New York Jets' dismal season hits comical new low with unbelievable touchdown error against the Texans

A New York Jets rookie wide receiver had the accidental to interruption a scoreless deadlock connected Thursday Night Football - lone to messiness up successful a genuinely spectacular way. 

In the 2nd 4th of the contest, wide receiver Malachi Corley - a 3rd circular prime by the Jets retired of Western Kentucky - took the archetypal handoff of his NFL vocation connected an extremity astir play.

Corley was capable to scamper his mode to the extremity portion to interruption the scoreless deadlock and gave the Jets a 6-0 lead.

At least, that's however it looked astatine first.

Upon further review, it was recovered that arsenic Corley was racing to the extremity zone, helium began to observe prematurely - dropping the shot conscionable earlier the extremity line.

To marque matters adjacent worse, the shot managed to rotation each the mode from the one-yard-line to the backmost of the extremity zone.

Officials reviewed the portion and overturned the touchdown, ruling it a fumble and a touchback which turned the shot implicit to the Texans.

It was the biggest mistake successful a crippled that has been a drama of errors for some teams - with neither broadside scoring immoderate points until precocious successful the 2nd quarter.

Earlier successful the game, Houston backmost C.J. Stroud fumbled the shot connected a sack wrong the reddish zone. But the Jets couldn't capitalize and went three-and-out.

At the half, the Jets were down 7-0 aft Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon was capable to punch his mode successful for a score.

The Jets person been struggling this season, contempt having 1 of their astir talented rosters successful years, and entered Thursday astatine 2-6 connected their season.