Isaiah Williams capitalizing on second Jets chance after brutal game sparked roller coaster
You wouldn’t blame Isaiah Williams for harboring some sore feelings about the Dolphins.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.
When the Jets met their division rivals in Week 4, he didn’t have his best game.Williams fumbled the second-half kickoff, and he also called for a fair catch at his own 3-yard line.Just days after that Miami debacle, he was waived by the Jets.The 24-year-old was added to the practice squad afterward, then added back to the active roster Oct.
18.Since then, he has found new life with the Jets.And now he faces the team that launched his personal roller coaster this season.One would anticipate some anxious feelings resurfacing for the second-year wideout heading into the season’s second meeting with the Jets’ AFC East rival Sunday at MetLife Stadium.However, Williams hasn’t dwelled on the bad game, and he doesn’t believe redemption is needed this week.“It was just more on me,” Williams told The Post on Thursday.
“Of course, Miami is a great team.We lost, so anytime you lose to a team, you want to come back.
But, I feel like in that moment I beat myself.It wasn’t really nothing against what Miami did or anything.
It was more like I did it and I hurt myself.”Williams had a breakout game in Week 8 at Cincinnati in a 39-38 Jets win — their first victory of the season.He had five kickoff returns for 132 yards, three punt returns for 38 yards and three receptions for 31 yards.In Week 12, he averaged 30.5 yards per return against the Ravens, and in a 27-24 victory over the Falcons on Sunday, Williams delivered with a huge 83-yard kick return at the start the fourth quarter.It led to a field goal that tied the game at 17.“I’m trying to learn from the mistakes I made against Miami every week,” Williams said.“Each week, I’m just trying to learn and grow.”Special teams coach Chris Banjo saw Williams’ intentions and potential, ultima...