New York Jets running back Michael Carter (32) celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game in East Rutherford. (AP photo)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets got a big play on defense and then kept running on offense.

All the way to a blowout win — and against an AFC East rival, at that.

New York got a safety on Miami’s first offensive play when Teddy Bridgewater was forced out of the game, and the Jets ran past the Dolphins 40-17 on Sunday.

Michael Carter had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs after big catch-and-run plays by Breece Hall, helping New York stop a 12-game skid against division opponents.

“The expectation is changing,” quarterback Zach Wilson said. “We’re expecting to come in here and win … and be shocked when we don’t.

“That’s how the mindset needs to be for everybody.”

Wilson, Hall and Braxton Berrios also rushed for scores, sending the Jets to their first 3-2 start since 2017. It was the franchise’s first win against a division rival since topping Buffalo in Week 17 of the 2019 season.

The Dolphins (3-2) lost another quarterback to injury when Bridgewater — starting for Tua Tagovailoa — was hit by rookie cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner on a blitz as he was about to throw on Miami’s first play from scrimmage. Bridgewater was called for intentional grounding in the end zone on the play, resulting in a safety.

The Dolphins announced Bridgewater injured an elbow and was examined for a concussion before being ruled out under the NFL’s new concussion protocol. Coach Mike McDaniel said Bridgewater doesn’t have any concussion symptoms and passed tests, but a spotter saw Bridgewater stumble — so he was removed from the game.

Bridgewater was replaced by rookie Skylar Thompson, who was 19 of 33 for 166 yards and an interception in his NFL debut.

“You never want to see one of your teammates go down, especially to see Teddy on the first play,” the seventh-rounder from Kansas State said. “It was a little bit to take in.”

Raheem Mostert had 113 yards rushing and a TD for Miami, which dropped its second in a row after a 3-0 start.

BILLS 38, STEELERS 3

Josh Allen made a mental note after seeing receiver Gabe Davis have a bounce in his step a day earlier during the Buffalo Bills’ final walk-through session before facing the Steelers.

Perhaps, the quarterback hoped, Davis was finally over any lingering issues of an ankle injury that had limited him over the past three weeks.

Three snaps into what became a 38-3 rout of the Steelers is all it took for Allen to prove his instinct correct.

Facing third-and-10, and backed up at his 2, Allen aired a pass deep down the middle, which Davis caught in stride for a game-opening 98-yard touchdown.

“I kind of got hit right when I threw it, so I didn’t see him catch it. I just kind of heard the crowd go crazy,” Allen said. “Those ones are cool. It’s going to be tough to beat.”

Allen followed what matched the franchise record for longest completion by throwing three more touchdown passes — including a 62-yarder to Davis and 15-yarder to Diggs some two minutes apart — in the first half alone in picking apart a flimsy and injury-depleted secondary.

Following two close calls in splitting its past two outings, Buffalo (4-1) overcame its own injury-depleted offense which was missing three receivers and starting tight end Dawson Knox, to build a 31-3 lead by halftime.