On a day when the offense was largely invisible, the Jets got a pair of huge returns for touchdowns to carry them to their second consecutive win. Kene Nwangwu started the Jets scoring with a 99-yard kick return for TD not long before embattled punt returner Isaiah Williams ran back a punt for a 74-yard score.
It was another rough day for Justin Fields who threw for negative yars in the first half at minus-5, before he hit Breece Hall on a screen pass that he took 42 yards to paydirt. Remove the screen pass to Hall, and Fields threw for a total of twelve yards to all other receivers combined. When all was said and done, Fields went 6-11 for 54 yards with the TD and his first interception of the season.
Breece Hall did have success running the ball in the fourth quarter to wind things down, finishing the day with 83 yards on 21 carries.
Defensively it was the Will McDonald show. The edge rusher out of Iowa State went on an absolute tear, picking up a career high four sacks which ties the Jets single-game record. The feat had previously been achieved by Mark Gastinau and John Abraham. Then there was linebacker Quincy Williams, who had been “demoted” earlier in the week. All he did was go out and pick up five tackles, a sack and five stops according to PFF.com.
Things looked shaky early on when Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel took advantage of multiple Jets penalties and managed a pair of touchdown passes to keep the Browns in the game. Cornerbacks Jarvis Brownlee and Brandon Stephens were beaten early on but settled down as things progressed.
Once the Jets took the a late lead, they handed the ball off to Hall who picked up a few chunk plays and added some tough yards on the ground to help run the clock out and get the Jets to 2-7 on the season.
