Penalties cost Jets what couldve been signature win over struggling Packers

The Jets outgained the Packers 285 yards to 199.They held the ball for 37:40 compared to Green Bay’s 26:57.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.

And they won the turnover battle.With all that going for them, not to mention a 10-point lead with 11:04 to go in the fourth quarter, it would seem almost impossible to lose a game.But that’s just what the Jets did in a 20-17 overtime loss at MetLife Stadium that featured a whopping 13 penalties for 156 yards by the Jets.None was more costly than Jarvis Brownlee Jr.’s unnecessary roughness personal foul on Chris Brooks after Brooks’ 15-yard reception in overtime.The play — with the help of the penalty — gave Green Bay the ball on the Jets 22-yard line, and after a 15-yard pass from Jordan Love to Matthew Golden, the Packers were in position for Trey Smack’s game-winning 26-yard field goal.Brownlee didn’t speak to reporters after the game about his miscue, but Aaron Glenn did.“It just can’t happen,’’ the head coach said.“I don’t think it’s anything he doesn’t know.

It can’t happen.We can’t let our emotions get the best of us in a situation like that because we have to make sure we do what’s right to try to go win the game.

That was one of the decisions we didn’t make correctly.I’d say that.”Safety Andre Cisco said of Brownlee’s penalty, “As an aggressive player, there are going to be aggressive penalties at times.

Obviously, it was untimely.But we trust him, and I don’t think we’ll harp on him too much.”Brownlee may have been singled out, but he wasn’t alone in helping cost the Jets the game.“It’s unfortunate,’’ said right guard Joe Tippmann, whose false start in the third quarter nearly stopped a drive.

“I was one that had one.You know, those are plays that you wish you had back, stuff that you’ve got to lock into the moment, make sure you’re playing in the moment and...