Favre’s 6 TDs lead Jets to shootout victory

2 months ago 30th Sep 11:45

Brett Favre set a career high and tied Joe Namath’s Jets mark with six touchdown passes and New York took advantage of a series of mistakes by Arizona in a big second quarter before holding on to beat the Cardinals 56-35 on Sunday.

"Throwing six touchdown passes was awesome," Favre said. "That had nothing to do with how I felt I played. It was one of those games. More importantly, I felt the overall game itself, I managed it well."

Favre, showing no signs of the ankle injury that hobbled him during the week, finished 24-for-34 for 289 yards and an interception for the Jets (2-2).

Arizona wide receiver Anquan Boldin was carted off the field after a scary helmet-to-helmet collision with New York safety Eric Smith in the end zone with 27 seconds remaining. Boldin was moving all his extremities on the field and was talking to his teammates, but was immobilized and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York for precautionary reasons.

"He’s alert," Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt told NBC. "He asked to get up and the doctors wouldn’t let him."

New York’s defense rattled Kurt Warner and forced three fumbles and two interceptions in the first half, and the Jets set a franchise record by scoring 34 points in the second quarter.

Coles had eight catches for 105 yards after campaigning to the coaches for more plays earlier in the week.

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