David Bailey shows why hes a ray of hope in another lost season for the Jets

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Jets edge rusher David Bailey, the second overall pick in the April draft, returned from a one-week absence with a groin injury and terrorized Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Sunday.Bailey, on one Kansas City possession, strip-sacked Mahomes twice late in the first half, and the second sack looked like it may have seriously injured Mahomes’ right arm.Mahomes, after the hit, wobbled off the field holding his right elbow, but he returned on the next Chiefs possession and played the rest of the game.“He did that at Texas Tech a lot [and] that’s why he got drafted second overall,’’ Mahomes, who also went to Texas Tech, said.

“I saw it on a lot of TV.I don’t like being the guy that’s getting hit.

So, I’ll try to stay away from that.”Mahomes said a hit like that “scares you in moments when you get some pains in certain areas of your body.And so, obviously, it didn’t feel great, but I was able to kind of get it worked on a little bit, especially at halftime, and I was able to go out there and finish the game.”Bailey finished with those two sacks, which gives him the team lead with 7 ½.

He also led the team with nine tackles, three for losses and six quarterback pressures — all in the first half.“No surprise,’’ Jets head coach Aaron Glenn said of Bailey’s performance.“That’s who he is.

Each game, he’s learning and getting better.It’s good to see.

We expect him to make plays like that.’’Bailey said he didn’t notice Mahomes hurting after the second sack, saying of his performance: “It’s always a blessing just getting out there and just playing football, playing the game I love.’’Bailey’s two sacks and forced fumbles on a single drive made him the eighth player in the NFL, as far back as 1991, to record two of each on the same drive, and the only rookie to record the feat.His 7 ½ sacks are tied for the fifth most by a player in his first eight career games since the stat became officia...