OFFENSE: C
Breece Hall is really the only name you need to know. He carried 22 times for 177 yards, including a 72-yard touchdown on the Jets’ first snap of the second half. Zach Wilson managed to play relatively mistake-free (he did have two fumbles, both recovered by the Jets) until his interception with 2:14 remaining gave the Broncos the ball with a three-point deficit. Prior to that, he had made several good throws when he needed to (a clutch 37-yarder to Tyler Conklin on third-and-4 with 3:33 left stands out). They settled for far too many field goals against the worst scoring defense in the league.
DEFENSE: B
When a big play needed to be made, it was the Jets who did it. None were more important than the sack by Quincy Williams on Russell Wilson that forced a fumble recovered by Bryce Hall and returned 39 yards for a touchdown with 29 seconds remaining. Prior to that, the Jets had allowed several big gains and had a few missed tackles, and allowing a Broncos TD and two-point conversion with 4:44 made it a three-point game and made for some tenuous Jets moments. The other Jets takeaway was a fumble recovery by Quinton Jefferson on a busted gadget play by the Broncos. The secondary allowed only two passes of 20 or more yards and held Denver to 308 total yards.
SPECIAL TEAMS: B-PLUS
The unit had an indirect hand in the first five Jets points. Irvin Charles forced a muffed punt on the opening drive that was recovered by Zaire Barnes at the 20 to set up a field goal for a 3-0 lead. Thomas Morestead put a later first-quarter punt out of bounds at the 6 and on the next play the Jets scored a safety on intentional grounding in the end zone. Xavier Gipson coughed up a fumble on a third-quarter punt return that Will McDonald recovered; no such luck when he muffed his next try to give the Broncos the ball. Greg Zuerlein was 5-for-5 on FGs with a long of 49.
COACHING: D
As if the six penalties for 45 yards in the first half — including one for too many…
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