The Jets walked out of last week’s season-opening win on the road over the Titans fired up about their two-headed rushing attack with Breece Hall and Braelon Allen.
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Jets → walk → Hall
They rushed for 152 yards on 39 carries against the Titans.
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They → rush → Titans
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he → take → field
tRY IT NOWAnd then, in Sunday’s 20-17 overtime loss to the Packers in their home opener, they managed only 67 yards on 27 carries.
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they → try → carries
Hall had 29 yards on 16 carries and Allen 7 yards on five carries.
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Allen → have → carries
The most egregious moment of the day came late in the fourth quarter of a 17-17 game, when the Jets ran Hall on third-and-2 and Allen on fourth-and-1 and failed to make a first down.
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Jets → come → down
“We just didn’t get it, bro,’’ Hall said.
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Hall → get → it
We’ve still got to find ways.’’
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We → get → ways
There was another moment when Hall gained 43 yards on a catch on the final play of the third quarter to get the ball to the Green Bay 40-yard line, and the offense got no points out of that.
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offense → be → that
“For the offense, it hurts,’’ Hall said.
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Hall → hurt → offense
“I feel like we could have helped the defense out a little more, shown them a little more love, put a few more points on the board so they could be a little more comfortable.’’
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they → feel → board
Jets rookie LB David Bailey recorded a sack on the first play from scrimmage on a broken play when he stopped Packers QB Jordan Love for a 1-yard loss.
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he → record → loss
It was Bailey’s second sack in as many weeks, after he pushed Titans QB Cam Ward out of bounds.
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he → push → bounds
Bailey also forced a fumble in the second quarter on the Packers’ Tucker Kraft, but the tight end recovered the ball.
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end → force → ball
It was one of five fumbles the Jets defense forced in the game, but all of them were recovered by Green Bay.
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all → force → Bay
S Andre Cisco forced one on Packers RB Kaleb Johnson, and DT Harrison Phillips forced one on Love.
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Phillips → force → Love
“That’s just one of the unfortunate parts of it; the ball didn’t bounce our way after we punched it out,’’ Kingsley Enagbare said.
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Enagbare → ’ → it
“It’s part of the mentality we bring.
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we → ’ → mentality
We’re trying to punch the ball out, get the ball back for our offense.
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We → try → offense
Just unfortunate that it didn’t really go our way.’’
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it → go → ?
Sunday was the 100th career NFL start for Jets QB Geno Smith, who entered the game with a 4-0 career record in games he’d played against Jonathan Gannon, the Packers defensive coordinator who used to be the Cardinals head coach.
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who → enter → Gannon
The Jets were the only team in Week 1 to play a game without a turnover or allowing a sack.
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Jets → play → sack
Sunday, Smith was sacked four times for 29 yards in losses.
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Smith → sack → losses
Jets wide receiver and returner Isaiah Williams had a rough first half.
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Williams → have → half
He muffed a punt return that was recovered near the goal line by teammate Qwan’tez Stiggers in the first quarter, averting disaster.
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that → muff → disaster
Then, he muffed another punt on which he called for a fair catch.
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he → muff → catch
Stiggers recovered that one, too, but Williams was called for an illegal fair catch signal on the play.
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Williams → recover → play
The Jets lost several players to injury in the first half, inluding LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball (ankle), LB Kiko Mauigoa (quadriceps) and edge rusher David Onyemata (groin).
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Jets → lose → Ball
None of the three returned.
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None → return → three
Ponds, a second-round pick, practiced all week after returning from a calf injury but was a healthy scratch.
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Ponds → practice → injury
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