Inches from the Jets’ first season sweep of the New England Patriots since 2000, Rhamondre Stevenson scored a 1-yard game-winning TD with 25 seconds remaining as victory was snatched away from the Inexperienced & White, 25-22, in Foxborough, MA, on Sunday afternoon. Regardless of outgaining the Patriots, 336 to 247, the Jets dropped their fifth consecutive recreation and fell to 2-6. The Patriots snapped their six-game shedding streak and are additionally 2-6 after eight video games.
“We discuss being at our greatest when our greatest is required and that was not it,” interim HC Jeff Ulbrich stated. “That is on teaching, to begin with, after which second, we have to execute, and we didn’t execute in important moments. We are saying that is not who we’re, however it’s who we’re till we display in any other case.”
Backup QB Jacoby Brissett led the Pats to 10 factors on their ultimate two drives together with a 12-play, 70-yard march that culminated on Stevenson’s fourth-down plunge. Brissett stored the drive alive with a 14-yard run on third down after which obtained the Pats inside the ten on a 34-yard third-down strike to Kayshon Boutte.
“I am nonetheless caught on that play,” Gardner stated. “That is a play that may be made. That is on me. I’ve to be higher, particularly relating to realizing our fire-zone coverages or one thing like that.
“I really feel like we’ve to be higher. We began off quick. Individually, one thing I needed to verify I used to be doing higher was tackling. I had fairly a number of tackles [5]. I used to be simply making an attempt to deliver the vitality. I do not know what occurred within the second half. We now have to be higher. We’re positively not enjoying as much as the usual.”
Aaron Rodgers threw 2 TDs, Garrett Wilson had 113 yards receiving and DT Quinnen Williams racked up 1.5 sacks in defeat.
With the Jets trailing, 17-16, Rodgers and Wilson went down the visiting sideline for a important 22-yard acquire. Later, Rodgers went to Davante Adams for 16 yards to get the Jets to the NE 3-yard line. That arrange rookie Braelon Allen’s rush TD, a bruising 2-yard run with 2:57 remaining. However the staff’s eighth penalty – a delay of recreation infraction – on a 2-point conversion try pushed Rodgers again and his completion to Mike Williams fell properly wanting the tip zone.
“We had a shift and a movement and by the point it got here right down to it, the protection they have been enjoying wasn’t good for the play that was referred to as,” Rodgers stated. “I figured let’s simply transfer it again to the 7, not that a lot of a distinction. I favored the play that we referred to as, however they introduced zero strain. I guessed flawed, they guessed proper.”
With the sport of their arms at 2:57 on the clock, the Jets protection wasn’t capable of get a deal with on Brissett.
The Jets had a disjointed begin, burning three timeouts on offense within the first quarter and having issues with rookie QB Drake Maye’s scrambles. However after recognizing New England a 7-0 lead, Rodgers answered with brief scoring passes to TE Tyler Conklin and WR Xavier Gipson because the Jets took a 13-7 lead into the third quarter.
Trailing by 7-0, the Jets narrowed the hole on Rodgers’ 2-yard rope to TE Tyler Conklin who held on regardless of getting rocked in visitors. Rodgers stored his staff’s first scoring drive alive with a pair of third-down go interference penalties on the Patriots, getting 17 yards on a shot to Adams after which 13 yards on an finish zone try and Breece Corridor. Greg Zuerlein’s level after try went extensive left and the deficit was 7-6 heading into the second stanza.