Henry finished with 157 yards on 33 carries. Tannehill passed to M圜ole Pruitt for the 2-point conversion and a 17-10 lead with 13:14 left. New York had been the only team in the NFL to not hold a lead in any game.īut it was short-lived as Tennessee leaned heavily on Derrick Henry, who ran for 50 yards on the next drive - including a 1-yard TD. The Jets took their first lead of the season - 10-9 with 19 seconds left in the third quarter - on Ammendola’s 27-yarder. “We just weren’t able to finish drives early in the game and kept them in it.” “It wasn’t like we didn’t move the ball,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said. After an incompletion, Tannehill found a wide-open Cameron Batson in the end zone for a tying 2-yard touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in regulation. The Jets tried to run out the clock late in regulation, but had to punt and gave the Titans one more chance with 2:09 left.Īfter a pass interference call on Jarrod Wilson on fourth-and-10 from the Titans own 26, Tannehill tossed passes of 12 and 11 yards to Josh Reynolds, 6 to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and 6 to Firkser to get to the 2. Oh my God!’” Saleh said of his reaction on the sideline. The rookie then launched a perfectly placed ball into Davis' hands for a 53-yard touchdown. He put New York ahead 24-17 with 9:06 left in regulation when he rolled out of the pocket to his right, pointed and waved downfield - urging Davis to keep going. Wilson was mostly terrific, going 21 of 34 for 297 yards with touchdown passes to Corey Davis and Jamison Crowder and an interception. “I've got to take advantage of my opportunities to end that game.” “I was beating myself up on that last drive,” Wilson said. Wilson took a 3-yard loss on third down, a rookie mistake, setting up Ammendola's 22-yarder. The Jets had a chance to win it without giving the ball back to the Titans (2-2) when they got to the 1 on Tevin Coleman's 8-yard catch - on which it was ruled he was out of bounds as he dived just short of the goal line. We didn’t execute well enough in field goal range.” Tannehill threw incomplete to Jeremy McNichols, setting up the tying kick for Bullock - but the ball sailed wide left and sent the Jets (1-3) into a wild celebration. On second-and-5 from the Jets 26, Anthony Firkser couldn't hold onto a pass from Tannehill and then the Titans took a delay of game penalty. Brown - marched the Titans downfield with the help of two fourth-down conversions. It was a roller-coaster game.”Īfter the Jets took the lead in the extra period but failed to seal it with a touchdown despite getting to the 1-yard line, Ryan Tannehill - playing without injured receivers Julio Jones and A.J. “I am (having fun),” a grinning Wilson said. Matt Ammendola kicked a 22-yard field goal in overtime, and then Randy Bullock was wide left on a potential tying 49-yarder with 15 seconds left to give the Jets their first victory, 27-24 over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The New York Jets can only hope there are plenty more days like this - but maybe without as much drama. “You having fun yet?” the first-year head coach asked the rookie quarterback with a laugh. Robert Saleh had just gotten soaked from a celebratory Gatorade bath when he turned to Zach Wilson after earning their first NFL victory together. Jets get first win, top Titans 27-24 in OT on Bullock's missĮAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
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