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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Ryan Fitzpatrick and the New York Jets kept getting close to the end zone.Most of the time, though, Cincinnati kept them out -- and it was the difference in the Bengals 23-22 victory in the season opener Sunday.Weve got to score touchdowns, Fitzpatrick said. We got down there plenty. Credit the Bengals. Theyve got a good red-zone defense.The Jets, who were the third-best team in the red zone last season, made five trips inside the Bengals 20 and they got off to a good start with Fitzpatrick connecting with Quincy Enunwa for a 3-yard touchdown on their opening drive.We didnt make adjustments, but we kept fighting, Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick said. We knew that at some point, we would have an opportunity to shift the game and make a great play.After getting down to the 4 on its next drive, New York stalled with two incompletions to Brandon Marshall and a catch for no yards by Bilal Powell. That set up a 22-yard chip shot for Nick Folk, whose low kick was blocked by Margus Hunt.We were just sloppy down there, Marshall said of the Jets red-zone struggles. Poor execution. Its something we pride ourselves on. Didnt get it done. ... That was the poorest execution Ive ever seen on our side in the red zone since Ive been here.New York rebounded in the second quarter with a 15-yard touchdown from Fitzpatrick to Eric Decker, which gave the Jets a 13-10 lead. Folk, however, missed the first extra point of his career.I take it on my shoulders, Folk said. I feel like I let the team down. If we make the extra point and the field goal, they need a touchdown at the end.The fourth quarter, however, was where the game really turned.Trailing 20-16, New York went to the ground game in a big way, running the ball nine times in 10 plays to get down to the 2. But on third-and-goal, Fitzpatrick misfired to Decker -- and the Jets had to settle for a 20-yard field goal by Folk.On Cincinnatis next possession, Mike Nugent was wide right on a 52-yard attempt that kept the game a one-point affair. It also gave the Jets terrific field position with just over 9 minutes left, putting the ball at their 42.A 17-yard catch by Enunwa and a 22-yard grab by Decker three plays later put the Jets at the Bengals 15. Matt Forte gained 3 yards on a run and Marshall had a 4-yard catch, but Bilal Powell gained just 2 yards on third-and-3 from the 8.Again, the Jets had to kick a field goal, this time a 23-yarder by Folk that put the Jets ahead 22-20 with 3:23 left.We made a big stop there, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said.That also left plenty of time for Andy Dalton and the Bengals to put together the winning drive, capped by Nugents 47-yarder with 54 seconds left.Anytime you can get a win on the road, youve got to take these games, said Dalton, who was sacked a career-high seven times. This one was big. At the end, we needed to make a play. It was a great team effort by everybody.The Jets still had an opportunity to drive for a winning score after Nugents kick, but things got off to a bad start when Marshall dropped a deep pass over the middle.Next came an incompletion to Decker, and then Josh Shaw picked off Fitzpatricks next throw to Decker -- the Jets only turnover of the game -- to seal it for the Bengals.Im just happy, Lewis said. We kept pounding today and thats what weve got to do. Thats the thing all season: Just pound together and break through, and today, the breakthrough came late in the game and the defense had a big stop there at the end.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLSteven Matz Mets Jersey . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. 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"His juice; his aggression all night long.FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones, who returned to practice Saturday while recovering from a calf injury, is listed as questionable for Monday nights game against the New Orleans Saints but will play.Yes, Ill play Monday night, Jones said.?I wouldnt chance it if I didnt [feel right], if I felt like I was going to overcompensate and something else was going to get tore up or it was going to get worse or anything like that. Its just warming that muscle up, warming up everything, making sure everything is firing properly.Jones, held out of practice Thursday and Friday, was limited Saturday. However, he appeared to have his explosion running across the red zone and catching passes near the start of practice. In between reps, Jones was spotted bouncing up and down as if to test and make sure his calf was fine.He looked explosive in and out of his breaks, Falcons coach Dan Quinn said of Saturdays practice. He didnt get a lot of turns, but we kind of tried to feature him on the plays that he needed to see. We didnt do it just in the red zone. We did him on third down. We did it on first and second down to see where he was at. So, Im encouraged.That was kind of the plan in the week: Could he do some of the walk-through? And then he kind of made a good turn yesterday and today to say, All right, lets give it a shot. Hes somebody that needs to go to really feel it.When asked if he injured his right calf after colliding with two Oakland Raiders defenders last weekk, Jones responded, Both of them hurt.ddddddddddddJones entered the regular season recovering from a left ankle injury suffered in the third preseason game. He then aggravated the ankle injury in a 31-24 season-opening loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It didnt stop Jones from playing 49 snaps -- with five receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown -- in last weeks 35-28 win at Oakland.Jones said the ankle is no longer an issue.Entering Monday nights game, Jones leads the team with 172 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions. He has nine catches, second to Jacob Tamme (11).In other injury news, first-round draft pick Keanu Neal, who is coming off preseason arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, will make his NFL debut Monday night. Quinn did not commit to Neal starting at strong safety, but he said Neal would get his share of plays.Meanwhile fellow rookie DeVondre Campbell, a starting inside linebacker, was ruled out for the second consecutive game with a left ankle sprain. Fellow inside linebacker Paul Worrilow also is out after undergoing groin surgery. Sean Weatherspoon will start for Campbell, while Philip Wheeler will help address the depth at inside linebacker with Worrilow out too.Wide receiver Justin Hardy is set to play despite being limited throughout the week with a shoulder injury. And wide receiver Mohamed Sanu (ankle) also is set to go. ' ' '