Some more fourth quarter mastery courtesy of Breece Hall, a lot of defense from Will McDonald IV and a pair of stunning special team plays (via Kene Nwangwu and Isaiah Williams) sent the Jets to their second straight win of the season
No. 1 -- Breece Hall's 42-Yard Catch-and-Run TD
OC Tanner Engstrand dialed up the perfect play when the Jets faced a second-and-17 at the Cleveland 42-yard line with 14:12 left in the fourth quarter with the score tied, 17-17. Contending with an all-out rush, QB Justin Fields sent a short pass to Breece Hall in the right flat. RG Joe Tippmann flattened LB Carson Schwesinger to unlock Hall's path to the end zone. "If you send everybody at the quarterback, man, you're going to have one-on-one coverage, which allows us to be able to block our man, and then be able to dump it off, and then he [Hall] just navigated through all the through all the traffic, and (was) able to score," HC Aaron Glenn said. "So great call by [OC Tanner Engstrand], great run by Breece, and really good blocking and a good setup by everybody else on the offense."
No. 2 -- Will McDonald IV Spins His Way to Sack No. 4
After Hall's TD put the Jets ahead, Cleveland used 7 plays to move from their own 34-yard line to the Jets' 33. It was fourth-and-1 with 10:21 to play in the game when Browns QB Dillion Gabriel dropped back to pass. Using one of his favorite moves, Will McDonald IV did a spin-o-rama from the edge to the inside of LG Wyatt Taylor to sack Gabriel. McDonald's fourth sack tied a single-game franchise record with Mark Gastineau and John Abraham. "Just keep being relentless," said McDonald, who leads the Jets with 7 sacks this season.
No. 3 -- Kene Nwangwu's 99-Yard KO Return for TD
After Cleveland opened the scoring on a 9-play, 95-yard drive midway through the first quarter, RB Kene Nwangwu fielded Andre Szmyt's kickoff at the 1-yard line and took off. He sped up the right hash mark, found an opening, cut to his right, slipped past Szmyt and cruised down the home sideline untouched into the end zone. It was Nwangwu's second return for a TD in his second season with the Jets (and fifth of his five-year NFL career), both covering 99 yards.
No. 4 -- Isaiah Williams 74-Yard Punt Return TD
The Browns went three-and-out on their next possession after Kene Nwangwu's KO return tied the score. Corey Bojorquez's left-footed, 45-yard punt fell to Isaiah Williams at the Jets' 27-yard line. A gaping seam opened as Williams raced 74 yards to give the Jets a 14-7 lead with 5:45 left in the first quarter. "We know we have a long way to go, and we have a lot of work to do, you know, on both sides of the ball, but I tell you what, our special teams really gave us a spark today, and that's what we need," HC Aaron Glenn said.
No. 5 -- QB Justin Fields Draws Browns Offside. Game Over.
After a field goal got the Browns within a TD, 27-20, with 3 minutes to play, the Jets took advantage of two pivotal penalties on Cleveland to run out the clock and win their second straight game. With 1:56 to play and facing a third-and-16, QB Justin Fields was sacked by Denzel Ward at the Jets' 38. But LB Devin Bush was flagged for holding, giving the Jets a first down. Three plays later, with the Jets staring at fourth-and-5 at their 49 with 58 seconds on the clock, Fields' cadence enticed DE Cameron Thomas into the neutral zone. First down Jets. Game over.
