Jets Isaiah Williams enjoying redemption story after tumultuous month

Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.It’s been one hell of a month for Jets receiver and kicker returner Isaiah Williams.He looked like he was a goner after a disastrous performance in a Week 4 loss to the Dolphins that included a kickoff fumble in the second half which the Dolphins recovered and turned into a touchdown, and a fair catch of a punt at the 3-yard line.“I let the team down,” Williams said after the game.He was released the next day but signed back to the practice squad.And on Sunday in Cincinnati, he was a big contributor to the 39-38 win over the Bengals, the first Jets victory of the season.Williams compiled 226 all-purpose yards in the game on five kickoff returns for 132 yards, three punt returns for 38 yards, including a 21-yarder, three receptions for 31 yards and a 25-yard end-around run.It was the most all-purpose yards for a Jets player since 2021.Aaron Glenn on Monday praised Williams as a “redemption story.’’“In life, you go through trials and tribulations,’’ Williams said Tuesday as the Jets players departed for their bye week.

“But it made me stronger.I messed up in that game and I was gonna get better.

Every day, I’m working on ball security.I’m gonna catch extra passes, I’m making sure my field awareness is better.“It’s all about how you bounce back, how you persevere through.’’Williams revealed that he was a scout-team running back in last week’s practices, having no idea he’d have a role in the Bengals game.

He recalled studying for extra time on the Saturday night before the game.He showed the coaches in the Saturday walk-through that “I knew my assignments.’’“I feel like that moment just built trust with the coaches,’’ he said.“They were like, ‘OK, we could throw him out there.’ When the plays came to me, I just made the most of them.“After that game, it really hit me and showed me like, �...