Jets #2 Nick Folk kicking the game winning field goal on the last play of the game.
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Jets K Nick Folk celebrates after making the game-winning kick as time expired to give the Jets a 17-16 win and set up a matchup with the Patriots next Sunday.
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Ray Romano talks with Jets owner Woody Johnson before the team’s wild-card game in Indianapolis.
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Jets QB Mark Sanchez talks with his dad, Nick, before facing the Colts.
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Colts fans taunt Jets head coach Rex Ryan with a picture of QB Peyton Manning stretching with his foot exposed: a reference to foot-fetish videos that surfaced supposedly involving Ryan and his wife.
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Jets RB LaDainian Tomlinson had a 23-yard run on the Jets’ opening possession — the longest postseason run of his career.
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Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez under pressure by the Colts #68 Eric Foster and #98 Robert Mathis in the 2nd quarter.
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Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez rolling out of the pocket in the 1st half.
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QB Mark Sanchez and the Jets offense sputtered in the first half — shut out by the Colts.
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Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez throwing a pass in the 1st half.
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Colts WR Pierre Garcon gets behind Jets CB Antonio Cromartie (not pictured) and S Brodney Pool for a 57-yard touchdown halfway through the second quarter for the game’s first score.
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Jets #23 LaDainian Tomlinson running with the ball in the 3rd quarter.
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Jets #21 LaDainian Tomlinson breaking tackles running with the ball in the 1st half.
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Colts WR Pierre Garcon gets congratulated by teammate Taj Smith after scoring on a beautifully thrown ball by QB Peyton Manning.
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Colts S Justin Tryon intercepts a pass in the end zone after Jets TE Dustin Keller was overthrown, shortly before halftime.
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Jets RB LaDainian Tomlinson powers through the pile to reach the goal line for a Jets touchdown on the opening drive of the second half. The Tomlinson score tied the game at 7-7.
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RB LaDainian Tomlinson celebrates after his second 1-yard score of the game put the Jets up for the fist time — 14-10 early in the fourth quarter. It was a 17-play, 87-yard drive that took 9:54 off the clock.
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Colts K Adam Viniateri — clutch as ever — boots home a 50-yard field goal to give Indianapolis a 16-14 lead with 53 seconds left.
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Jets WR Braylon Edwards made an impressive 18-yard catch down the sidelines to put the Jets at the Colts’ 15-yard line with 3 seconds left.
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Jets Braylon Edwards cannot catch a long pass on a 3rd down and 5 in the 4th quarter.
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Jets K Nick Folk nails a 32-yarder as time was running out to give the Jets a 17-16 win.
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Jets head coach Rex Ryan storms onto the field after watching his Jets beat the Colts in their AFC wild card game.
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Jets WR Braylon Edwards does a back flip to celebrate the win.
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Jets WR Braylon Edwards does a back flip to celebrate the win.
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Colts QB Peyton Manning walks off the field in despair after his team was beaten by the Jets — ending Indianapolis’ season.
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And now the Jets are on to New England and an AFC Divisional matchup with the Patriots.
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Jets fans celebrate after the Jets beat the Colts 17-16.
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