N.Y. Jets 31, Cleveland 30
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 18, 2022
Where: FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
80°
Head Official:
Tra Blake
Attendance:
67431
By Field Level Media
Rookie Garrett Wilson caught a 15-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds remaining as the visiting New York Jets pulled off a comeback and edged the host Cleveland Browns 31-30 on Sunday.
The Jets (1-1) snapped a 13-game losing streak in September by overcoming a 30-17 deficit and scoring twice with no timeouts in the final 1:22.
Nick Chubb scored from 12 yards out for his third touchdown with 1:55 remaining, which seemingly had the Browns (1-1) on their way to their first 2-0 start since 1993. The drive forced the Jets to burn their remaining timeouts before they pulled off their comeback.
New York was within 30-24 when Joe Flacco found a wide-open Corey Davis for a 66-yard touchdown with 82 seconds left on a second-and-1. The Jets then recovered an onside kick by cornerback Justin Hardee at the New York 47.
One play after Myles Garrett flushed Flacco out of the pocket, Wilson caught a short pass and streaked down the middle of the field, slipping by linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah to tie the game. After Greg Zuerlein made the extra point, Ashtyn Davis intercepted Jacoby Brissett for the Jets to ice their first September win since Week 1 of 2018.
Flacco engineered his 25th career regular-season game-winning drive and completed 26 of 44 passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns.
Wilson, who was shaken up earlier in the fourth and committed a critical drop, finished with eight catches for 102 yards and two scores.
Chubb rushed 17 times for 87 yards. Brissett was 22 of 27 for 229 passes and a touchdown to Amari Cooper, who had nine catches for 101 yards.
Cleveland took a 7-0 lead on Chubb's run to the left with 4:55 remaining and the Jets tied it on Wilson's 2-yard grab with 13:06 left in the second. Brissett connected with Cooper for an easy touchdown with 8:17 remaining for a 14-7 lead but the Jets tied it right before halftime on Breece Hall's wide-open 10-yard catch.
Cleveland settled for a 17-14 lead on York's 22-yard field goal with 9:58 left after Brissett's pass to Cooper and a roughing-the-passer penalty got them into the red zone.
The Jets tied it less than a minute into the fourth when Zuerlein's 57-yarder easily cleared the uprights before Chubb scored twice.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
N.Y. Jets |
|
Cleveland |
Breece Hall
|
Player |
Nick Chubb
|
7 |
Attempts |
17 |
50 |
Yards |
87 |
7.1 |
Avg Yards |
5.1 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
3 |
23 |
Long |
22 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
N.Y. Jets
|
402 |
93 |
309 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
Cleveland
|
405 |
184 |
221 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
2 |
Upcoming Games
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Cleveland will play their next game at home against Pittsburgh. The Browns have a W/L % of .000 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
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N.Y. Jets will play their next game at home against Cincinnati. The Jets have a W/L % of .000 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.