The Jets dropped a back-and-forth battle by 38-33 to the Las Vegas Raiders at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. The Green & White fell to 2-6, and the Raiders improved to 4-4.

In defeat, RB Braelon Allen rushed for 147 yards on 21 attempts (7.0 per), including a 21-yard TD in the third quarter and WR Adonai Mitchell had a career-high 142 yards and a TD. QB Geno Smith was 22-of-30 passing for 290 yards, 2 TD and 1 INT.

The Jets scored on all of their first-half possessions with a pair of Jason Sanders field goals in the first quarter and 2 TDs and a 39-yard Sanders' conversion in the second. The Green & White scored their third field goal of the afternoon with 10 seconds left before halftime to take a 23-14 lead into the break.

The Raiders cut into that lead with a 5-minute TD drive to start the third quarter with QB Kirk Cousins finding TE Brock Bowers for his second score, a 2-yard reception up the middle. But the Jets only needed three plays to answer -- a 15-yard reception to WR Garrett Wilson, 22- yards down field to TE Kenyon Sadiq and a 21-yard rushing score down the left sideline by Allen to regain their 9-point lead with the score at 30-21 in the Green & White's favor.

But the Raiders orchestrated back-to-back TD drives, and they took their first lead since the first quarter with Cousins (19-of-26 passing for 247 yards and 3 TDs) finding WR Jalen Nailor in the back of the end zone to go up by 35-30 with 11:33 left in the game. RB Ashton Jeanty had a 45-yard catch and run -- Las Vegas' longest play of the game -- to set up the score and capitalize on the Jets' first punt of the game.

With six minutes left, Smith found Mitchell deep down field for a 47-yard pickup to put the Jets in the red zone, but they didn't score a TD -- Sanders converted a 31-yard field goal, his fourth of the game, to put the Jets within 2 points.

The Raiders had the ball with 4:38 remaining and primarily ran the ball to only leave 27 seconds on the clock after K Matt Gay converted a 53-yard field goal. The Jets got down to the Raiders' 35-yard line with 14 seconds to go after an unnecessary roughness penalty called on S Jeremy Chinn for a hit on Wilson after he completed a 15-yard reception. But on the next play, Smith looked deep in the end zone and Chinn intercepted the ball to end the game.

Allen carried the ball 7 times for 39 of his 121 first-half yards to put the Jets in the red zone inside the 2-minute warning. On third down from the Raiders' 11, Smith looked to pass, but Maxx Crosby sacked him for a loss of 10 yards and Sanders made his third field goal of the afternoon.

The Raiders only had the ball once in the second quarter and turned the ball over on downs when FB Connor Heyward took a direct snap and was immediately stopped at the line of scrimmage.

The Jets had the opening possession of the game, and Smith wasted no time looking for Wilson who had a 31-yard reception on the first play. Sanders capped off the opening drive with a 21-yard field goal, and the Raiders answered, moving down the field in 10 plays on their opening drive and Cousins finding Bowers for a 12-yard TD on third-and-goal.

Sanders had a 36-yard conversion on the Green & White's second possession, and the defense forced the Raiders to punt on the opening play of the second quarter after Will McDonald IV sacked Cousins for a loss of 9 yards on third-and-2.

The Jets marched down the field in eight plays to score their first TD of the afternoon when Smith found Isaiah Williams 18 yards up the middle in the end zone. Mitchell had 41 yards on the drive, and his 20-yard gain on third-and-11 prevented the Jets from going three-and-out.

But the Raiders had an answer on special teams with Dylan Laube returning the ensuing kickoff 95-yards down the left sideline for a touchdown. Las Vegas regained a one-point advantage at 14-13 with 11 minutes left in the first half.

Up next, the Jets travel to Kansas City to face the Chiefs in Week 9.