ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Let’s play decide your adjective to explain Sunday’s 40-14 Jets loss to the Payments.
You may go along with pathetic.
You may go along with embarrassing.
You may go along with humiliating.
You may go along with the entire above and nonetheless not seize simply how dangerous this loss was.
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This regarded just like the varsity enjoying the JV. The Payments confirmed they’re the category of the AFC East and possibly the entire AFC whereas the Jets regarded like they may battle within the SEC.
The Jets misplaced by 26 factors and it was not even that shut.
The one excellent news for the Jets is there is only one extra sport left within the season and it was a brief aircraft journey house. The Jets did nothing effectively on this sport. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw two interceptions and was sacked 4 occasions, together with as soon as for a security. He threw for simply 112 yards. It acquired so dangerous that Rodgers was benched within the fourth quarter for Tyrod Taylor. The offense couldn’t sniff the tip zone till rubbish time when Taylor threw a landing to Garrett Wilson.
The protection was no match for Josh Allen and the Payments offense as they scored 5 touchdowns. The Payments scored 28 factors within the second half.
The Jets continued to be probably the most undisciplined group you’ve ever seen. They’d 16 accepted penalties for 120 yards. 5 of these penalties had been private fouls for pointless roughness.
The Payments opened the sport with a 12-play, 70-yard drive that was aided by three Jets penalties. Allen plunged in from the 1-yard line for a landing and a 7-0 lead. The landing was preceded by a go interference penalty on Sauce Gardner ultimately zone that put the ball on the 1. D.J. Reed dedicated a fingers to the face penalty earlier on the drive that turned a third-and-17 for the Payments into a primary down.
The Jets acquired the ball to the Payments’ 6 on their first drive however a holding penalty moved them again to the 34 after which they had been stuffed on fourth-and-1 from the 24 when Braelon Allen was stopped for no achieve.
The Jets made one other journey to the purple zone halfway by way of the second quarter, attending to the Buffalo 12. Rodgers then threw his ninth interception of the season. He was attempting to throw a fast go to Davante Adams and Payments defensive finish Greg Rousseau tipped it into the air and defensive deal with Jordan Phillips caught it for the decide, ending the Jets’ scoring hopes once more.
The Payments added to their lead on protection when defensive finish A.J. Epenesa blew previous Max Mitchell, who was beginning at left deal with, and sacked Rodgers ultimately zone for a security and a 9-0 lead with 2:31 left within the first half.
Buffalo tacked on a 39-yard discipline purpose by Tyler Bass on the finish of the half to make it 12-0 at halftime.
The Jets had some hope once more within the second half after getting good discipline place on the Payments’ 45. However the drive ended with Rodgers’ second interception of the sport and 10th of the season. This one by Payments cornerback Christian Benford. So as to add a splash of insult to the interception, Rodgers was then penalized for hitting Benford out of bounds after he returned it 24 yards.
The Payments turned the takeaway right into a landing with Allen throwing a 30-yard landing to Amari Cooper, who made an acrobatic catch. The rating put the Payments up 19-0 with 5:13 left within the third quarter.
Operating again James Prepare dinner then scored from the 1 late within the third quarter to stretch the result in 26-0.
The humiliation stored coming when Garrett Wilson fumbled on the Jets 20 and Payments linebacker Matt Milano recovered it. Allen discovered Keon Coleman for a 14-yard landing on a play when he had all day to throw to push the embarrassment to 33-0.
The rating went to 40-0 when Payments backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky threw a brief go to apply squad receiver Tyrell Shavers and he went 69 yards for yet one more landing.
With the sport out of attain, Taylor changed Rodgers within the fourth quarter and led two landing drives to keep away from the shutout.
