Jets season on life support with loss to lowly Patriots on last-minute touchdown
FOXBOROUGH, Mass.— Just when you think the Jets can’t sink any lower, they find a way.The Jets lost to the dismal Patriots on Sunday at Gillette Stadium, 25-22, giving up a last-minute touchdown to suffer their fifth straight loss and fall to 2-6 and putting their season on life support before Halloween even arrives.The Jets took a 22-17 lead three minutes left in the game, but the Patriots put together a game-winning drive that would make Tom Brady proud.
Quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who was playing in place of an injured Drake Maye, orchestrated a 12-play, 70-yard drive.Rhamondre Stevenson scored on fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line with 22 seconds left in the game and then scored the two-point conversion to sink the Jets to new depths.On the game-winning drive, Brissett scrambled for 14 yards on one third down and then threw a 34-yard pass to Kayshon Boutte, who beat Sauce Gardner, to move the ball to the Jets’ 9-yard line.The Jets stopped them for three plays before Stevenson plunged in from the 1.The Patriots snapped a six-game losing streak and are 2-6 just like the Jets, tied at the bottom of the AFC East.This was ugly all around for the spiraling Jets.
They somehow burned three timeouts in the first quarter, struggled to move the ball for much of the game, had plenty of missed tackles, two delay of games penalties and a few special teams gaffes to round things out.They needed a 10-play, 70-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter to regain the lead in the fourth quarter.Trailing 17-16, Aaron Rodgers went 3-for-3 for 42 yards on the drive and Breece Hall had 26 yards rushing.
Braelon Allen scored a 3-yard touchdown to give the Jets a 22-17 lead.The Jets went for two, but took a delay of game penalty and then Rodgers’ pass to Mike Williams came up short.New England had some success early, highlighted by rookie quarterback Drake Maye opening up the scoring with a 17-yard scramble for a touchdown.
But Maye sustained a concussion and left the gam...