For the second week in a row, the New York Jets defense no-showed and asked rookie quarterback Brady Cook to overcome an insurmountable lead.
Last week it was a quick 21-0 deficit against the Dolphins, and this week it was Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars who jumped out to leads of 14-0 and 31-10 just before the half. The Jags were off and running from the first snap of the game and never looked back. Lawrence led the Jags on back-to-back scoring drives with a touchdown strike to Brian Thomas Jr. on the first drive and a 15-yard scramble for a score on their second drive.
The Jets would counter with a Brady Cook TD pass, the first of his career, to AD Mitchell to make it 14-7. That was as close as the Jets would get before Jacksonville ran away with it.
Rookie running back Bhaysul Tuten pulled in a 16-yard TD reception to make it 21-7 before the team traded field goals to push the score to 24-10 before Jacksonville managed two more TD passes on a day in which Trevor Lawrence had five scoring strikes.
On offense, the Jets just couldn’t keep up. In his first pro start, quarterback Brady Cook completed 66% of his passes, going 22 for 33 for for 176 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions.
The loss drops the Jets to 3-11 and moves them from 7th to 5th in their draft position for the 2026 class.
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