{"id":1540,"date":"2023-10-16T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/1540\/clutch-defense-powers-jets-upset-win-eagles\/"},"modified":"2023-11-04T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T13:28:09","slug":"clutch-defense-powers-jets-upset-win-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=1540","title":{"rendered":"Clutch defense powers Jets&#8217; upset win over Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clutch defense powers Jets&#8217; upset win over Eagles\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rich Cimini, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">October 16, 2023, 3:43 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Rich Cimini is a writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL on ESPN.  Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years and joined ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast.  He was previously a writer for the New York Daily News and graduated from Syracuse University.  You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ \u2014 The New York Jets lost star quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the fourth game of the season, and now they&#8217;re going after the elite quarterbacks they face on their schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets intercepted <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/3889\/jalen-hurts-wears-leg-brace\/\">Jalen Hurts<\/a> three times \u2013 twice in the fourth quarter \u2013 to spark a 20-14 victory over the previously undefeated Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.  It was the Jets&#8217; first victory over the Eagles after 12 losses, dating back to 1973.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese first six weeks we&#8217;ve played a ton of quarterbacks and I know we haven&#8217;t had every <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a>, but we&#8217;ve embarrassed them all,\u201d coach Robert Saleh said after perhaps the biggest win of his 40 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Saleh forgot about Dak Prescott, who tore them up for 255 yards and two touchdowns.  <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/1936\/patrick-mahomes-travis-kelce-rory-mcilroy-200m-alpine-f1-investment\/\"><\/a>But against Patrick Mahomes, Hurts and Josh Allen, who finished 1-2-3 respectively in 2022 NFL MVP voting, the Jets recorded eight interceptions with just three touchdown passes.  They lost a 3-point game to Mahomes, but they delivered big play after big play in beating Allen and Hurts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our mindset is to scare &#8211; I mean, not scare people. Our mindset is to overpower people with our speed and our violence,&#8221; said linebacker Quincy Williams, who one of the team&#8217;s four takeaways &#8211; a fumble recovery.  &#8220;So that&#8217;s the most important thing. So that&#8217;s our identity: violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And the clutch plays.<\/p>\n<p>After the two-minute warning, safety Tony Adams set up the game-winning touchdown by intercepting Hurts on a third-and-9 pass from the Eagles&#8217; 46 \u2013 his first career interception.  The injuries turned into double coverage.  Tight end Dallas Goedert was covered by Williams and Adams read him perfectly, returning it 45 yards to the Eagles 8-yard line.  Breece Hall scored on the next play to give the Jets a 20-14 lead after a successful two-point pass.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Adams, cornerback Bryce Hall and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams were each intercepted on a day when the Jets played without three of their top four cornerbacks \u2013 Sauce Gardner (concussion), DJ Reed (concussion) and Brandin Echols (hamstrings).  By the end of the game, they were also without nickel back Michael Carter II (hamstring).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI once had a game-winning interception in <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/college\/\"   title=\"college\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">college<\/a>, but it was nothing like this,\u201d said Adams, who made the team in 2022 as an undrafted free agent.  To do it with these guys and this locker room \u2013 after everything we&#8217;ve been through, after the late news this <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> \u2013 it&#8217;s an honor. It&#8217;s an honor to [handle] business with these guys.<\/p>\n<p>Playing with substitutes and call-ups to the practice squad, the Jets shut out the Eagles in the second half.  In fact, the Eagles have been held scoreless in their last seven practices, tied for the most consecutive scoreless drives under coach Nick Sirianni.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what the Jets do.  They are solid farmers;  they have only allowed 31 points in the second half this season.  This was their seventh win under Saleh (since 2021) after trailing by 10 or more points, tied with the Minnesota Vikings for the most such wins over that span.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a big win. They&#8217;re NFC champions,&#8221; Saleh said.  &#8220;We won the world championships [Kansas City] over the wire.  We beat Buffalo.  He probably let one slip away with the Patriots (15-10 loss).  It&#8217;s like that.  The Dallas game (31-10 loss) is what it is.  I think we will always be in these games.  I think we can face anyone.  \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>The Jets were stunned after Rodgers&#8217; season-ending Achilles injury in Week 1, losing to Dallas and New England.  At 1-2, with tension building in the locker room and pressure mounting on quarterback Zach Wilson, the Jets played well in a loss to Kansas City, then responded with back-to-back wins over Denver and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to be the best in the world and to be the best you have to play against the best and beat them,\u201d linebacker CJ Mosley said.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive end John Franklin-Myers said: &#8220;You&#8217;ve seen what we can do week in and week out. How can you count us out?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Jets fell behind, 14-3, sputtering in the red zone \u2013 going 0 for 3 to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> the game, extending their red zone drought to eight straight touchdown-less drives until Hall&#8217;s score.  They bounced back with Greg Zuerlein&#8217;s second, third and fourth baskets and a defense that increased the pressure on Hurts.  He was pressured on a season-high 40 percent of his losses despite only blitzing a handful, according to research from ESPN Stats &#038; Information.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, the Jets ended a most unusual streak \u2013 the longest winless drought against a single opponent.  Receiver Garrett Wilson said he didn&#8217;t realize it until after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy, I didn\u2019t know that,\u201d he said.  \u201cJets Nation, you all deserve this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clutch defense powers Jets&#8217; upset win over Eagles\u060c Rich Cimini, ESPN editorOctober 16, 2023, 3:43 a.m. Close Rich Cimini is a writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL on ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years and joined ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. 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