It was so predictable this unpredictable year.
The Jets were without star defender Quinnen Williams. The 10-win Browns won five in six games in the city with the league’s third attack.
So naturally, in the typical 2020 form, the Jets ’seven forwards played as the best unit in the league.
He kept the Browns, who were without their first four receivers due to COVID-19 protocols, at 45 yards running at 18 gates. He fired Baker Mayfield four times, equaling a season high. Nick Chubb was detained until a minimum season of 28 yards. With the game in balance, he forced changes in Cleveland’s last two possessions and produced three in total.
“It shows we don’t stop smoking, we still come close every week to win,” winger striker Tarell Basham said after Gang Green won its second straight game, 23-16, over the Browns at the MetLife Stadium without fans. Sunday afternoon. “Great game plan. Our coaches put us in a position to play and we showed up today to play. We played with energy, enthusiasm and we flew, we got to the ball ”.
John Franklyn-Myers, Frankie Luvu, Nathan Shepherd and Basham each had sacks. Basham forced two rubbish bins and Luvu created another. Franklyn-Myers and Folorunso Fatukasi recovered one.
Basham was the big star, who arrived in the final minutes. With the Jets nursing a four-point lead at the end of the fourth quarter, he hit Mayfield from behind, dropping the ball loose. It meant a field goal from the Jets and a seven-point lead.
But the Browns had one last chance and went all the way to the Jets ’16-yard line. In the fourth and 1st, Mayfield kept it up. But as he spun around trying to gain extra yards, Basham pulled the ball back, sealing the victory with 1:25 left.
“We rejected so much on the inside,” Basham said, handing out credit. “We had so much news inside that Baker had nowhere else to go, forcing him out of my way.”
“Blessed, sincerely, blessed to be able to make a play as a team at such a critical time in the game,” he added.
The Jets defense was set on fire by the Seahawks for 41 points and 410 yards in total on December 13th. The previous week, he allowed the Raiders to prevail in a long pass with five seconds left. But the past two weeks, the unit has faced the Rams and Browns, beating a couple of potential playoff teams after allowing at least 30 points in five of their previous six games.
“The boys are still fighting. For us, as players, it means a lot to win and win a game and not just keep losing at home, “said Basham. “We have children. This is the last thing you want: go home and tell your kids every week that you are a loser.
“You want them to win, but you can’t win. Therefore, this is important for us as players.