I'm sort of curious why you think that. Jets pretty much were predicted to be among the league's worst teams this year, yet they overachieved immensely to make the playoffs. Mangini got the most out of what he could with minimal talent. Give New England their due...they simply have a boat load of talent.
When did Mickens play for Dallas? and now a TD makes the game look like a blowout when in fact it was a tight game.
That play was a near disaster the two previous times the Jets called it today. Calling it again was just asking for the law of averages to catch up to them.
It really was an outstanding season. Not that the pass was extraordinary, but dumbass McCareins slid back and waited for the pass to come to him instead of meeting the pass at its highest point.