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What if I told you …
- The Jets offense scored 27 points, their highest output of the season.
- Their lead running back, Breece Hall, looked like the dual-threat weapon he’s billed as, rushing for 78 yards and a TD on 16 carries and catching seven passes for 43 yards and a TD.
- Their quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, after an anemic start, completed 22 of 29 for 184 yards and two TDs.
- Their ballyhooed mid-season acquisition, receiver Davante Adams, finally had his breakout game as a Jet (well, kind of), catching six passes for 72 yards.
- They didn’t turn the ball over on offense and forced one takeaway on defense and committed only two penalties for 14 harmless yards.
- Oh yes, and their fourth kicker in the past four games, Anders Carlson, made both of his field goal attempts — one from 58 yards to give them a 17-16 lead and one from 35 yards to give them a 27-22 lead with 2:41 remaining in the game.
If I told you those things all took place in the Jets game against the Colts on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, how much of your weekly paycheck would you have wagered on a Jets victory?
Hopefully, for the sake of your rent or mortgage, not a single penny.
Because despite doing all of the above things right, the Jets still found a way to wrong their tortured fan base, losing to the Colts, 28-27, to fall to an utterly embarrassing 3-8 entering their bye week.