Particular groups continues to be elite for the Jets.
Nick Folks’s 56-yard area objective as time expired gave the Jets (3-9) a 27-24 victory over the Falcons (4-8) on a dark, wet day at MetLife Stadium with a half-full crowd in attendance.
Falcons working again Bijan Robinson gave the Jets protection suits all day after dashing for 142 yards and a landing on 23 carries. Kirk Cousins, in his second begin since starter Michael Penix Jr. went down for the season because of {a partially} torn ACL, completed with 234 passing yards and a landing.
In his third begin of the season, Tyrod Taylor accomplished 17 of 28 passes for 172 yards with a 52-yard landing go to Adonai Mitchell, which was the longest Jets play from scrimmage this season. Mitchell additionally completed with eight catches for 102 yards.
The Jets offense was stagnant within the first half after Taylor threw for simply 37 yards. Gang Inexperienced’s offense clearly missed Garrett Wilson, who has missed his third consecutive recreation after being positioned on injured reserve because of a knee harm.
As a crew, the Jets had simply 71 yards in the course of the first half-hour. Taylor and the offense opened up the passing assault within the second half, however it was the Jets particular groups that carried them in opposition to the Falcons.
With two minutes left within the recreation, Taylor scored a landing on a 10-yard run. Folks’s additional level tied the sport at 24-24 with 1:53 remaining.
It was a nap fest many of the first half with each offenses struggling. Atlanta didn’t discover the tip zone till 9 seconds left within the second quarter after Tyler Allgeier scored on a one-yard landing run that tied the sport at 7-7 following the profitable additional level by Zane Gonzalez.
With the sport tied at 17-17, David Stills V made Ja-Sir Taylor miss on a deal with and Stills scored on a nine-yard landing that gave the Falcons a 24-17 lead with 8:52 remaining. After being one of many worst models within the NFL to begin the season, the Jets protection has improved in current weeks. However at occasions in opposition to the Falcons and Robinson, they reverted to the protection that struggled to get offenses off the sphere.
That was till the Jets compelled the Falcons’ offense to go three-and-out with 1:36 left. Atlanta additionally had one other likelihood to win the sport in regulation, however the Jets additionally stopped them with two timeouts and 35 seconds left.
Taylor then rushed for 14 yards and threw a 10-yard go and a five-yard go to Mitchell, which put them in area objective vary for Folks.
Getting into Sunday’s recreation, the Jets registered only one takeaway all season, a fumble restoration throughout their Week 6 loss to the Broncos. However early within the second quarter, the Jets bought their second takeaway of the season after Jamal Agnew muffed the punt return and Qwan’tez Stiggers recovered the ball on the Falcons’ two-yard line. That arrange Breece Corridor’s two-yard landing run, which was his third dashing rating of the season.
Corridor’s landing gave the Jets a 7-0 lead. Punter Austin McNamara helped arrange the landing by pinning the Falcons contained in the five-yard line. He completed with three punts contained in the 20-yard line in opposition to Atlanta.
Folks has additionally been equally pretty much as good for the Jets this season, however his 55-yard area objective fell quick, which was his first miss of the season. Gang Inexperienced had a chance to take the lead after Isaiah Williams’ 83-yard kickoff return within the fourth quarter. However John Metchie III dropped a potential landing on third down and the Jets settled for a Folks area objective, which tied the sport with 13:26 remaining.
Folks would later be the hero as his area objective as time expired gave the Jets the three level victory.
The Jets will return to MetLife Stadium subsequent weekend to host the Dolphins. Miami defeated the Jets 27-21 of their first matchup in Week 4.
