harder. That’s part of the game,’’ said Miami center Mike Pouncey. “It feels good. We said during the week, if people are going to talk, we’re going to go out there and just play harder.’’

Pouncey and Reggie Bush had been at the heart of the week-long war of words. And they were in the middle of yesterday’s beating of the Jets, one that came despite Miami losing quarterback Ryan Tannehill to a knee injury.

“It’s very satisfying for us; this is as good as it gets,’’ said Bush, who had 59 yards on 14 carries and surely took extra joy in the win.

Bush may have felt Bart Scott intentionally injured him back in 2006 while playing for then-Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan, Scott crowing, “I put a little hot sauce on that ankle.” Ryan pulled the reference out again in Week 3, saying they had to pour “hot sauce” on Bush; and Bush coincidently hurt his knee during a pileup, linebacker Calvin Pace saying afterward they “had to put him out.”

A vexed Bush said Darrelle Revis’ season-ending injury was well-deserved karma; and this week, backup Aaron Maybin acknowledged the Jets wanted to knock Bush out of the game, prompting Pouncey to call him a “bust” and a “joke” whom they’d be targeting.

But it was the Jets’ targeting of Bush that cost them. After he ripped off a 19-yard gain on his second carry, corner Antonio Cromartie committed a brazen unnecessary-roughness penalty that inspired Miami.

“It just fired us up. He got the penalty, it gave us an extra 15 yards and we got a field goal. It just fired everybody up for that drive and for the rest of the game. It was a key play,’’ said Bush, who trash-talked at Ryan on the sideline. “I did. But I probably shouldn’t say [what].’’

Cromartie admitted “I ain’t lose my composure; I just called him a punk, and that’s exactly what he is. I didn’t head-butt him; I pushed him first, then I head-butted him.’’

But Miami did a better job of straddling the line between peeved and poised.

“You hear that stuff … It just makes you dig in and fight harder,’’ said guard Richie Incognito, who joined Pouncey and tackle Jake Long in chasing Maybin around the field on one play. “Well, as long as they didn’t blow the whistle, it’s all legal.’’

Matt Moore, 11 of 19 for 131 yards and a touchdown in relief of Tannehill, added “It feels good to do no more talking and feels even better to back it up.’’