Garrett Wilson gives Jets fan big treat on Halloween with one-handed touchdown grab in win over Texans

The New York Jets are backmost successful the triumph file aft taking down the Houston Texans, 21-13, connected Thursday night.

This Halloween nighttime had galore tricks for Jets fans to statesman with, but it ended up being a dainty erstwhile the last whistle blew, and it was acknowledgment to the sticky hands of Garrett Wilson, who made not one, but 2 one-handed touchdown grabs to pb the Jets’ offense. 

The champion 1 of the nighttime came connected what seemed an intolerable third-and-19 for the Jets connected Houston’s 26-yard enactment erstwhile Aaron Rodgers launched 1 precocious successful the entity down the near sideline. 

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New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson, #5, runs with the shot against Houston Texans information Eric Murray, #23, during the archetypal fractional astatine MetLife Stadium. (Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images)

Wilson, with Kamari Lassiter draped each implicit him successful the extremity zone, leaped and snagged the shot with 1 manus to the amazement of the MetLife Stadium crowd. However, helium was initially ruled retired of bounds with his 2 feet not being successful the black-painted extremity zone. 

However, upon video replay, it was determined that Wilson’s shin was successful bounds with possession of the football, which gave the Jets a 14-10 pb aft the other constituent was made by caller kicker Riley Patterson. 

Wilson’s archetypal touchdown of the nighttime besides came successful the 2nd half, arsenic the Jets were hopeless for immoderate discourtesy aft not scoring successful the archetypal half. 

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On second-and-12 from Houston’s 21-yard line, Rodgers, nether unit successful the pocket, slung a walk to Wilson, who had separation connected his Texans defender. He reached with his close manus retired and caught it with cipher successful beforehand of him for the 21-yard score. 

Wilson finished the nighttime with 90 yards and 2 touchdowns connected 9 receptions to pb the Jets. 

This was the spark the Jets needed, having travel into this crippled 2-6 aft being upset by the woeful New England Patriots the week prior. However, the archetypal fractional saw tons of boos and adjacent a chant of "Sell the team!" which was directed astatine proprietor Woody Johnson, who was successful his suite. 

New York Jets backmost Aaron Rodgers, #8, throws a walk against the Houston Texans during the archetypal fractional astatine MetLife Stadium. (Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images)

One of the main reasons was the deficiency of accumulation connected offense, but besides a horrible mistake by rookie receiver Malachi Corley, who had his archetypal vocation touchdown called backmost due to the fact that helium decided to merchandise the shot astatine the one-yard line. 

It has been done excessively galore times successful shot history, and Corley added to it, arsenic the Jets’ lone productive thrust resulted successful a touchback and the Texans shot instead. 

However, the Jets’ defence made up for it arsenic C.J. Stroud and the Texans’ discourtesy had occupation getting going each nighttime long. 

Other than Joe Mixon mounting the code successful the tally crippled with 106 yards connected carries, Stroud missing Stefon Diggs and Nico Collins, his apical 2 targets who are retired with injury, intelligibly hurt. 

Stroud did find Tank Dell for six catches for 126 yards, and Mixon was capable to get into the extremity portion successful the 2nd 4th for the archetypal half’s lone points, but that was each the Texans had successful the tank. 

The dagger came precocious successful the 4th quarter, arsenic Rodgers yet recovered Davante Adams successful the extremity portion connected a beautifully-thrown slice for a 37-yard score. Adams had travel backmost retired onto the tract aft undergoing concussion tests.

New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson, #5, catches a touchdown walk portion being defended by Houston Texans cornerback Kamari Lassiter, #4, during the 2nd fractional astatine MetLife Stadium. (Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images)

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Stroud tried to pb the Texans to an intolerable comeback, but an onside footwear was recovered by Adams to seal the win. 

Rodgers finished the crippled 22-of-32 passing for 211 yards with his 3 touchdown passes and nary interceptions, portion Stroud was conscionable 11-for-30 for 191 yards. 

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