ORCHARD PARK — It was one other Flag Day for the Jets.
The Jets had 16 accepted penalties within the 40-14 loss to the Payments on Sunday.
That’s the most they’ve had since Dec. 23, 2018, when additionally they had 16 towards the Packers.
It’s tied for the third-most penalties in franchise historical past.
“That starts and ends with me,” interim coach Jeff Ulbrich mentioned. “I’ve got to do a better job that obviously it doesn’t happen but there’s a stronger understanding of why that can’t happen. You can’t overcome that against teams, especially a team like Buffalo that’s rolling right now, playing elite football. It killed us, got us behind the sticks multiple times, extended drives for them on offense. Not good enough.”
The Jets now lead the NFL with 131 accepted penalties this season.
It’s not a brand new downside for the Jets however it popped up repeatedly on Sunday.
They’d 5 private foul penalties.
It bought so dangerous that even quarterback Aaron Rodgers bought an pointless roughness penalty for pushing Christian Benford out of bounds after his interception.
“I don’t think I pushed him very hard,” Rodgers mentioned. “I was just chasing after the play.”
There have been a couple of questionable calls, however even should you took these away, the Jets would nonetheless have double-digit penalties, giving the Payments assist that they didn’t want.
“At the end of the day, [16] penalties isn’t acceptable at any level of football,” tight finish Tyler Conklin mentioned. “To do that, you’re obviously not going to come in here and have a good showing.”
CB Sauce Gardner was questionable to play towards the Payments with a hamstring damage.
Gardner did play however exited the sport within the first half when the damage started to hassle him once more.
Gardner mentioned it was vital for him to play since he is aware of the group goes to look totally different in 2025.
“This locker room is not going to look the same next year in terms of players and coaches,” Gardner mentioned. “It’s one thing in terms of players but coaches who have coached me for three years might not be here next year. I don’t even know what’s going to happen. I was just trying to give my all for them, for the organization, for my teammates, for my coaches.”
Rodgers was sacked 4 occasions, bringing his profession whole to 568, essentially the most in NFL historical past.
Tom Brady held the mark with 565.
“I got Tom in that,” Rodgers mentioned.
WR Garrett Wilson had seven catches for 66 yards and one landing.
He now has 1,053 receiving yards this season.
He’s the primary Jets participant to have 1,000 receiving yards in every of his first three seasons and the tenth participant in NFL historical past to take action.
The final Jet to document three straight 1,000 yards seasons was George Sauer in 1966-68.
His 97 receptions this season are a profession excessive and rank second-most in Jets historical past behind Brandon Marshall’s mark of 109 in 2015.
