On a grey, wet Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium, the Jets failed to achieve the top zone and misplaced to the Broncos, 10-9. The loss dropped the Jets to 2-2 and whereas the Broncos improved to 2-2 after their second consecutive win.
Regardless of holding the Broncos to 186 web yards, the Jets went 4-of-17 on third down (23.5%) and 0 of two within the pink zone and had been victimized by 13 penalties that resulted in 90 yards of marked off yardage. For under the fifth time in his profession, an Aaron Rodgers-led offense didn’t rating a landing.
“Clearly it was sloppy,” HC Robert Saleh mentioned. “Lots of pre-snap penalties. They’re already a great protection and we made it simpler for them, which is an absence of execution. We had our alternatives. First-and-goal from the 1, have to have the ability to put it in — did not. Had the ball twice with an opportunity to win — did not. Climate withstanding, it’s important to play detailed when it is sloppy exterior and we had too many self-inflicted wounds.”
It was a defensive forwards and backwards till each groups’ offenses got here to life close to the top of the third quarter. Denver recorded the sport’s sole TD as Bo Nix tossed his first NFL TD move — an 8-yarder to WR Courtland Sutton — with 3:13 remaining within the third. That gave the Broncos their first lead of the day, 7-6, however Aaron Rodgers grabbed management proper again and led the Jets on an 11-play, 53-yard drive that resulted in a 40-yard Greg Zuerlein subject aim.
Nix returned the favor, and the Broncos took a 10-9 lead on a Wil Lutz 47-yard subject aim with 8:55 remaining.
Taking up with 2:35 on the clock, Rodgers rapidly moved the Jets to their very own 45 however then had three consecutive misfires earlier than he was sacked by security P.J. Locke on fourth down. The Jets protection received a cease and Lutz sailed a subject aim try extensive left because the rating remained unchanged at 10-9. Rodgers moved the Jets from their 40 to the DEN 32, however Zeurlein’s kick went extensive proper from 50 yards out with 47 seconds remaining.
“The climate sucked, however so did a few of my throws,” Rodgers mentioned. “We had some probabilities, however means too many psychological errors, too many poor throws and we missed some simple stuff. Some safety stuff that ought to’ve been simple, some route changes that ought to’ve been simple. Our focus wasn’t as sharp as it has been the primary three weeks.”
Zuerlein gave the Inexperienced & White a 6-0 halftime lead with 23- and 35-yard subject targets to bookend the second stanza. In a ragged begin, the previous AFL rivals performed a defensive stalemate for many of the opening half and mixed for 10 penalties for with 94 yards (NYJ 7-40, DEN 3-54) heading into intermission.
Nix accomplished 7 first-half passes and he had -7 yards to point out for it towards JDC eff Ulbrich’s unit, which had 4 tackles for loss. Rodgers and the Jets’ third-down offense cooled down, changing simply 2 of their first 10 third downs, however the Jets QB arrange Zuerlein’s scores with a 34-yard move interference penalty after which a blitz-beater to Allen Lazard late within the second quarter.