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YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Nico Rosberg has downplayed the impact of Mercedes decision to swap around some of his and Lewis Hamiltons mechanics at the start of the 2016 season -- though his teammate promised an interesting read on the subject in a future autobiography.Rosberg is on the verge of a first world championship in Abu Dhabi and knows a podium finish will be enough for the title. At the start of the year, the team swapped over mechanics from Hamiltons previous two title-winning seasons to Rosbergs side of the garage -- and visa versa with some of the Germans former crew.Though nothing changed on the engineering team of either driver, there were reportedly five new faces on either drivers mechanic team. In their long and revealing press session ahead of the showdown in Abu Dhabi, Rosberg and Hamilton were both asked on the topic.When the question was put to him, Hamilton turned to Rosberg with a smile and said: I want to hear the reason you were given...Rosberg then answered and downplayed the impact it had, saying it was simply Mercedes trying to keep a united front going into a third season of dominance.The easiest way to answer that is looking at the recent team spirit, the championship leader said. We have been fighting for three years for wins and championships and its within the team so its quite natural that a little separation can happen between the two sides of the garage and for the overall performance of the team thats not a good thing.For the overall performance, you want to have great team spirit, everybody pulling in the same direction, everybody holding together. Thats why the decision was taken to rotate a little bit this year. I think its shown this year, its been a very good thing to do. Our team spirit has been as good as ever. We have seen that recently we had some great parties together.Everybody is sticking together and thats an awesome feeling within the team so it looks like for sure that was the right thing to do. Even though of course initially thats not something thats super comfortable because my mechanics are close to me and it feels good. So when it changes, it takes a little bit of time to gel as Lewis touched on before. But I understand that from a teams perspective that was the right thing to do and its worked well.Hamilton seemed unconvinced by Rosbergs respond but declined the opportunity to comment himself. Instead, when he was asked for a response, he smiled and said: You have to buy my book in 10 years time to find out exactly what happened. It will be an interesting read. Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys China . 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Stitched Jerseys . -- Ryan Blaney provided more evidence that Penske Racings No. For a guy who has spent most of the last decade as a backup quarterback, Matt Moore has an uncanny knack for intersecting with the New York Jets at pivotal moments of his career.Moore will make his first start in almost five years on Saturday night, when he replaces an injured Ryan Tannehill for the Miami Dolphins as they visit the Jets at MetLife Stadium.The opponent for Moores previous start on Jan. 1, 2012? The Jets, against whom Moore went 22-of-32 for 135 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions in the Dolphins 19-17 win.Its rare to see, really, to have that much time in between starts, because something usually happens, Dolphins head coach Adam Gase said Wednesday. This organization has been fortunate as far as having the same guy behind center game after game.Tannehill, whom the Dolphins selected in the first round of the 2012 draft, started the first 77 games of his career before suffering a left knee injury in Sundays 26-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals.Moore, who went 3-of-5 for 47 yards and directed the game-winning drive last week, has attempted just 35 passes since the start of the 2012 season. The bulk of those came against the Jets on Oct. 28, 2012, when Tannehill suffered knee and quad injuries and Moore went 11-of-19 for 131 yards and one touchdown in the Dolphins 30-9 win.I think Ive filled my role the best I could and Ive had opportunities to play and its gone well, Moore said. Im lucky Im surrounded with a great team. Ive got great guys on offense to work with.In another interesting wrinkle, Jets head coach Todd Bowles knows what its like to work with Moore: He concluded his three-game stint as the Dolphins interim head coach in the 2011 season finale.I have a lot of respect for Matt, Bowles said Tuesday. He hasnt played in a while -- obviously, Tannehills been playing good for them. Matts a competitor. I know he can throw the football and hell be ready to play.With Tannehill expected to avoid surgery but miss the rest of the season, Moores task is as easy as it is imposing: Keep the resurgent Dolphins (8-5) in the playoff race against the Jets (4-9), who are one of only three AFC teams eliminated from playoff contention.The Dolphins, who havent reached the playoffs since winning the AFC East in 20008, enter this week tied with the Denver Broncos for the final wild-card spot, though the Broncos enjoy the tiebreaker via a better strength of victory.dddddddddddd However, Miami has gone 7-1 in its last eight games while Denver is just 2-4 in its last six games.Moore said he is trying to keep the same approach even as his job has changed.Ive talked to coach Gase more, Ive probably talked to (quarterbacks coach) Bo (Hardegree) a little more, Moore said. But nothing crazy has changed. Im obviously excited. Its an opportunity to win another game and keep us going in the direction were going.The Jets direction has long been established, but Saturday night represents a chance to get a little revenge on the Dolphins while finding out what they have in new starting quarterback Bryce Petty. Miami beat New York 27-23 on Nov. 6, when Kenyan Drake returned a kickoff 96 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 5:15 remaining in the fourth quarter.Anybody in our room that doesnt think these guys kicked our butts -- and thats saying it nicely -- then somethings wrong with that, Jets special teams coach Brant Boyer told reporters this week. Hopefully we play a hell of a lot better than we did when we were down there.Petty made his regular season debut Nov. 6, when he played a series in place of injured quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. This will be the third career start for Petty, who was named the permanent starter immediately after a 41-10 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Dec. 5. He earned his first NFL win on Sunday, when he led the Jets to 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and overtime of a 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.For the Dolphins, linebacker Kiko Alonso (hand, hamstring), linebacker Jelani Jenkins (hand, knee) and defensive end Mario Williams (ankle) are questionable.For the Jets, cornerback Buster Skrine (concussion) and nose tackle Steve McLendon (hamstring) are out. Tackle Brent Qvale (hamstring) is doubtful). Running back Matt Forte (knee), wide receivers Quimcy Enunwa (ribs) and Brandon Marshall (knee, foot, back) and defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson (ankle) are questionable. ' ' '