MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jets kicker Anders Carlson had simply made the most important kick of the season, booting a 42-yard subject aim to present the Jets a 26-23 lead with 52 seconds left within the sport.
Then, he made one of many greatest blunders.
Carlson mishit the following kickoff, and as a substitute of kicking it into the top zone for a touchback, his kick landed on the 1 and Malik Washington returned it 45 yards to the Dolphins 46.
Six performs later, Jason Sanders hit a 52-yard subject aim to tie the sport and ship it into additional time the place the Dolphins gained 32-26.
“He missed it,” Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich stated. “We’re supposed to kick that out of the end zone. We just missed the kick. So went into play, but at the end of the day, we got to cover what’s kicked, and we didn’t cover it well enough.”
Carlson had 4 touchbacks within the sport however missed on this one.
“The call was to hit it out, and I just got too aggressive with it,” Carlson stated.
Carlson, who’s the fourth kicker the Jets have had this season, tried to deal with Washington however received run over.
“I’m honestly pretty frustrated because that was a big play,” Carlson stated. “After the ball was in-bounds, I just tried to do my job and force him inside. Obviously, the low man wins there. I learned that. I thought I did what I could after the kick to slow him down a little bit.”
WR Davante Adams had a giant sport however made a blunder within the fourth quarter by going out of bounds with 56 seconds left earlier than Carlson’s go-ahead subject aim.
That gave the Dolphins further time to go down and tie the sport.
“Absolutely,” Ulbrich stated when requested if he wished Adams to remain inbounds. “We had just gone on the field, told everybody we are now officially in four-minute mode, stay inbounds, burn the clock as best as possible, and they did a good job pushing him out.”
RT Morgan Moses injured his left wrist throughout pregame warmups.
Moses took a pain-killing injection and tried to play with it however lasted solely the primary half earlier than being changed by Max Mitchell. Moses stated he didn’t even know what occurred.
He stated he was doing blocking drills when he felt one thing.
“My hand went numb and I looked down. It was, like, just bulging,” Moses stated. “I got it shot up and tried to go.”
Moses stated he can have assessments completed Monday to see whether it is fractured. That is the third pregame warmup damage this season for the Jets.
Michael Carter II and C.J. Mosley each harm themselves earlier than video games this season, too.
Particular groups ace Irv Charles injured his knee and left the sport. Ulbrich stated he didn’t know the way critical it’s, however he seemed like he was in a whole lot of ache. … CB Sauce Gardner was inactive with a hamstring damage. WR Malachi Corley was inactive with the return of Allen Lazard to the lineup.
