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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Norv Turner was in a generous mood, awarding game balls to each one of his San Diego Chargers who sacked Greg McElroy. Hope he stocked up on footballs. Led by Kendall Reyes 3 1/2 sacks, the Chargers made things downright miserable for McElroy, taking him down 11 times and tying the team record while ruining the New York Jets quarterbacks first NFL start in place of the benched Mark Sanchez in a 27-17 victory Sunday. "A lot of those sacks werent where they beat a guy quick and went," Turner said. "It was guys staying relentless and staying after the quarterback. Youre playing a young quarterback. Youd like to be able to pressure him and disrupt it." Thats exactly what San Diego did. Shaun Phillips had 2 1/2 sacks, Corey Liuget added two more, and four other players helped the Chargers (6-9) finish one short of the NFL record set by a handful of teams, last by the Giants in 2007. With Turner and general manager A.J. Smith facing uncertain futures -- and lots of speculation that theyll be out after the season -- it was a dominant effort by the defence with one game left. San Diego also had 11 sacks against Dallas in 1986. "The game plan was definitely was to get pressure on him, sack him and make him nervous," Liuget said, "and make them want to run the ball." McElroy, the third-stringer, moved the offence for the Jets (6-9) early but faced pressure all game. With a chance to get New York back into it with less than 5 minutes remaining, McElroy was taken down by Phillips -- the Chargers eighth sack of the game -- and lost the ball. Phillips recovered and San Diego sealed the win, but not before sacking McElroy three more times. "Im disappointed," McElroy said. "This teams goal was to finish 8-8 and win the last two games and were disappointed were going to finish short of that goal." McElroy, the teams seventh-round pick out of Alabama last year, became the first Jets quarterback to be sacked 11 times since David Norrie by Dallas in 1987, a game played by replacements. "It was great on their part," said Rex Ryan, guaranteed his first losing season as Jets coach, "but ridiculous on our part." With most of the pregame drama centred around whether Sanchez or Tim Tebow would back up McElroy -- turned out, it was both -- Philip Rivers threw touchdown tosses of 37 yards to Danario Alexander and 34 yards to Antonio Gates to lead the Chargers. It was the 82nd touchdown catch of Gates career, snapping a tie with Lance Alworth for the franchise lead. "The San Diego Chargers have had unbelievable production in the passing game with great players in the passing game," Turner said. "Hes a very special person and a very special player. Ive been fortunate to be around Hall of Fame guys who have done some incredible things. Hes right up there with them." After Gates caught his milestone touchdown, the entire offence celebrated with him in the end zone. "There is no better feeling than to score and have 10 other guys run up to you and congratulate you," Gates said. Rivers was a modest 11 of 22 for 165 yards, while McElroy finished 14 of 24 for 185 yards with an interception and the lost fumble. Both offences struggled, though, as San Diego went 2 of 12 on third downs, while New York was 2 of 11. But the Chargers defence bailed out Rivers and the offence. "Thats awesome," Rivers said. "It was certainly fun to watch them when theyre rolling like that." Ryan had Sanchez and Tebow active for the home finale, the first time all three quarterbacks were available for a game. Both were listed as the backup on the teams flip card in the press box. Ryan announced after the game that McElroy would start the season finale next Sunday at Buffalo. The Jets ran the wildcat a handful of times -- but with wide receiver Jeremy Kerley instead of Tebow, who stood on the sideline the entire game without getting a snap. Several times throughout the game, with the defence on the field, McElroy and Sanchez often sat with offensive co-ordinator Tony Sparano, while Tebow was off to the side talking with other teammates. "Obviously, (the season) didnt go as we thought, as I had hoped," Tebow said. Moments after McElroy jogged onto the field to big cheers from a half-filled MetLife Stadium, there were loud boos as Micheal Spurlock took a punt 63 yards for a touchdown to put the Chargers up 7-0 just under 2 minutes into the game. It was the first punt returned against the Jets for a touchdown since Oaklands Phillip Buchanon took one 78 yards in 2003 -- a span of 150 games, the longest active streak in the NFL. The Jets came right back, though, to tie it at 7 on Shonn Greenes 1-yard touchdown run -- two plays after McElroy nearly ran it in from the 8 but was ruled down just short of the goal line. After a three-and-out by San Diego, Greene plowed in for another 1-yard score to give New York a 14-7 lead. It was the first time the Jets had at least two touchdowns in the opening quarter since 2009 at Oakland. The Chargers opened the second half with a 37-yard touchdown catch by Alexander that gave San Diego a 17-14 lead that they wouldnt relinquish. NOTES: The Jets held a moment of silence before the game for the victims of the Connecticut shootings last Friday, and had banners on the sidelines that read "S.H.E.S" for Sandy Hook Elementary School. ... Chargers rookie S Brandon Taylor was carted off the field in the third quarter after injuring his right knee. Jets DB Ellis Lankster left in the second half with a concussion. Tom Brady nike Jersey . 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Holmes tells ESPN 98.7 on Monday that with the playoffs on the line in that game, when he only had two passes thrown his way before being benched for the final 2 minutes after arguing in the huddle, "thats juust hard to understand and to cope with when you want everything just as bad as everybody else does.dddddddddddd" He adds that when no one has answers, "the scapegoat is the answer, and thats what happened." Holmes takes responsibility for his role in the teams in-fighting last season, and thinks new offensive co-ordinator Tony Sparano is a key to the offence succeeding this year. ' ' '