EAST RUTHERFORD – Garrett Wilson, back pressed against the TV screens in the Jets locker room, started to chuckle. The wideout had endured the worst of the worst. So this? Yes. This was a little funny.
The Jets just beat the Patriots, 24-3. About the only time the game felt in jeopardy was at the coin toss, which the Patriots won and deferred, but that feeling ended after New England actually kicked off. Yet here Wilson was fielding questions about his chemistry with quarterback Aaron Rodgers, breaking out in this young Jets season, and if he felt the offense hadn’t yet hit its true potential… off a game they gained 400 yards, picked up 27 first downs and scored three touchdowns (as they’ve done every game this season).
Oh, how the standards have changed.
“Yeah, I ain’t going to fake it,” asked if he thinks about how far the Jets have come. “I do.”
The Patriots stink. That’s painfully obvious. Credit them for their season-opening victory over the Bengals, but it’s clear now that was a one-in-100 scenario. Their defense is as bad as believed. Their offense is as void of playmakers as believed. Jacoby Brissett is a placeholder who won’t be holding place for much longer than first believed.
There is absolutely no point in comparing the Jets roster to New England’s. The difference is that stark. This should have been a blowout and it was. But that’s exactly the point.
The Jets have played bad teams before. They sometimes beat them, but at no point in those games did they actually look like a significantly better ball club. Actually, just twice since Robert Saleh became head coach have the Jets beat a team by 20-plus points. Both games came in 2022: Against the Skylar Thompson-led Dolphins and Trevor Siemian-led Bears.
That was not the case Thursday night. Playing on a short week, their third game in 11 days, the Jets flexed on the team that’s dominated them the better part of the last two decades. Running backs Breece Hall and Braelon Allen…
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Publish date : 2024-09-20 05:48:16
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