The Jets played their most complete game of the season on Sunday, beating the Redskins, 34-17.
After turning in a 34-27 win over their roommates to halt a three-game losing streak last week, the Jets delivered their first road win of the season in Washington, improving to 3-1 against the NFC East this season. Sam Darnold and Jamal Adams both had career days, while Adam Gase and Gregg Williams executed flawless gameplans despite deficiencies.
Let’s take a look at some interesting stats from Gang Green’s third win of the season.
Career Day for Griffin
Ryan Griffin had a career day, as he’s done an excellent job filling in for Chris Herndon, who is out for the season with broken ribs.
Griffin entered the day with a single-game career-high of 85 receiving yards. He recorded the first 100-yard receiving game of his career, catching five passes for 109 yards and a touchdown in Sunday’s win.
Per Michael Nania, Griffin’s 109 receiving yards were the most by a Jets tight end since Dustin Keller posted 115 in Week 2 of 2010 against New England. Griffin’s 100-yard game is the first since Keller had 101 in Week 2 of 2011 against Jacksonville.
Youngest in Franchise History
Sam Darnold became the youngest player in Jets history with four touchdown passes in a game. Joe Namath was nine days older when he did it on Nov. 21, 1965.
Not bad company for a 22-year-old, huh?
Jamal Adams’ Hat Trick
Jamal Adams became just the second defensive back in the last 10 seasons with three sacks in a single game. The other was Pittsburgh Steelers DB Mike Hilton in 2017, according to ESPN Stats & Info.
Since sacks were first tracked in 1982, Adams is just the third DB to post two sacks in back-to-back games. It hasn’t been done since Aaron Beasley did it for Jacksonville in 2000.
Adams has now recorded five sacks in his past two contests and leads the Jets with six this season.
Opening Drive(s)
Sunday marked just second time in franchise history that the Jets scored opening-drove touchdowns in four straight games. The only other time this happened in franchise history was during the 1972 season.
Darnold and Brown got their scoring going in Week 11 with a touchdown out of the gate.
New York Sack Exchange
When Frankie Luvu sacked Dwayne Haskins late in the fourth quarter, that made six sacks for the Jets against the rookie quarterback.
New York now has 16 sacks in its last three games. That’s the most for Gang Green in a three-game span since 1981. Jets fans may remember that New York had such a knack for taking down quarterbacks around that time that the defensive line got a group nickname.
