The Jets returned to fundamentals this week in observe after dropping to the Cardinals in Week 10.
However the last outcomes remained the identical.
The Colts (5-6) defeated the Jets (3-8) 28-27 on a stupendous 60-degree day at MetLife Stadium. The Jets’ loss was their seventh in eight video games.
Gang Inexperienced is 1-5 since proprietor Woody Johnson fired Robert Saleh on Oct. 8.
Aaron Rodgers accomplished 22-of-29 passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns, however the Jets offense struggled after registering simply 9 yards within the first quarter. Breece Corridor completed the sport with 121 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns.
The Jets’ offense struggled to start the sport. They went 5 consecutive drives with out recording a primary down.
“Disappointing,” a pissed off Rodgers mentioned in regards to the Jets document via 11 video games. “Disappointing.”
On the two-minute warning, Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson accomplished a 39-yard go to Alec Pierce, which put them in scoring vary to win the sport in regulation. Then, three performs later, Gators alum Richardson stored the ball on the run and scored on a quarterback run to place Indianapolis up 28-27 for good with 51 seconds left after the Colts’ unsuccessful two-point conversion try.
“We gotta execute higher,” Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich mentioned. “Clearly, I gotta get them into a greater name in these conditions.
“I used to be assured the protection was going to get the cease. That’s why I opted to kick the sphere objective and never go for it there. In hindsight, I in all probability ought to have gone for it.”
With lower than a minute remaining, the Jets had one last alternative to win the sport in regulation. Nevertheless, Rodgers was sacked twice by Kwity Paye on the ultimate drive, sealing the Jets’ destiny.
After he was benched for Joe Flacco the earlier two weeks, Colts coach Shane Steichen named Richardson the beginning quarterback for the remainder of the season forward of the Jets recreation. Gang Inexperienced had points containing Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray due to his mobility, and so they struggled to comprise Richardson throughout vital downs on Sunday.
Getting into the sport in opposition to the Colts, Ulbrich confirmed the Jets gamers a tackling demonstrated in group conferences after they missed 20 in opposition to the Cardinals. Though the Jets’ protection was a bit higher in opposition to the Colts, they did miss a couple of key tackles.
In his return below middle, Richardson accomplished 20-of-30 passes for 272 yards and registered three whole touchdowns. The Jets’ protection has been among the many finest within the league for the previous few seasons. Nevertheless, since Saleh’s firing, the Jets protection has taken a transparent step again the final six weeks.
One of many Jets missed tackles got here within the first quarter after Richardson accomplished a go to Adonai Mitchell, and Sauce Gardner missed the deal with after he took a nasty angle. That led to the Colts’ first landing after Mitchell acquired the ball all the way down to the one-yard line, and Richardson ultimately scored on a two-yard landing.
The Jets restricted the Colts to only 91 speeding yards and a pair of.6 yards per try, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to drag out the victory after permitting the game-winning landing late within the recreation.
“It comes all the way down to executing and ending,” Jets cornerback D.J. Reed mentioned. “I don’t suppose something is lacking, I believe it’s simply execution.
“If you begin dropping, guys need to overcompensate. Guys need to do some bit extra and that’s a standard factor to do, particularly if you wish to win. However on the finish of the day, you simply gotta do your job.
“Simply do your function and every thing else goes to care for itself. The primary half, I believed we had did that. That final drive was very demoralizing and it simply wasn’t our commonplace and I put that recreation on the protection.”
The Jets acquired the ball to start Sunday’s recreation however rapidly went three-and-out. Gang Inexperienced nonetheless has not scored a landing on its opening drive via 11 weeks.
Indianapolis did, nonetheless, get factors early and went up 3-0 after Matt Homosexual‘s 41-yard area objective.
The Colts lead went as much as 10-0 within the second quarter after Richardson rushed for the ball for 2 yards and over Jets security Jalen Mills ultimately zone. Homosexual’s second area objective, this time for 47 yards, prolonged Indianapolis’ result in 13-0.
The Jets lastly acquired on board earlier than halftime when Rodgers discovered Corridor for a 29-yard landing go that lower their deficit to 13-7.
After the halftime break, the Jets protection created a fumble after Jamien Sherwood‘s sack-and-strip on Richardson that Javon Kinlaw recovered the ball on the Colts 25-yard-line. That helped arrange a Corridor 18-yard landing run that put the Jets forward 14-13.
Homosexual transformed his third area objective of the day from 56 yards, and Indianapolis retook the lead 16-14 midway via the third quarter.
Andres Carlson, who turned Gang Inexperienced’s kicker after Spencer Shrader was signed off the Jets’ observe squad by Kansas Metropolis, made a 58-yard area objective late within the third quarter to make the rating 17-16.
To start the fourth quarter, the Jets had a scoring alternative after being down on the Colts’ 27-yard line. Rodgers took benefit of the sphere place and located tight finish Kenny Yeboah for an 11-yard landing reception that prolonged the Jets result in 24-16. The play marked Yeboah’s first NFL landing in his fourth season within the league.
Simply when it regarded just like the Jets have been going to drag away, the Colts got here again down and scored a landing after Josh Downs discovered the top zone on a 10-yard go from Richardson. However Indianapolis missed the two-point conversion and the rating remained 24-22.
The Jets prolonged their result in 27-22 with 2:44 remaining after Carlson transformed a 35-yard area objective. Earlier than they kicked the sphere objective, the Jets lined up like they have been going to go for it on fourth down, however they only tried to attract the Colts’ protection offsides and spent a timeout when that didn’t occur. That call in the end got here again to hang-out the Jets.
After the Colts took a one-point lead with 46 seconds left on Richardson’s four-yard run, the Jets acquired the ball again however had no timeouts remaining. Paye sacked Rodgers with 13 seconds left to finish the sport.
“Not an excellent play,” Rodgers mentioned in regards to the final sequence of the sport. “I don’t know if I acquired hit or if it didn’t come out proper. I used to be attempting to throw an incompletion, fairly dangerous play.”
After 11 straight video games, the Jets might be on a bye in Week 12. They are going to play their subsequent recreation in opposition to the Seahawks on Dec. 1.
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