The Jets won Saturday. Not sure if you heard. Their defense stepped up and held Peyton Manning in check. Rex Ryan avoided the obvious temptation to over-blitz the quarterbacking machine and Darrelle Revis rendered Reggie Wayne a non-factor.

Antonio Cromartie made up for getting burnt on a touchdown pass to Pierre Garcon with a pair of clutch kick returns. And the Jets’ offense moved the ball methodically, keeping the ball out of Manning’s hands, eating up clock with a consistent run game.

It was an amazing, exhilarating game. And it would all bode well for the Jets’ matchup with the Patriots next week were it not for Mark Sanchez’s struggles throwing the ball throughout the game. Sanchez was high or long on just about every pass — even the completions.

I don’t know the extent of Sanchez’s shoulder injury and if the throwing problems were a function of the injury, overcompensating for it, or a lack of practice due to it. But in any case, he’s going to need to throw better at New England if the Jets are going to have any chance at advancing. The Patriots defense is just a bit better than the Colts’ defense.

I wouldn’t get too worked up over the Patriots’ shellacking of the Jets the last time they played. It’s one game. All it shows is that the Patriots are extremely good at football, which we know already.