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Watson dilemma

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September 9, 2007 2:32 pm
By Jim Donaldson

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- After Chad Pennington went 6-for-6 for 68 in the Jets' second-quarter scoring drive, Tom Brady came right back with a 9-play, 73-yard TD march that featured a couple of fine catches by Randy Moss.

The scoring pass, however, was a 5-yarder to tight end Ben Watson that demonstrated the problems defenses will have guarding Watson on the goal line. He was too quick for the Jets' all-pro linebacker Jonathan Vilma. But, if NY tried to cover him with a DB, the 6-3, 255-pound Watson may have been able to jump over him to make a catch, or simply screen a smaller player off the play with his body.

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