Plenty of Jets fans won’t like it, but Nick Folk and his teammates were loving it. The veteran kicker drilled a game winning 56-yard field goal as time expired to give the Jets a 27-24 victory over the Falcons.
The win moves the Jets to 3-9 on the year and to the chagrin of many fans, drops them to sixth in the NFL draft standings. So those hoping for Fernando Mendoza to land at 1 Jets Drive can put that off and start looking elsewhere.
Things started off slow for both offenses as Gang Green and the Falcons punted eight times in their first ten possessions with each team scoring just one touchdown. The Jets had an easy go of it on their first score as a fumble recovery on the 2-yard line led to a Breece Hall finding the end zone untouched to put the Jets up 7-0.
Atlanta answered back with a score of their own on a 10-play 62 yard drive that was capped with a TD run from Bijan Robinson which led to a 7-7 tie at the half. But there were plenty of fireworks to come. Following a 95-yard touchdown drive that put the Falcons up 14-7, Tyrod Taylor hit wide receiver AD Mitchell on a 52-yard touchdown pass; the longest play from scrimmage for the Jets on the season. Mitchell would finish the game with a career-high 102 yards on eight receptions.
Both teams would trade a pair of missed field goals after their touchdowns as Nick Folk was wide right from 55 yards, giving him his first miss of the season. Some sloppy tackling on Atlanta’s ensuing drive put the Falcons up by a touchdown on a David Sills catch and run but the Jets would answer back.
Tyrod Taylor’s 10-yard TD run capped a 65 yard scoring drive and made it 24-24 before the Jets got a stop on defense, and Nick Folk nailed the game-winner as time expired.
