Adams, who finished the game with 5 catches for a team-high 66 yards, gave the Jets a 6-0 lead (missed PAT) with an 8-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter. It was the Jets’ first time scoring first in a game since Week 6 against the Bills.
RB Kene Nwangwu, who forced a fumble on the ensuing kick return that led to Davis’ first NFL touchdown, extended the Jets’ lead to double digits with a 99-yard return score following Seattle’s first TD (12-yard pass from Geno Smith to TE AJ Barner). It was his first return with the Green & White after he was called up from the practice squad Saturday and the fourth return TD of his career.
Rodgers, who completed 53.8% of his passes (21 of 39) for 185 yards, 2 TD and 1 INT, had a chance to perhaps give the Jets an insurmountable lead in the second quarter after Nwangwu’s return.
Jets K Anders Carlson recovered a muffed ball on the Seahawks 38-yard line on the ensuing kickoff. Rodgers, five plays later, missed an open Garrett Wilson near the corner of the end zone for a score that would have given the Jets a 28-7 lead. Instead, Williams picked off Rodgers on the next play and ran 92 yards for the score, cutting the lead, 21-13 (Quinnen Williams blocked PAT).
“I tried to throw it inside, the wind was blowing consistent,” Rodgers said of the miss to Wilson. Maybe I should’ve thrown it a little flatter because he was wide open. I have to hit that. It doesn’t matter if it’s windy, I’ve played in wind before. It was inconsistent, but I have to hit that.”
He added of the pick-six: “I kind of read behind the right guard, couldn’t see him [Williams].”
The Jets were held scoreless in the second half as Seahawks K Jason Myers’ two field goals cut the lead before Charbonnet delivered the final blow.
Jetcetera
With his 3-yard catch in the second quarter, Garrett Wilson has at least 1 reception in all 46 games he’s played in, which is the second-longest-pass-catching streak from the start of a player’s career as a Jets rookie. He was tied with Wayne Chrebet (1995-97) before Sunday. … Jamien Sherwood eclipsed 100 defensive tackles on the season with his with his tackle of Tyler Lockett on the game’s third play. He entered the game with 99 tackles and finished with 4, raising his total to 103. … Rookie Olu Fashanu made his fourth start and second at LT as T Tyron Smith was placed on injured reserve Saturday with a neck injury. … Carter Warren took over at RT for Morgan Moses after the latter sustained a shoulder injury in the first quarter. … Aaron Rodgers’ and Davante Adams’ TD connection was their 88th, the fourth most in NFL history. They passed the Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown. … Sauce Gardner sustained a hamstring injury in the second half. Will McDonald had 2 sacks Sunday, bringing his season total to 10.
