Miami Dolphins safety Jevon Holland (8) runs an interception back for a touchdown against the New York Jets during the second quarter of an NFL football game, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
EAST RUTHERFORD — Just when you thought the New York Jets season had hit rock bottom, they find a new low each week.
New York’s offense, looking for accountability in any way they could find, started Tim Boyle at quarterback in their Week 12 contest against the Miami Dolphins.
It made little difference on the scoreboard though.
Miami’s far superior offense overwhelmed a tired and undisciplined Jets defense while New York’s offense was nonexistent in a 34-13 loss to their AFC East Rivals in the first-ever Black Friday NFL game.
“I think we shot ourselves in the foot too many times,” Boyle said after his first start with New York. “A couple false starts put us behind the sticks. A couple things that I missed.”
Jets head coach Robert Saleh hoped that a quarterback change would “spark” the offense in a way they had failed to before the week’s contest. New York had failed to record over 14 points in a game in over a month. With Boyle at quarterback though, the group struggled even worse than when Zach Wilson was the quarterback.
Boyle went 27-38 passing for 179 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. The offense as a whole though failed to record over 150 yards of total offense while being unable to score over 14 points for the fifth straight game. It also didn’t help that they didn’t score their lone touchdown of the game until late in the final quarter when the outcome was already without doubt.
Arguably the lowest moment for the entire group though came before the half though. After Brandin Echols recorded a pick-six to cut the Jets deficit 10-6 and D.J. Reed gave the offense the ball back with two seconds remaining, New York attempted a normal Hail Mary to see if they could get a miracle…
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