CLEVELAND — Will Parks discovered Justin Hardee as the 2 went onto the sphere for the Jets’ onside kick try with 1:22 left within the recreation.
“We have been going out for the play and my man Will Parks was like, ‘Man, I’m going to smack Amari Cooper. I’m going to maintain the ball alive for you all,’ ” Hardee mentioned.
That's what Parks did and Hardee was in a position to leap on the ball and provides the Jets’ offense the prospect it wanted to win the sport. 9 performs later, the Jets have been ultimately zone and the purpose after gave them a 31-30 lead. It was all arrange by Hardee and Parks recovering Braden Mann’s spinning kick.
“As soon as the ball was twirling round, all I noticed was the man that was presupposed to be catching it received hit after which one other man and it bounced off just a few fingers however as soon as it touched my fingers it wasn’t going nowhere else,” Hardee mentioned.
Mann mentioned the Jets work on onside kicks each week and have quite a lot of them. On this one, he faked to his proper and kicked to his left. As an alternative of a excessive, hopping kick, he spun it alongside the bottom.
“It was a loopy play,” Mann mentioned. “It was a very good job by Will Parks and Hardee exterior, leaping on it. That’s not a straightforward job to have. They've a superb likelihood of getting knocked fairly good. It was an excellent job of them conserving it in play and Hardee leaping on it.”
The onside kick was not Mann’s solely contribution. He had two punts contained in the 20 and in addition accomplished a 17-yard cross to Jeff Smith on a faux punt within the first quarter that gave the Jets some momentum on their method to their first landing. This got here per week after Mann had a 20-yard punt within the loss to the Ravens. Mann was not taking any bows on Sunday, although.
“It was actually cool to get a win with all people,” Mann mentioned. “It was an excellent crew win, nice complementary soccer on the finish of the day.”
Kicker Greg Zuerlein made a 57-yard area purpose to tie the sport 17-17 with 14:19 left within the recreation. The kick tied the Jets’ file for longest area purpose. Chandler Catanzaro hit a 57-yarder in 2017, additionally in Cleveland.
Rookies Garrett Wilson and Breece Corridor every scored their first profession touchdowns. … CB Bryce Corridor was a shock inactive. … S Ashtyn Davis made the game-sealing interception on his solely defensive play of the sport, per ESPN.
Hero
Joe Flacco, the Jets 37-year-old quarterback, accomplished 26 of 44 passes for 307 yards with 4 TDs and no INTs. He threw two TDs within the remaining 1:22 to assist engineer the comeback victory.
Zero
Browns working again Nick Chubb inexplicably scored on a 12-yard run with 1:55 remaining within the recreation, the Browns already main by a TD and the Jets out of timeouts. Had Chubb knelt down earlier than reaching the purpose line the Browns might have clinched the sport. By scoring he gave the Jets the one sliver of hope they wanted.
Unsung hero
Jets rookie receiver Garrett Wilson had a profession day in solely his second NFL recreation, catching eight passes for 102 yards and two TDs. Wilson caught a 15-yard TD cross with 22 seconds remaining within the recreation to win it — after dropping a vital third-down cross to finish a collection earlier within the fourth quarter.
Key stat
2 Sacks the Jets allowed towards a heavy pass-rush crew that options Myles Garrett and Jadeveon Clowney. Every was held to at least one sack and didn’t blow up the Jets’ offense.
Quote of the day
“Successful within the NFL is sort of a drug. Not that I've expertise with medicine, however it's addicting. It’s a robust factor.’’
— Jets quarterback Joe Flacco
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