• The Jets left Detroit with a loss, but not with the kind of performance that gets dismissed in a hurry.
  • Down 24-10, New York rallied to tie the game before giving up another touchdown in a 31-24 defeat to the Lions.
  • Against that backdrop, the Jets still found a way to make the fourth quarter matter.
  • They did it with two touchdown drives in the final period, enough to briefly tie the game at 24.
  • Kenyon Sadiq caught 7 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown, and his diving 24-yard score helped turn the Jets’ passing game into something Detroit had to account for snap after snap.
  • Sadiq’s production carried a milestone with it, too.
  • He became the first rookie tight end in Jets history to record both a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same season.
  • Some outside observers went even further, suggesting the shootout may have been the best-coached game of Glenn’s Jets career.
  • That kind of praise only sharpens the question the result leaves behind: what does progress look like before it shows up in the standings?
  • For now, the record says 1-2.