New York Jets shorthanded offense no match for the Bears
Taking an initial look at the loss by the New York Jets at the hands of the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon by the score of 24-10.
It wasn’t a great day for the New York Jets. Unfortunately, it wasn’t unexpected, but that doesn’t make it any better.
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New York had an uphill battle all day, with Quincy Enunwa and Robby Anderson unavailable. Bilal Powell is gone for the season so the running attack was short as well.
Spencer Long was active but didn’t play, giving way to Johnotthan Harrison at center. The Jets were not exactly running with a full deck in this one.
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To put it simply, it showed. The Jets couldn’t get anything going on offense aside from one touchdown drive.
Even with Khalil Mack missing the defense was able to stymie the Jets, holding them to just 207 yards of total offense.
The Jets were down 7-0 before they even recorded a first down, after the Tarik Cohen 70 yard scoring play.
A running game could have taken the pressure off of Sam Darnold, but the Jets were only able to manager 2.4 yards per carry.
Isaiah Crowell leading the team with 13 carries and 25 yards was never going to be enough.
Darnold did what he could, but he was only able to manager 14-29 passing for 153 yards and a touchdown. To his credit, however, he didn’t turn the ball over even once.
Jermaine Kearse led the way in targets with ten, but he only caught three passes for 30 yards. Hard to be surprised as the Bears knew that he was the one main receiver the Jets had left entering the game.
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The defense, as it has all season long, kept the Jets in the contest. However, there was one point they needed a stop and they couldn’t come up with it.
The momentum had begun to swing and they simply couldn’t hold onto it.
In the fourth quarter, a Jets drive was extended when Eddie Jackson was called for an unnecessary roughness penalty on a third and 13. The drive ended in the Christopher Herndon touchdown.
That made the score 17-10, and that could have changed the game if the Jets had come up with a stop on the ensuing drive. However, the Bears answered right back with an eight play scoring drive of their own, ending in the Jordan Howard touchdown that put the game out of reach.
Give them credit for staying in as long as they could, but in the end the Jets were beaten by a team with more talent.
And with more healthy players.