Jets Use Amazing Trick Play To Secure First Win Of Season Vs. Bengals

The New York Jets are nary longer winless.

On Sunday, Justin Fields helped lead a fourth-quarter comeback against nan Cincinnati Bengals to unafraid nan Jets their first triumph of nan NFL play and nan first profession triumph arsenic a caput coach for Aaron Glenn.

It did not travel easy. New York trailed 38–24 pinch little than 10 minutes to play, but immoderate gutsy play-calling and businesslike discourtesy brought them each nan measurement back.

First, nan Jets were capable to trim nan shortage to six acknowledgment to a 26-yard touchdown tally from Breece Hall. Glenn went for 2 aft nan score, and his players converted, meaning a touchdown and a modular other constituent could get them nan triumph if they could extremity nan Bengals.

New York’s defense stepped up, forcing Cincinnati to spell three-and-out, and giving Fields & Co. nan shot backmost conscionable awkward of midfield pinch 7 minutes to play. The discourtesy meticulously moved into nan reddish zone, wherever Glenn dialed up a instrumentality play, pinch Hall taking a transportation from Fields past pulling up to throw, connecting pinch tight extremity Mason Taylor successful nan extremity zone.

The other constituent was good, and nan Jets were leading. One protect stop, and they could time off Cincinnati arsenic winners.

Again, nan defense stepped up, astir picking disconnected Joe Flacco early successful nan bid earlier breaking up a walk connected 4th down to seal nan victory.

And pinch that, each squad successful nan NFL had astatine slightest 1 win.

While a squad astatine 1–7 is acold from a playoff threat, the triumph undoubtedly helps easiness nan tensions successful New York for astatine slightest a fewer days.

In his first twelvemonth arsenic coach, Glenn was already having questions raised astir his expertise to lead nan team. With his way grounds successful Detroit, nary 1 doubted his expertise entering nan gig, but 7 consecutive losses will raise immoderate eyebrows.

Glenn answered nan telephone connected Sunday, keeping his players locked successful contempt their spot successful nan standings, and making nan correct telephone to spell for 2 early which yet proved to springiness his squad nan win.

Similarly, backmost Justin Fields was facing questions aft a sadistic commencement to his tenure successful New York, truthful overmuch truthful that it felt for illustration he whitethorn beryllium benched for backup Tyrod Taylor heading into Sunday. Taylor was incapable to play owed to an injury, truthful Fields was erstwhile again starting, pinch an moreover bigger weight upon his shoulders.

He did nan job, finishing pinch his champion crippled of nan play and staying cool successful crunch clip erstwhile nan Jets couldn’t spend a mistake.

The Jets now caput into their bye week connected a precocious note, and will beryllium backmost location successful Week 10 to look disconnected against nan Browns. Maybe triumph No. 2 won’t return arsenic agelong arsenic No. 1 did.

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