In search of their fourth victory in six games, the New York Jets (3-10) fell into a big hole early and lost QB Tyrod Taylor to a groin injury in a 34-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins (6-7) at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins erupted for 21 points in the first quarter and the Jets were forced to turn the offensive controls over to rookie Brady Cook when Taylor departed following 6 offensive saps. The Jets had targeted some payback following their 27-21 Week 4 loss at Miami. But Miami took control from the outset, and the hosts never were able to mount a comeback.<\/p>\n
In a 21-point hole, WR\/returner Isaiah Williams gave the Jets life with an electrifying 78-yard punt return for a score with 20 seconds remaining in the opening quarter. With the house call, Williams became the third player in franchise history with 2 punt-return TDs in a season.<\/p>\n
Then trailing by 24-7 late in the second quarter, Williams drew a 39-yard pass interference on S Minkah Fitzpatrick to get the Jets inside the red zone. But Cook was intercepted by CB Rasul Douglas and the deficit remained 17 points at halftime.<\/p>\n
Chris Banjo’s special teams unit provided another spark the third quarter with a fake punt. Malachi Moore took a snap and ran a speed option, pitching to RB Isaiah Davis for a 20-yard gain up the home sideline. Cook and the offense were able to move to the Miami 7-yard line but were forced to settle for a Nick Folk 31-yard field goal after John Metchie III dropped what could have been a walk-in score.<\/p>\n
For the second time this season, the Jets fell behind Miami to the ‘Fins by double digits. Miami exploded out of gates, taking a 14-0 lead on Tua Tagovailoa’s 3-yard TD pass to Jaylen Waddle and DeVon Achane’s 13-yard run.<\/p>\n
Then on the Jets’ second possession, LB Tyrel Dodson was the benefactor of a deflected pass after Taylor threw a bit behind rookie TE Mason Taylor. The ‘ ‘Fins’ takeaway, which was initially ruled an incompletion but overturned after a replay review, gave them possession at the New York 29. Six plays later, Jaylen Wright scored from 2 yards out and it was 21-0.<\/p>\n
While neither team’s offense had third-down success during the first two quarters (MIA 0 of 5 and NYJ 0 of 6), the visitors went 4 of 4 in the red zone and outgained the Green & White, 358 to 207 in total net yards. The Jets were outrushed 239 to 65 and Cook finished 14 of 30 for 163 yards and 2 INTs.<\/p>\n
Next week, the Jets will begin a two-game road trip against the Jaguars in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
Targeted 8 times, rookie TE Mason Taylor had 51 yards receiving on 5 catches. \u2026 LB Jamien Sherwood led the defense with 15 tackles and 2 PDs. \u2026. After S Tony Adams (groin) was listed among the inactives, the Jets started Isaiah Oliver at S alongside rookie Malachi Moore. \u2026 LB Kiko Mauigoa exited in the first half and cleared concussion protocol but also sustained a shoulder injury. He was replaced in base looks by Mykal Walker. \u2026 Rookie DE Tyler Baron exited in the first half with a knee injury. \u2026 Dolphins star RB De’Von Achane had 92 rush yards (13.1 on 7 carries) before departing with a rib injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In search of their fourth victory in six games, the New York Jets (3-10) fell into a big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7409,12212,85,9,11,10,12],"class_list":{"0":"post-63628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-eric-allen","9":"tag-game-recap","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}