Broncos shock the Jets, 10-9, in rainy, sloppy affair

The Jets scored 3 touchdowns successful each of their archetypal 3 games of the season.

On Sunday, the Jets discourtesy did not find the extremity zone.

Broncos (2-2) defeated the Jets (2-2) 10-9 connected a rainy, 67 degrees time astatine MetLife Stadium.

In his 4th commencement of the season, Aaron Rodgers completed 22-of-38 passes for 212 yards. Running backmost Breece Hall struggled to get thing going aft helium rushed for 4 yards connected 10 carries. Hall besides committed 2 mendacious commencement penalties and had a 2nd down driblet successful the reddish zone.

Rookie Braelon Allen led the Jets successful rushing with 34 yards connected 8 carries.

Broncos rookie backmost Bo Nix had a hard time successful his 4th vocation start. He finished 12-of-25 for 60 yards but had a touchdown walk to Courtland Sutton.

The Jets discourtesy was precise blimpish aft gaining 101 yards successful the archetypal half, finishing with a meager 233 yards.

Gang Green besides suffered from self-inflicted wounds passim the afternoon. The squad committed 14 penalties, 13 of which were accepted. Five of those penalties were mendacious starts.

With 2:44 remaining successful the crippled and down 10-9, the Jets had an accidental to triumph the game. On 4 and 10, with 1:46 remaining, Broncos information P.J. Locke came connected the blitz and sacked Rodgers.

Denver took aft forcing a turnover connected downs, but Wil Lutz‘s 50-yard tract sailed to the right. That gave the Jets caller beingness with 1:27 near and zero timeouts.

Greg Zuerlein had a accidental to springiness the Jets the pb with 51 seconds near but his footwear went wide right.

It was the less-than-ideal commencement for the Jets’ offense. Broncos linebacker Justin Strnad sacked Rodgers connected the game’s archetypal play. Then, 2 plays later, connected 3rd and 18, Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson fumbled arsenic helium was stripped by information Brandon Jones and aboriginal recovered by Riley Moss.

However, the miscue did not wounded the Jets aft their defence forced a three-and-out aft the Broncos rapidly punted the ball.

The Jets suffered from antagonistic plays, aggregate mendacious starts, and undisciplined penalties passim the archetypal quarter. The Broncos and Jets combined for 21 yards successful the archetypal quarter, the fewest successful the NFL since 1999.

With 4:01 near successful the archetypal quarter, the Jets’ defence forced their archetypal turnover aft Quincy Williams stripped Tyler Badie, and Michael Carter II recovered the shot connected Denver 41, which gave Gang Green fantabulous tract position.

The Broncos talented the Jets with a reddish portion accidental aft Riley Moss was called for a walk interference successful the extremity portion aft helium held Allen Lazard. But the Jets could capitalize aft 3 failed attempts astatine the one-yard-line and a John Simpson mendacious commencement that backed them up to the six.

Because of Simpson’s penalty, the Jets had to settee for a 23-yard tract extremity by Zuerlein, which gave them a 3-0 pb successful the 2nd quarter.

The Jets and Broncos offenses continued to conflict until Gang Green got the shot backmost aft the two-minute warning. Mike Williams‘ leaping toe-tapping drawback for 21 yards enactment them successful the reddish zone. But aft John Franklin-Myers sacked Rodgers, Zuerlein made a 35-yard tract extremity to widen the Jets’ pb to 6-0 arsenic clip expired successful the archetypal half.

After some teams punted successful their opening possessions of the 2nd half, the Broncos yet got connected the scoreboard and took the lead. A walk interference punishment connected Carter and Will McDonald‘s 2nd offsides emblem of the time helped acceptable up Nix’s eight-yard touchdown walk to Sutton, giving Denver a 7-6 pb precocious successful the 3rd quarter.

The Jets returned connected the adjacent thrust and retook the pb aft an 11-play, 53-yard drive. Gang Green appeared to person momentum erstwhile it reached the Broncos’ 23-yard-line, but Lazard was called for an unsportsmanlike punishment aft helium signed a archetypal down successful a weapon motion. Because of that, the Jets’ thrust ended successful Zuerlein’s 3rd tract goal, this clip from 40 yards, which gave them a 9-7 pb successful the 4th quarter.

Denver answered connected its adjacent thrust aft gashing the Jets defence connected the crushed with runs, which included a 16-yard tally by Javonte Williams. However, the Broncos lone got 3 points pursuing Lutz’s 47-yard tract goal, which gave them a 10-9 lead.

Following Lutz’s 50-yard tract extremity with 1:27 remaining, the Jets had 1 past accidental to triumph the game. A walk interference telephone by Moss enactment the Jets successful tract extremity range. But Zuerlein missed a 50-yard tract extremity with 51 2nd remaining.

Next week, the Jets volition question to London to play the Vikings. The Broncos volition big the Raiders.

Originally Published: September 29, 2024 astatine 4:42 p.m.