"Jerricho Cotchery doesn't get quite as much attention as fellow wide receivers Braylon Edwards and Santonio Holmes.

But maybe the Patriots should have paid more attention to him on one fourth-quarter play.

Cotchery turned a short pass from Mark Sanchez into a 58-yard gain, which led to Sanchez's third touchdown pass three plays later. Cotchery's big play swung the momentum back to the Jets after New England had trimmed their lead to three points.

"We knew we had to answer," Cotchery said. "We had to answer on that drive. On that play, Mark and I were on the same page and it just blew open. I stayed on the move. He expected me to stay on the move, and after that I was just trying to make a play and the guys did a great job of [blocking] to try and get me to the end zone."

The humble Cotchery, who led the Jets with five catches for 96 yards, left out that he hurdled one defender for additional yardage.

"It ended up setting us up with seven points," he said, "and that was what we were looking for.""