Rating one for the younger man.
In a matchup between 22-year-old Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson and 40-year-old Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Richardson and the Colts prevailed.
Richardson scored a four-yard dashing landing, his second of the sport, with 46 seconds left within the sport to present the Colts the 28-27 victory.
The loss drops the Jets to 3-8 and crushes what was left of their slim playoff hopes.
The Colts improved to 5-6.
That is the Jets’ seventh loss in eight video games.
Richardson’s landing got here after a six-play, 70-yard drive that adopted a Jets discipline objective that gave the Jets a five-point lead and what regarded like a victory.
Rodgers threw two landing passes after not getting a primary down within the Jets first 5 possessions. Breece Corridor had a dashing and a receiving landing and new kicker Anders Carlson booted two discipline targets, however the Jets protection collapsed within the last two minutes.
Carlson’s second discipline objective got here with 2:41 left within the sport from 35 yards and gave the Jets the five-point lead.
It got here after Richardson led an eight-play, 70-yard drive that ended with a 10-yard landing cross to Josh Downs.
Richardson misfired on the two-point conversion try and the Colts have been down 24-22 with 10:11 to go within the sport.
The Jets protection needed to provide you with yet one more cease after Carlson’s discipline objective.
Richardson hit a large open Alec Pierce for a 39-yard cross down the sideline that set the Colts up on the Jets’ 27.
He then hit Downs for a 17-yard achieve to the ten.
Richardson then scored from the 4-yard line, working over D.J. Reed for the go-ahead rating.
The Jets obtained off to an terrible begin.
They didn’t handle a primary down of their first 5 possessions, the primary time they’ve carried out that since 2005.
The offense regarded completely out of sync till the ultimate possession of the primary half.
Corridor picked up the primary first down of the day for the Jets simply after the two-minute warning on a six-yard run.
That sparked the primary first rate drive of the day for the Jets.
Rodgers related with Davante Adams for a 24-yard achieve and the Jets have been shifting the ball.
The Jets obtained on the scoreboard when Rodgers prolonged a third-down play from the Colts’ 29 after which dumped the ball off to Corridor on a brief cross that Corridor was a landing and the Jets lower the Colts’ result in 13-7 going into halftime.
Rodgers handed Dan Marino into eighth place on the NFL all-time passing yards listing on the play.
The Colts opened the second half with the ball and Richardson turned the ball over on the second play.
Jets linebacker Jamien Sherwood sacked Richardson and knocked the ball unfastened.
Jets defensive sort out Javon Kinlaw recovered the ball on the Colts’ 25.
Corridor scored his second landing of the day moments later, racing via the Colts protection for an 18-yard landing and a 14-13 Jets lead.
The groups then traded lengthy discipline targets with Colts kicker Matt Homosexual drilling a 56-yard discipline objective to place Indianapolis up 16-14.
Carlson, kicking in his first sport for the Jets, made a 58-yard discipline objective with 2:55 left within the third quarter for a 17-16 Jets lead.
Carlson turned the fourth totally different kicker for the Jets in 4 weeks after the Chiefs plucked Spencer Shrader off their apply squad on Thursday.
The Jets prolonged the result in 24-16 with an 11-yard landing cross from Rodgers to tight finish Kenny Yeboah with 13:03 left within the sport.
The Colts jumped out to a 13-0 lead early within the sport because the Jets came upon offense.
The Jets couldn’t get a primary down on their first 5 possessions as Rodgers regarded like he was struggling to finish a cross.
The Jets managed simply 9 yards on 9 performs within the first quarter.
The Colts weren’t explosive however they hit a 31-yard cross from Richardson to Josh Downs on their first possession and Jonathan Taylor picked up yards on the bottom.
Richardson scored a two-yard landing early within the second quarter when he ran round Jets defensive finish Micheal Clemons and thru Jets security Jalen Mills on the objective line.
That landing was sandwiched between two Homosexual discipline targets and the Colts had a two-score lead at 13-0.
