Led by quarterback Geno Smith, the New York Jets erased a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit against the Lions on Sunday.
However, New York couldn’t finish the comeback with a win.
Jahmyr Gibbs caught an 11-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter to put Detroit back in front, and Smith fumbled on the Jets’ final possession as the Lions defeated the Jets 31-24 at Ford Field.
New York scored a season-high 24 points, and Smith completed 31-of-37 passes for 321 yards and three touchdowns. He became the only player in Jets history to complete at least 80 percent of his passes while recording 300 passing yards, three touchdown passes, and no interceptions in multiple games.
Smith put the Jets in position to win, but it wasn’t enough.
Jets head coach Aaron Glenn was impressed by what he saw from his quarterback.
“I thought Geno did an outstanding job,” Glenn said. “I really do. I can’t just tell you the numbers off the top of my head, but I know they were pretty good. I think the one thing that really stood out is – man, we had one of our top players that went down in (Jets WR Adonai Mitchell) AD. And man, those tight ends, they really stepped up, and he looked to actually make sure that we gave the ball to our tight ends. Obviously (Jets QB Geno Smith) G did his thing, and that’s a really good sign for our offense too when we have one of our key guys down that someone else steps up, and that’s what you want to see.”
Glenn was impressed by Smith but disappointed with his defense, which couldn’t keep the Lions from scoring late.
“I would say it’s disappointing in the fact of – we don’t want to be a defense that gives up 31 points,” he said. “I don’t know how many yards they had. We don’t want to be a defense that gives up the amount of yards we probably gave up. Listen, we know exactly who we were going against. I don’t know. It’s hard to stop, completely stop all those weapons that they have. I mean, that’s why you draft those guys and that’s why you’re going to get those guys. But we have to figure out a way. We do. And I don’t want to make that as an excuse of who they have. Our guys, we’ve got to finish those, and we will.”
Despite the big numbers, Smith is disappointed that the Jets, who blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead against the Packers last week, couldn’t find a way to win.
“We have a lot of resilient guys, and we have a lot of really good players, but again, we need to finish games,” Smith said.
The Jets could easily be 2-1, but as Bill Parcells famously said, “You are what your record says you are.” Smith is playing strong football through three weeks, but the Jets will continue losing close games until they learn how to finish.
Led by quarterback Geno Smith, the New York Jets erased a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit against the Lions on Sunday.
However, New York couldn’t finish the comeback with a win.
Jahmyr Gibbs caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Jared Goff late in the fourth quarter to put Detroit in front, and Smith fumbled on the Jets’ final possession as the Lions defeated the Jets 31-24 at Ford Field.
New York scored a season-high 24 points, and Smith completed 31-of-37 passes for 321 yards and three touchdowns. He became the only player in Jets history to complete at least 80 percent of his passes while recording 300 passing yards, three touchdown passes, and no interceptions in multiple games.
Smith put the Jets in position to win, but it wasn’t enough.
Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, who was the defensive coordinator in Detroit before leaving to coach the Jets, was impressed by what he saw from his quarterback.
“I thought Geno did an outstanding job,” Glenn said. “I really do. I can’t just tell you the numbers off the top of my head, but I know they were pretty good. I think the one thing that really stood out is – man, we had one of our top players that went down in (Jets WR Adonai Mitchell) AD. And man, those tight ends, they really stepped up, and he looked to actually make sure that we gave the ball to our tight ends. Obviously (Jets QB Geno Smith) G did his thing, and that’s a really good sign for our offense too when we have one of our key guys down that someone else steps up, and that’s what you want to see.”
Glenn was impressed by Smith but disappointed with his defense, which couldn’t keep the Lions from scoring late.
“I would say it’s disappointing in the fact of – we don’t want to be a defense that gives up 31 points,” he said. “I don’t know how many yards they had. We don’t want to be a defense that gives up the amount of yards we probably gave up. Listen, we know exactly who we were going against. I don’t know. It’s hard to stop, completely stop all those weapons that they have. I mean, that’s why you draft those guys and that’s why you’re going to get those guys. But we have to figure out a way. We do. And I don’t want to make that as an excuse of who they have. Our guys, we’ve got to finish those, and we will.”
Despite the big numbers, Smith is disappointed that the Jets, who blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead against the Packers last week, couldn’t find a way to win.
“We have a lot of resilient guys, and we have a lot of really good players, but again, we need to finish games,” Smith said.
The Jets could easily be 2-1, but as Bill Parcells famously said, “You are what your record says you are.” Smith is playing strong football through three weeks, but the Jets will continue losing close games until they learn how to finish.
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