3 Takeaways from Jets vs. Vikings in Week 5

Missed Alternatives
The Jets left factors on the sector.

Quincy Williams had an opportunity for his first profession landing after scooping up a botched pitch from Sam Darnold to RB Ty Chandler. Williams cleanly plucked the ball on the Jets’ 43-yard line and returned it 15 yards to the Minnesota 42 as he stumbled after Darnold tackled him.

“I simply misplaced by steadiness,” Williams stated. “It’s what it’s. I used to be alleged to take that one to the home. Sam Darnold is not supposed to have the ability to deal with me.”

Three performs later, Vikings LB Andrew Van Ginkel picked off Aaron Rodgers and returned it 63 yards for the rating, which elevated Minnesota’s result in 10-0.

“You understand, that they had a seven-up presentation,” Aaron Rodgers stated of the Vikings entrance. “We received to one thing that we had talked about and I glanced the again facet or one thing to the left to see if we have been sizzling or not. Doing that, I completely misplaced the angle and he made a pleasant play.”

Halfway by means of the second quarter, HC Robert Saleh elected to be aggressive and go for it on fourth-and-2 on the Vikings’ 26-yard line as a substitute of settling for a subject aim. RB Braelon Allen couldn’t convert and Darnold helped lengthen the “house” crew’s lead on the following drive.

“I really feel like we have got to have the ability to get these,” Robert Saleh stated. “We weren’t shifting the ball very effectively. We have been down there attempting to be aggressive and see if we are able to go get seven.”

CB Sauce Gardner practically held the ‘Vikes out of the top zone when he had an interception in his fingers off a tipped ball that he couldn’t corral. FB C.J. Ham punched it within the subsequent play.