The New York Jets scored on their first drive of the night as Josh McCown (3 / 4 – 72 yards, 1 TD) connected with Robby Anderson on a long pass inside the 5 yard line. Two plays later McCown completed a short pass to Charone Peake for the Jets only touchdown of the game.
In the words of the immortal Warner Wolf, turn your sets off there folks. The Jets defense only allowed a field goal on the day and that meant a 7 – 3 victory for the Jets in the preseason opener.
Despite the promise of an open competition the plan that Todd Bowles and John Morton have at QB seems to have involves:
The Jets had 15 players catch passes against the Titans. Robby Anderson had almost half the yards (3 / 73).
Frankie Hammond and Lucky Whitehead both split kickoff and punt return duties.
Punter Lachlan Edwards struggled with some shaky punts. Overall he had a 41.9 yard average but it wasn’t a good night for the Jets 2nd year punter. Chandler Catanzaro missed the only field goal attempt of the night. It was a long won from 55 yards out, but even though his kick had the leg, he was wide left by a wide margin.
Preseason games are meaningless, but when you have a young team it is good to walk away with a win. They have to work on the running game and get Matt Forte and Bilal Powell on the field; both players missed this game. Next up the Jet travel to Detroit to take on the Lions on Saturday night August 19th.