It was the most unlikely of victories for the Jets but one which gifted them renewed hope.
Their 20-14 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday prevented them from falling three games behind the 5-1 AFC East-leading Miami Dolphins after just six games.
However, the Eagles were 5-0, and after the San Francisco 49ers 19-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns earlier in the day, the only remaining undefeated team in the league. The struggling Jets’ offense, which entered the game versus the Eagles averaging just 18.6 points per game, would be playing without its best offensive lineman, Alijah Vera-Tucker, who suffered a season-ending Achilles tear against the Broncos.
So the Jets’ Super Bowl caliber defense, with injured quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the sidelines for the first time since his Achilles injury, took up the slack, forcing Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, last season’s league MVP runner up, into three interceptions. The most costly was an ill-advised pass on third-and-9 at the Eagles 46-yard line with his team leading 14-12 with 1:50 left in the game.
“Through these first six weeks,” added Saleh, “we’ve played a gauntlet of quarterbacks. I know we haven’t won them all, but we’ve embarrassed all of them. I’m just really, really proud of the defense and their resolve.”
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