Garrett Wilson’s incredible touchdown catch helps Jets snap losing skid in 21-13 win over Texans

On Halloween night, the Jets yet ended their nightmare five-game losing streak.

Behind 2 Garrett Wilson touchdown catches — including an unthinkable one-handed drawback successful the backmost of the extremity portion aboriginal successful the 4th fourth — and 7 antiaircraft sacks, the Jets (3-6) defeated the Texans (6-3) 21-13 connected an unseasonably lukewarm nighttime astatine MetLife Stadium.

The triumph was Jeff Ulbrich’s archetypal since helium became the Jets interim manager connected Oct. 8. It was Gang Green’s archetypal triumph since Sept. 19, erstwhile it defeated New England connected Thursday Night Football.

Aaron Rodgers started the crippled dilatory but played overmuch amended successful the 2nd half. He completed 22-of-32 passes for 211 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Wilson had a tremendous night, with 9 catches for 90 yards. Breece Hall finished with 74 rushing yards connected 15 carries.

Davante Adams had his champion crippled since helium was traded from the Raiders connected Oct. 15. He recorded 7 catches for 91 yards and a touchdown catch.

Just similar past season, Texans backmost C.J. Stroud had his worst crippled of the play against the Jets defense. He completed 11-of-30 passes for 191 yards and was sacked 7 times. Joe Mixon finished with 106 rushing yards and a touchdown successful a losing effort for the Texans.

The archetypal fractional was a drama of mistake for the Jets, which has been an ongoing taxable dating backmost to past weekend’s nonaccomplishment to the Patriots. Rodgers struggled with shot placement and accuracy, and it didn’t assistance the Jets receivers dropped a fewer passes.

Both teams ended the archetypal 4th scoreless aft each discourtesy struggled to enactment the shot successful the extremity zone. The Jets began the 2nd 4th successful the reddish portion connected the 19-yard line. On the quarter’s archetypal play, Malachi Corley ran an end-around for an evident touchdown. However, the play was reversed aft the replay showed Corley dropped the shot astatine the one-yard line, and the shot rolled into the extremity portion for a touchback.

With 3:21 near successful the 2nd quarter, the Texans scored the game’s archetypal touchdown aft Mixon recovered the extremity portion pursuing a three-yard run. Houston began the thrust connected its two-yard enactment and went 98-yard to people the touchdown. The Texans faced lone 1 3rd down connected the full drive.

After the Jets went 3 and retired connected their last possession of the archetypal half, fans began yelling, “Sell the team,” with proprietor Woody Johnson watching from his suite.

Gang Green trailed Houston 7-0 astatine halftime aft an abysmal show offensively. The squad registered conscionable 69 yards of full offense, and Rodgers completed 7 of 14 for 32 yards.

In summation to Rodgers’ struggling, Adams dropped a captious walk and the Jets defence suffered from missed tackles.

The Jets yet injected beingness into MetLife Stadium pursuing their opening thrust of the 2nd half. Rodgers and the discourtesy marched down the tract arsenic helium completed 4 passes connected the drive, including  Wilson’s spectacular one-handed drawback successful which helium ran 21 yards to the extremity portion and tied the crippled 7-7.

Gang Green had much yards connected its archetypal thrust of the 2nd fractional (70) than the full archetypal half.

The Texans responded pursuing the Jets touchdown aft Ka’imi Fairbairn made a 54-yard tract goal, which gave the squad a 10-7 lead.

With 12:54 remaining, the Jets took the pb for the archetypal time. On a 3rd-and-19 play from the 26-yard-line, Wilson caught another touchdown walk one-handed successful the backmost of the extremity zone. The walk was initially ruled incomplete, but aft the Jets challenged the play connected the field, the play was reversed.

Immediately connected their adjacent drive, Stroud completed a 50-yard walk to Tank Dell. Fairbairn primitively made a 43-yard tract goal, but the Jets were called for a idiosyncratic foul penalty, which gave Houston a caller acceptable of downs.

After the Texans couldn’t get the shot successful the extremity zone, Fairbairn attempted a 27-yard tract goal, but helium doinked it disconnected the near upright.

Gang Green sealed the triumph aft Rodgers completed his 3rd touchdown of the night, this clip to Adams for 37 yards.

The Jets’ adjacent crippled volition beryllium connected the road, their 3rd successful 4 weeks. Following a 10-day break, they volition play the Cardinals connected Nov. 10.