He engineered a 10-play, 58-yard scoring drive to get within 5 points, the closest the Jets had been since kickoff.
The closest the Jets came to scoring an offensive touchdown came when Pennington found receiver Justin McCareins in the back of the end zone.
John Hall booted a 48-yarder through the same uprights to close out the Jets' opening drive of the third quarter.
On a conference call Tuesday night, Ryan alluded to the number of close games the Jets lost, including several in which they failed to pressure the quarterback in the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately, sources close to the Jets shot down the rumor in June, saying the organization has nothing more than a remote interest in Chad Johnson.
Intermittency of strong wave events supports the conjecture of Fritts and Vadas (2002) that the force required to close the mesospheric jets is sporadic in space and time.
Also, cities have sprawled closer to the jets.
A 19-yard reception by Tomlinson closed out the Jets' first-half scoring.
But if he is closer to the Jets' version of Favre, the Vikings, and Coach Brad Childress, will be in trouble.
In the teams' second meeting in 2010, the margins were closer but the Jets still outgained Houston in total yards, 401-343, and they held the Texans to 97 yards on the ground.
