Nick Folk kicked a game-winning, 56-yard field goal as time expired on Sunday, giving the New York Jets a 27-24 win over the Atlanta Falcons in East Rutherford, N.J.
Tyrod Taylor threw for 172 yards and a touchdown, and rushed for another score, as the Jets (3-9) won despite being outgained 389-269. Adonai Mitchell had 102 receiving yards and a score, and Breece Hall rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown.
For the Falcons (4-8), who have dropped six of their last seven games, Kirk Cousins threw for 234 yards and a touchdown, while Bijan Robinson totaled 142 rushing yards and a score.
Atlanta opened the second half with an eight-play, 95-yard drive, scoring on Robinson’s 5-yard run with 9:36 left in the third quarter. The Jets knotted the score two plays later, as Taylor found Mitchell for a 52-yard touchdown pass.
Zane Gonzalez missed wide right on a 50-yard field-goal attempt on Atlanta’s next drive. New York returned the favor on the ensuing drive, as Folk missed a 55-yard attempt. Folk had made all 20 of his field-goal attempts prior to the miss.
Cousins hit Darnell Mooney for 16 yards on the Falcons’ next play, leading to Gonzalez’s 52-yard field goal on the final play of the third, giving Atlanta a 17-14 lead. Isaiah Williams returned the ensuing kickoff to Atlanta’s 15-yard line, but the Jets were forced to settle for Folk’s 32-yard field goal.
Cousins’ 31-yard pass to Tyler Allgeier on the next drive led to a 9-yard touchdown pass to David Sills V at the 8:46 mark of the fourth period.
The Jets then tied the game again, as Taylor’s 10-yard rushing touchdown made the score 24-24 with 1:53 left. New York forced two Atlanta punts in the final 1:36, leading to Folk’s game-winner.
After each team punted on its first two drives of the game, Atlanta’s Jamal Agnew muffed a punt on the Falcons’ 7-yard line, which was recovered by Qwan’tez Stiggers on the 2. Hall then rushed for a score on the next play, giving the Jets a 7-0 lead with 13:58 left in the first half.
The Falcons punted on their next two possessions before Robinson’s 16-yard rush and Cousins’ 10-yard pass to Kyle Pitts pushed Atlanta’s drive to New York’s 30. After a defensive pass interference gave the ball to the Falcons on the 1-yard line, Allgeier’s rushing touchdown from 1 yard tied the score at 7 with nine seconds remaining before halftime.
