Jets’ Moore Does Bang-up Job on Broncos : AFC: Receiver scores on late touchdown after getting knocked out of the game briefly, then Lowery’s field goal in overtime wins it, 25-22.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Maybe Rob Moore should always wear a cast and get his bell rung.

Moore had his second consecutive big game while playing with a broken wrist, catching a 35-yard touchdown pass and a two-point conversion from Boomer Esiason in the fourth quarter Sunday. That gave the New York Jets the lead and set up their 25-22 victory over the Denver Broncos in overtime.

Nick Lowery’s 39-yard field goal 3:57 into overtime won it.

Lowery, signed as a free agent to help the Jets win just these kind of games, enjoyed the clutch situation.

“Some of my kicks are real close, but this one sailed right down the middle,” said the NFL’s No. 3 career scorer.

Moore’s touchdown came four plays after he was knocked to the ground by Steve Atwater and went to the sidelines.

Moore thought it was a cheap shot and told Atwater as much.

“I was more ticked off than anything,” Moore said. “I was really angry. It actually fired me up a little after that.”

He was so fired up that he easily beat Ben Smith on a post pattern to put New York (2-0) in front, 22-19.

“The middle of the field opened up, because the safety left,” Moore said. “When I saw him leave, I thought, ‘Oh, this is going to be great.’ ”

Moore caught the ball in full stride for the score, then ran a quick out for the two-point conversion.

Still, it wasn’t enough. It rarely is when you leave John Elway 4:15 on the clock.

Elway guided the Broncos (0-2) 53 yards in 2 1/2 minutes and Jason Elam’s 29-yard field goal tied it.

But they lost the coin flip to start overtime, and the Jets’ old pros--Esiason, Art Monk and Lowery--took over.

That irked Denver Coach Wade Phillips.

“It’s a shame we lost the coin flip,” he said. “I think they’d have lost the game if we’d have won the coin flip.

“I’ve said it before, in overtime it is just too big an advantage to get the ball on the 30- or 35-yard line. Not during regulation time, I think it helps the game. But it is too big an advantage in overtime.”

Esiason took the Jets 45 yards with the overtime kickoff. Monk made the key play of the drive with a 24-yard reception on which he got some help from an official.

“I was able to use the man as a pick to my advantage,” Monk said. “He just happened to be an official.”

Esiason and Elway staged a sizzling duel down the stretch. Esiason completed 26 of 37 passes for 297 yards, with two touchdowns.

“My couple mistakes the last couple of weeks have been major mistakes,” said Elway, who was victimized for a 67-yard interception return by Mo Lewis. “We could’ve had two wins.”