Jets blow golden chance in crushing overtime loss to Packers

Well, it looked so damned good for nearly four quarters for the Jets.A 2-0 start for the first time since 2015 was not only in the Jets’ sights in their home opener at MetLife Stadium in what was a “whiteout’’ with their fans clad in white, they could taste it.Then it all went sour in the second half of the fourth quarter as the Jets squandered a 10-point lead in the final 7:58 to lose in crushing fashion, 20-17, in overtime.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.

The loss erased the feel-good afternoon of the 17-7 lead the Jets built halfway through the fourth quarter.It, too, ruined the “whiteout,’’ leaving the Jets wish they had a vat of White-Out to erase the memory of this sickening loss.The Packers (1-1) won the game on a 26-yard field goal by their rookie kicker Trey Smack with 5:23 remaining in overtime.The Packers tied the game at 17-17 on a 34-yard field goal by Smack with 2:59 remaining in the regulation.The score was set up by a 63-yard kickoff return by Packers receiver Skyy Moore to give Green Bay the ball at the Jets 16-yard line.The Packers had shaved the Jets lead to 17-14 on 3-yard scoring pass from Jordan Love to Christian Watson, who beat Jarvis Brownlee Jr.on a slant in the end zone with 7:58 remaining in the game.The Jets took a 17-7 lead on a 32-yard field goal by Jason Sanders with 11:04 remaining in the game.That score was courtesy of a forced fumble by Jets newcomer linebacker Kingsley Enegbare, who came to them from Green Bay this offseason.Enegbare punched the ball loose from Packers running back MarShawn Lloyd with 12:27 remaining in the game, the ball recovered by defensive tackle Harrison Phillips at the Green Bay 18-yard line.The Enegbare turnover was the fourth forced fumble of the game by the Jets defense, but the first one they recovered.Earlier, the Jets broke up a 7-7 game in the third quarter, taking a 14-7 lead on a 5-yard Geno Smit...