Steelers rout Jets in Davante Adams’ first game with the team

PITTSBURGH — In a captious game, the Jets failed to extremity their agelong losing streak.

The Steelers (5-2) rolled past the Jets (2-5) 37-15 down 2 Russell Wilson touchdowns successful his archetypal crippled of the play successful beforehand of 66,956 attendance astatine Acrisure Stadium.

The nonaccomplishment is the Jets’ 4th successful a row. Gang Green has not won a crippled since its Sept. 17 triumph against the Patriots.

Aaron Rodgers struggled aft completing 24-of-39 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions. Running backmost Breece Hall led his squad with six receptions for 103 yards.

For astir of the night, Rodgers struggled to find unfastened receivers and implicit passes. The Jets’ violative enactment lone allowed 1 sack. However, they were 3-for-10 connected third-down attempts.

Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson finished with 5 catches for 61 yards.

Sunday was Davante Adams’ archetypal crippled successful a Jets uniform. On Tuesday, helium was traded from the Raiders to the Jets, which reunited him with Rodgers aft the 2 played 8 seasons successful Green Bay together.

Rodgers threw to Adams connected the Jets’ archetypal violative play of the game, but the seasoned dropped the pass. Gang Green yet went 3 and retired connected the drive. Adams finished the nighttime with 3 catches for 30 yards.

Sunday besides marked Russell Wilson’s instrumentality aft helium missed the season’s archetypal six games owed to a calf injury. After Steeler fans booed Wilson pursuing a shaky start, helium settled successful and was efficient.

After registering 27 rushing yards connected the game’s archetypal drive, the Steelers took an aboriginal 3-0 pb aft Chris Boswell’s 46-yard tract goal. Late successful the archetypal quarter, the Jets yet got connected the committee aft they were aided by a Steelers’ penalty.

To statesman the Jets’ 2nd drive, Hall was stopped for a one-yard loss. However, Larry Ogunjobi’s unnecessary roughness punishment connected Hall gave the Jets an automatic archetypal down. Gang Green yet got into the extremity portion pursuing a Hall 13-yard touchdown run, which gave them a 7-3 lead.

Pittsburgh trimmed into Gang Green’s lead, 7-6, successful the 2nd 4th aft Boswell’s 29-yard tract goal. The thrust was acceptable up by Rusell Wilson’s 44-yard walk to George Pickens, putting the Steelers successful Jets’ territory.

Gang Green responded by scoring its 2nd touchdown of the night. Hall registered a 57-yard reception down to the three-yard line. That acceptable up Rodgers’ play-action one-yard touchdown walk to Tyler Conklin. The play was Conklin’s archetypal touchdown since Week 8 of the 2022 season.

The Jets scored the two-point conversion aft Rodgers completed a walk to Wilson successful the extremity zone, making the people 15-6.

Just erstwhile it appeared the Jets were successful implicit power aft the two-minute warning, Rodgers made a unspeakable decision, and Steelers cornerback Beanie Bishop Jr intercepted his pass.

That interception by Rodgers proved costly arsenic Wilson recovered Pickens for an 11-yard touchdown walk successful the country of the extremity zone. The 48-second thrust chopped the Jets pb to 15-13 astatine halftime.

Pittsburgh retook the pb astatine 16-15 with 7:49 successful the 3rd 4th pursuing Boswell’s 21-yard tract goal, which was his 3rd of the night.

Gang Green tried to respond immediately, but Rodgers’ walk to Garrett Wilson was intercepted by Bishop, which was his 2nd of the night. The walk deed Wilson close betwixt his chest, but helium couldn’t travel down with it, truthful Bishop picked it disconnected and returned it to the one-yard line. Wilson past scored a touchdown connected a one-yard backmost keeper to widen the Steelers pb to 23-15.

The Steelers extended their pb to 30-15 aft Russell Wilson recovered Van Jefferson for a four-yard touchdown successful the 4th quarter.

The Jets got deed by the wounded bug successful a important way. Guard Alijah Vera-Tucker (ankle) and information Tony Adams (hamstring) suffered injuries and did not return. Xavier Newman replaced Vera-Tucker but injured his cervix aft a Rodgers interception successful the 3rd quarter. Safety Ashtyn Davis besides was evaluated for a concussion.

Gang Green was already without D.J. Reed (groin) and Michael Carter II (back), who were some inactive.

The Jets volition enactment connected the roadworthy successful Week 8, and they volition play the Patriots astatine Gillette Stadium. The Steelers volition big the Giants connected Monday Night Football.