Jets LB Demario Davis has been in the NFL too long and played in too many games — wins and losses — to allow a single result to cloud his outlook.
Even after the visiting Green Bay Packers erased a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and went on to defeat the Jets, 20-17 in overtime, at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Davis — now in his 15th year in the league and in his third stint with the Green & White — took some positives away from his team’s effort.
“Yeah, we want to be able to close them out, but it’s tough to do, especially when you’re going against a tough football team,” Davis said after the game. “I think it’s just a credit to the work that we put in to be in that position late in the game against a really good football team.
“They’ve had a lot of years together, and we still are trying to get to that point, and it shows that we’re really close. We’re really close, but in this league, man, it’s a race to get better. It’s a race to get better, and we just got to find that one or two spots that get us over the hump.”
Though Davis, who had 4 tackles and a TFL, didn’t mention them specifically, a couple of plays that could have gone the Jets’ way ultimately didn’t. One was the Packers’ stop of the Jets on fourth-and-1 with 2:54 to play in the fourth quarter with the game tied, 17-17. The Jets opened the extra period with a three-and-out before the Packers drove for the game-winning field goal.
“It’s challenging any time you lose in a game, just because it’s hard to win in the National Football League,” Davis said. “No matter whether you’re on the road or playing at home. It’s just hard to win games, and so you would like to be able to close those out when you have them.