The New York Jets knew they blew it.
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they → know → it
Instead, a fourth-quarter collapse and a 20-17 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday had the Jets frustrated that their home opener ended in disappointment.
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opener → have → disappointment
“We just have to close the game better,” quarterback Geno Smith said.
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Smith → have → game
“We had the lead, obviously, in the fourth quarter.
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We → have → quarter
We had opportunities to close out the game and we didn’t capitalize on those.
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we → have → those
So, for us, it’s always going to get back to the drawing board and find ways to get better.
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it → go → ways
According to ESPN, the Jets were the first team since at least 1941 to lose after holding an opponent to less than 200 yards (Green Bay had 199); an opponent had 100 or more yards in penalties (the Packers had 133 on 14 penalties); and having a positive turnover margin (New York was plus-1).
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York → accord → margin
“There’s a number of things that go through my head that we have to fix,” coach Aaron Glenn said.
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Glenn → ’ → that
“It’s always tough when you feel like you were right there in the thick of it and then you didn’t overcome and you let the other team overcome and win, and that’s something that’s tough.
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that → ’ → it
“But I will say this: This loss is not going to define who we are and what we’re about.
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we → say → what
I will say that.
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I → say → that
And it’s not OK.
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it → ’ → ?
And our guys are going to take it like that: It is not OK.”
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It → go → that
When the Jets took a 17-7 lead with 11:04 remaining in the fourth quarter on Jason Sanders’ 32-yard field goal, it had the white towel-waving fans — for the team’s “White Out” — in the rain-soaked stands at MetLife Stadium feeling giddy.
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fans → take → Stadium
New York was outplaying Green Bay the entire game, keeping Jordan Love mostly in check.
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York → outplay → check
Then, the Jets collapsed.
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Jets → collapse → ?
And the Packers jumped on their sudden opportunity.
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Packers → jump → opportunity
“They did what great teams do down at the end of the game,” linebacker Demario Davis said.
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Davis → do → game
“They showed they’re resilient, closed the gap and took the lead at the end.
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they → show → end
Love marched Green Bay down the field 73 yards on seven plays, capped by a 3-yard touchdown pass to Christian Watson to make it a three-point game.
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it → march → Watson
New York then stalled on offense and Skyy Moore returned a punt 63 yards to the Jets 19 — and a once solid lead looked tenuous at best.
The defense stepped up, keeping the Packers out of the end zone.
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defense → stall → zone
But Trey Smack’s 34-yarder tied it with 2:59 left.
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yarder → tie → 2:59
The Jets had a chance to put the game away, though.
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Jets → have → game
Garrett Wilson started the drive with an 11-yard catch.
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Wilson → start → catch
An 8-yard grab by Wilson two plays later took it to the 2-minute warning.
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grab → take → warning
On third-and-2 at the Jets 49, Breece Hall got 1 yard.
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Hall → get → yard
Glenn chose to go for it — and Braelon Allen was stuffed for no gain.
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Allen → choose → gain
“It was tough (today), but I still have a lot of trust in our run game,” Glenn said.
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Glenn → have → game
“And in that situation, I want to go try to win the game.
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I → want → game
We’re in the position to try to win it.”
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We → ’re → it
New York’s defense again came through, keeping Green Bay from doing anything and sending it to overtime.
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defense → come → overtime
Glenn said he never considered taking any of his two remaining timeouts and giving the Jets a chance to drive for a potential winning field goal, even after Watson was stopped at New York’s 45 to make it fourth down for the Packers with just over a minute left.
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minute → say → Packers
“If they would have punted it, they would have put us in a backed-up situation,” Glenn explained.
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Glenn → punt → situation
“I think they could’ve punted the ball and put us in a backed-up situation right there, so that was the reason why.”
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that → think → situation
The Jets won the coin toss and Glenn put the ball in his offense’s hands again rather than start on defense.
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Glenn → win → defense
“Usually, if you can get yourself in a situation like that and you can really control the clock, you can control exactly how they’re going to play offense once you go and score,” Glenn said.
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Glenn → get → offense
But Smith was sacked on the first two plays and Isaiah Williams was called for a false start.
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Williams → sack → start
It made it third-and-30 and a 12-yard catch by Kenyon Sadiq did little to move the chains.
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catch → make → chains
“It didn’t happen for us the way I planned,” Glenn said.
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Glenn → happen → us
So, New York punted and Love and the Packers took over.
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Love → punt → ?
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