Colts escape New York with win

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Justin Miller's 103-yard kickoff return was the quick score the New York Jets needed. The only problem: It left Peyton Manning with one last chance and plenty of time.\nAfter Miller's dash gave New York the lead with 2:20 left, Manning led Indianapolis on the type of efficient drive that has defined his career -- capping it with a 1-yard run that gave the Colts a wild 31-28 victory Sunday.\nManning was 6-of-8 for 60 yards on the drive, including a 19-yard pass to Marvin Harrison and a 15-yarder to Reggie Wayne that put the ball at the 1. Running the no-huddle offense, Manning then took the ball and pushed himself into the end zone.\nWith eight seconds left, the Jets got off one last, desperate circus play, a never-ending lateral-fest that almost worked. Chad Pennington threw a short pass to Leon Washington, who ran for an 8-yard gain and lateraled the ball to Brad Smith.\nThat was just the beginning.\nA series of four laterals -- including one back to Pennington, who then threw a crosswise pass to Justin McCareins to keep the chaos rolling -- and two fumbles recovered by the Jets followed, with center Nick Mangold finally losing the ball at the Colts 35 and Jason David recovering for Indianapolis (4-0) to end the game.\nMiller's kickoff return from the end zone came moments after he was called for a costly pass interference penalty that helped set up the Colts' go-ahead touchdown by Bryan Fletcher with 2:34 left.\nKicker Martin Gramatica had a chance to tackle him at about the Colts 40, but Miller shook off the attempt and sped into the end zone for the longest kickoff return in Jets history. Miller's second return for a touchdown had the Giants Stadium crowd in a frenzy and the Jets (2-2) sensing a victory.\nBut with Manning on the other side, they should've known better.\nManning finished 21-of-30 for 217 yards and a touchdown. With the scoring pass to Fletcher, he became the second-fastest quarterback to throw 250 touchdown passes in his career, doing it in 132 games; only Dan Marino (128) accomplished it faster.