Joe McKnight, Isaiah Trufant glow after blocked punt : Isaiah Trufant kept his eyes on the ball, letting it bounce once before cradling it into his arms for the easy score. Of all the people to bring the fans at MetLife Stadium to their feet, the 5, 8, 170-pound special teamer would have been last on anyone’s list. But there he was, with the Jets in total desperation mode, scoring on a blocked punt by Joe McKnight to help lead the home team to a 27-24 win over the Dallas Cowboys in Sunday night’s season opener. Down seven with 5:08 remaining, the Jets forced Dallas to punt from the Cowboys’ 41. But McKnight, who seemed to appear from nowhere, laid his body out and swatted Mat McBriar’s punt with his right hand. The ball hit the stadium turf and bounced high in the air, right into the arms of Trufant. And all he could see was "daylight and fans cheering" in front of him. Trufant, who was elevated to the 53-man roster Saturday, scampered 18 yards into the end zone to tie the score at 24. "Your eyes light up," he said with a wide smile. "When you hear that ’DOOT, DOOT ’that block it’s like, ’find the ball, 
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