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Tight end leads Jets’ air attack

The Jaguars put a lot of work into stopping Santonio Holmes, Plaxico Burress and even Derrick Mason yesterday. They forgot about Dustin Keller.

“A lot of [it] fell on my shoulders,” Keller said.

Keller simply shrugged those shoulders and helped the Jets demolish the Jaguars, 32-3. The athletic tight end scored his second touchdown in as many weeks and eclipsed the 100-yard barrier for the first time in a year, hauling in six catches for 101 yards. Included in that total were receptions of 33 and 37 yards.

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Keller was easily the Jets’ best receiver on the day — in fact, he had more yards than every other one combined. He also had twice as many catches as the Jets’ wide receivers combined.

“Keller’s a great player. We all know that,” coach Rex Ryan said before adding, jokingly, “I learned my lesson with the [Darrelle] Revis deal. I think he’s up [for free agency] in a couple of years, so I’m not going to say anything nice about him.”

Keller’s contract is indeed expiring after next season, and though he switched agents to powerful Drew Rosenhaus, Keller insisted he’s not thinking about money right now.

“Once the season starts,” he said, “the only thing on my mind is the season.”

Well, the other thing that’s probably on Keller’s mind is making sure he doesn’t again fade out after a hot start. Last season he racked up five touchdowns in the season’s first four weeks. He then proceeded to go without a score for the rest of the year, including the Jets’ three playoff games.

Keller helped set up the Jets’ touchdown against Jacksonville on their opening drive. He snagged a 33-yard pass, beating safety Courtney Greene and taking the ball to the Jaguars’ 17-yard line. On the next play, Holmes caught a touchdown pass.

Keller’s other big plays came in the third quarter. With the Jets leading 15-3 but on their own 8-yard line, Keller caught a 37-yard pass in which he spun away from another safety, Dawan Landry, and took the ball to the Jets’ 45-yard line. Keller then capped the drive with an 11-yard touchdown catch on which he beat linebacker Paul Posluszny.

“You see the matchup issues that he creates with other teams,” Jets safety Jim Leonhard said.

Added Darrelle Revis, “We should throw him the ball all the time, if possible.”

Additional reporting
by Brian Costello

mark.hale@nypost.com