Jets rally comes up short on late fumble in heart-pounding loss to Lions

DETROIT — The Jets are interesting. They’re fun to watch. The Jets are better. On this day, though, they just weren’t good enough.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.

 The Jets fought the favored Lions from the back foot all game, but came up short in a riveting 31-24 loss Sunday at Ford Field.They tied the game on a dynamic series of events that began with their defense stuffing the Lions on a fourth-down try at midfield with 8:32 remaining. The Jets, trailing 24-16, took the ball over at their own 46 with a chance to tie, and that’s what they did.On fourth-and-6 from the Detroit 23-yard line, Geno Smith connected with Garrett Wilson for a TD with 4:06 remaining.Smith then hit former Giants receiver Sterling Shepard, who was activated from the practice squad for the game, on a 2-point conversion. The Lions, though, quickly regained the lead, 31-24, on an 11-yard Jahmyr Gibbs TD reception with 2:25 remaining. It was Gibbs’ third touchdown of the game.The Jets, who fell to 1-2, threatened to tie it again, moving the ball to the Detroit 28-yard line, but the Lions ended it with a sack and forced fumble by a blitzing Chuck Clark, a former Jet. The ball was recovered by Alim McNeill with 42 seconds remaining to seal the game.  It was the third consecutive game in which the Lions (2-1) scored 31 points.k...