Martin, Jordan Run the Jets Past Dolphins, 41-14

Curtis Martin and LaMont Jordan each ran for 115 yards and a touchdown to help the New York Jets defeat the Miami Dolphins, 41-14, Monday night at East Rutherford, N.J.

The last time the teams met on a Monday night, the Jets erased a 23-point, fourth-quarter deficit for a 40-37 overtime victory in 2000 in what is known as the “Monday Night Miracle.”

There was no chance of a comeback this time. The Jets (6-1) scored 34 consecutive points, stifling the ineffective Dolphin offense and embarrassing the defense, which began the game ranked fourth in the NFL.

The last time the Jets had two 100-yard rushers in a game was Sept. 28, 1975, when John Riggins ran for 145 yards and Carl Garrett had 135 in a 30-24 victory over Kansas City.

Miami (1-7) had last allowed two 100-yard rushers Oct. 29, 1989, at Buffalo, when Thurman Thomas had 148 yards and Larry Kinnebrew had 121.

Chad Pennington threw three touchdown passes and completed 11 of 19 passes for 189 yards before being replaced by Quincy Carter in the fourth quarter. The Jets finished with 472 yards.

Pennington connected on one big passing play after another. Before the game, no Jet receiver had a touchdown reception this season.

The Jets harassed Jay Fiedler repeatedly, sacking him four times and intercepting two of his passes. He was 20 for 41 for 218 yards.

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Denver safety John Lynch will be out two to four weeks after being diagnosed with a fractured tailbone.

Lynch went down after being hit in the side by Atlanta receiver Brian Finneran in the Broncos’ 41-28 loss Sunday. After trainers helped him up, Lynch walked toward the Falcons’ huddle and started yelling at the players.

Lynch wasn’t available after the game, but several Broncos said he thought Finneran’s block was a cheap shot.

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Brett Favre’s injured right thumb is sprained and not broken, a relief to the Green Bay quarterback, who played most of last season with a fractured thumb on his throwing hand.

Coach Mike Sherman said he doesn’t expect Favre’s sprained thumb or swollen right hand to be “an issue for the Minnesota game” Nov. 14. The Packers don’t play next weekend.

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Defensive end Robert Porcher retired, ending a 13-year career with the Detroit Lions, for whom he is the career leader in sacks with 95 1/2 .

Porcher had announced this would be his last season, but he ended his career early after being inactive for the Lions’ first seven games.

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Washington kick returner Chad Morton and safety Andre Lott are out for the season, and Pro Bowl linebacker LaVar Arrington could sit out another month because of his knee injury. Morton tore a knee ligament in the Redskins’ 28-14 loss to the Packers on Sunday, and Lott tore a chest muscle while trying to make a tackle.

Arrington has sat out five games since having knee surgery Sept. 23. He aggravated the injury in a running drill last week, and an examination revealed a bone bruise that had been there all along.

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A review of the tape and a chance to soak in the angry chants of fans didn’t change Washington Coach Joe Gibbs’ mind one bit: He still believes the Redskins were robbed of an apparent touchdown pass.

Gibbs was still rankled over an illegal motion call on James Thrash that negated a 43-yard touchdown pass play to Clinton Portis in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Packers. The touchdown would have given the Redskins a one-point lead with 2 minutes 35 seconds remaining.

On the play, Thrash went in motion and turned to face his body forward an instant before the ball was snapped. Because a player can’t be moving forward at the snap, the flag was thrown.

Gibbs said that the Redskins did the same maneuver three other times in the game without being flagged, and that he would send tapes of those plays to the league office for an explanation. He disagreed with the assertion that the Redskins had been getting away with the violation and had finally been caught.

“There was nothing wrong with what we did.... We’ve been doing that all year, our entire life, that’s what we do. We motion across, and we set and we pick up a safety blitz,” Gibbs said.

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San Francisco defensive end Brandon Whiting is out for the season because of a torn knee ligament.