The Jets (2-5) lost to the Steelers (5-2), 37-15, in Pittsburgh in Week 7 on Sunday night. Here are three takeaways from the game.
Momentum Swing Before Halftime
Nearing the end of the first half, it seemed as if the Jets were on the verge of breaking the dam in Pittsburgh and climbing out to an insurmountable lead. Up by 15-6 with 1:21 remaining in the first half, QB Aaron Rodgers fired a ball over the middle of the field intended for WR Garrett Wilson that was deftly intercepted by Steelers rookie S Beanie Bishop at the Pittsburgh 46-yard line.
Bishop corralled the interception with one hand and put a pin into the Jets’ scoring chance. He, instead, gave newfound life to the home team, which scored the game’s final 31 points. QB Russell Wilson’s first touchdown pass as a Steeler came 5 plays after the pick with 32 seconds remaining in the half when he connected with WR George Pickens for an 11-yard score.
“Going into this game, we knew momentum would be a big part of it, especially the environment we’re playing in,” interim HC Jeff Ulbrich said. “In these games you can’t give up those plays because it’s a huge shift in momentum. If you do make them, you got to fight your ass off to fix it. We didn’t do that well enough. This has got to be an opportunity that we can grow from and become the team we’re capable of becoming because that is absolutely not good enough the way we reacted to the adversity.
“I felt like guys were fighting. I felt like execution was not good enough. I felt like we went into the mode of trying too hard. Sometimes that’s just as dangerous as not trying hard enough.”
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