With ‘season on the line,’ Aaron Rodgers, Jets overcome ‘terrible’ first half in win over Texans

It seemed just like the Jets have been headed for a sixth consecutive loss on Thursday evening. Errors started piling up. Malachi Corley’s boneheaded ball drop earlier than crossing the aim line worn out a TD. A nasty roughing the kicker penalty gave the Texans new life. Missed tackles plagued the protection. And as soon as once more, New York had a trove of dangerous penalties.

“I imply, I used to be horrible,” Rodgers stated of his first half. “We had a landing referred to as … you realize, taken off the board, foolish play. However I really feel just like the power was good at halftime. We had an opportunity to money it in there. Morgan (Moses) gave a little bit speech, which was good. All of us sort of have been optimistic speaking. No person was isolating at halftime. And we simply knew, hey, let’s exit and rating each possession.”

Rodgers generated his first three-TD recreation of the season because the offense lastly awakened, thanks largely to a ridiculous seize by Garrett Wilson.

The victory was the primary for interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, pushing the Jets to 3-6. With simply considered one of their remaining eight video games in opposition to a staff presently sitting above .500, the victory stored the Jets’ season alive in a muddled AFC. Now, a staff that is dissatisfied for many of 2024 has an opportunity to re-write its season.

“After three weeks of numerous adversity and numerous setbacks, some self-imposed, for them to have the resiliency to come back again and play the best way they did in opposition to a extremely good opponent, I used to be pleased with them,” Ulbrich stated.