A persistent mist fell over the MetLife Stadium crowd as the Jets battled the Green Bay Packers into overtime, but ultimately lost, 20-17.

The Jets won the overtime coin toss and elected to receive, but the Green & White lost 15 yards after QB Geno Smith was sacked on back-to-back plays. Austin McNamara fired a 56-yard punt, and the Packers took over at the Green Bay 34.

QB Jordan Love connected with RB Chris Brooks for 15 yards, and an unnecessary roughness call on the defense pushed the Packers an additional 15 yards up field. Green Bay was close enough to attempt a 26-yard field goal with 5:23 left in overtime to win the game.

The Packers scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to force overtime. Their offensive push started with Skyy Moore's 63-yard punt return, which helped tie the game at 17 with 34-yard field goal after WR Christian Watson scored a TD on Green Bay's previous possession.

The Jets only had three minutes and two timeouts to work with to try and win in regulation but turned the ball over on downs after Braelon Allen's fourth-and-1 rush was short of the first down.

The Jets defense prevented the Packers from scoring in the final seconds of regulation with Kingsley Enagbare sacking Love as the clock ran out.

Throughout the game, the Jets defense relentlessly attacked the football and forced 4 fumbles. The first three weren't recovered by the Green & White, but three minutes into the fourth quarter DT Harrison Phillips came out from under the pile holding a ball that Enagbare punched out and sent the crowd into a frenzy. The Jets added three points, with a 32-yard field goal, and took a 10-point lead.

That defensive momentum helped carry the Jets through a slow offensive start; however, penalties were extremely costly on both sides with each team having well over 100 penalty yards. At times, defensive pass interference calls helped each team push their offense down field.

The game was tied, 7-7, at halftime and the Jets were forced to punt out of the break, but when S Andre Cisco charged up the middle and got a hit on Love as his pass toward Christian Watson fell incomplete on third down.

In five minutes, the Jets ran 10 plays, traveling 70 yards to take their first lead in the game with Smith throwing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Garrett Wilson – it was Smith's first passing TD as a Jet since 2016. On the drive, a 14-yard rush by Breece Hall and back-to-back receptions by Isaiah Williams pushed the Jets down field.

When the Packers tried to answer, the Jets forced them to punt, much like the first quarter when they were held without a first down until the final play of the opening quarter.

Green Bay did strike first, though, after Love connected with Watson twice, for 20-and 13-yard gains on a 9-play scoring drive which ended with a short pass to RB MarShawn Lloyd for a 6-yard TD score.

Smith was 27-of-41 for 247 passing yards and had started firing in the second quarter, connecting with a sliding Wilson up the middle for a gain of 16 and a deep look to Adonai Mitchell resulted in a defensive pass interference call to push the Jets into Packers territory.

Mitchell had a career-best 43 yards in the first half, including a 15-yard gain on the right sideline to the Green Bay 5-yard line. On the next play, Allen rushed untouched on the right side for the 7-7 equalizing score, becoming the first Jets running back to rush for a TD in back-to-back Jets home openers since Chris Ivory in 2014-15.