Cleveland Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) is sacked by New York Jets linebacker Quincy Williams, backside proper, in the second half of an NFL soccer recreation Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets made some franchise historical past in the span of 36 seconds. Then they held on the remainder of the way in which for his or her second win in a row.
New York bought touchdowns on a kickoff return and a punt return in the identical recreation for the primary time, Breece Hall took a display cross from Justin Fields 42 yards for the go-ahead rating and the Jets defeated the Cleveland Browns 27-20 on a wet Sunday.
“I’m on the sideline like, ‘Yo, we don’t need to do no work!’” Fields mentioned with an enormous smile. “Nah, special teams definitely did their thing today. Proud of those guys, and we finally had some hit.”
Five days after buying and selling cornerback Sauce Gardner and defensive deal with Quinnen Williams in gorgeous strikes, the Jets (2-7) got here off their bye-week break to provide coach Aaron Glenn his first win at house.
Kene Nwangwu returned a kickoff 99 yards for a landing in the primary quarter and moments later, Isaiah Williams introduced again a punt 74 yards for a rating. The Jets had one earlier recreation with two kickoffs returned for scores and one other with two punts returned for TDs. But by no means considered one of every in the identical recreation.
Will McDonald had 4 sacks to tie a single-game file for New York, which sealed the win with some late errors by Cleveland (2-7).
With the Jets main 27-20, Fields scrambled on third-and-16 and Devin Bush was referred to as for holding, giving New York a primary down with 1:50 left at its 44.
Hall ran 3 times and the Jets lined up on fourth all the way down to let the play clock run down earlier than showing to plan to name a timeout and punt, however Cleveland’s Cameron Thomas jumped — and New York had a recent set of downs and the victory.
Fields, who began once more after seeming to have a tenuous maintain on the job, was solely 6 of 11 for 54 yards with the TD to Hall and his first interception of the season.
But he made an enormous play with the sport hanging in the stability.
With the sport tied at 17 and Garrett Wilson out after leaving with a knee harm, the Jets ran the ball on seven straight performs earlier than Fields — who was walloped as he threw — dumped a display cross to Hall, who took it into the tip zone for 42 yards and a landing to place New York up 24-17 with 14:12 left.
“It was the perfect play call in that situation,” Fields mentioned.
Nick Folk kicked a 37-yard subject aim to make it 27-17. Andre Szmyt’s 29-yarder for Cleveland made it a one-score recreation with 2:27 left.
Rookie Dillon Gabriel was 17 of 32 for 167 yards and landing passes to David Njoku and Jerry Jeudy. Quinshon Judkins ran for 75 yards on 22 carries for the Browns, who’ve misplaced 13 straight highway video games courting to final season.
After the sport, coach Kevin Stefanski mentioned he’s sticking with Gabriel at quarterback as a substitute of going to fellow rookie Shedeur Sanders.
“This is a young player and you’re always trying to get one game better and those types of things,” Stefanski mentioned. “We have to play better as an offense.”
Gabriel gave Cleveland an early lead when he threw a 9-yard landing cross to Njoku on Cleveland’s 95-yard opening possession.
But Nwangwu took the kickoff up the center and evaded would-be tacklers — together with Szmyt’s diving try — and returned it up the appropriate sideline 99 yards for a landing.
New York then compelled a three-and-out and Williams returned Corey Bojorquez’s punt 74 yards to make it 14-7 with 5:45 left in the opening quarter.
The final time an NFL crew had kickoff and punt returns for scores in the identical recreation was Baltimore in opposition to Chicago on Oct. 15, 2017. The Chargers had been the final crew to perform the feat in the primary quarter in 2007.
Fields threw his first interception of the season when Ronnie Hickman picked him off to provide the Browns the ball on the Jets 22. And Cleveland took benefit instantly, with Gabriel connecting with a diving Jeudy for a landing to tie it at 14 with 10:34 left in the second quarter.
Honoring Mangold
The Jets honored the late Nick Mangold with a pregame tribute that included a video montage, a large No. 74 banner on the sector, a big image of the the previous heart and former teammate D’Brickashaw Ferguson talking about his pal.
Mangold, a two-time All-Pro heart who helped lead the Jets to the AFC championship recreation twice in his 11 seasons with New York, died on Oct. 27 from issues of kidney illness. He was 41.
Injuries
Browns: DE Alex Wright was dominated out in the third quarter with a quadriceps harm.
Jets: Wilson left in the course of the third quarter with an harm to the identical knee that prompted him to overlook the earlier two video games. … CB Azareye’h Thomas is in the concussion protocol after being injured early in the second quarter. He was hit whereas making a deal with and was on his again immobile for just a few moments. Trainers introduced out a backboard, showing as if he can be immobilized. But Thomas was capable of stand up beneath his personal energy.
Up subsequent
Browns: Host Baltimore subsequent Sunday.
Jets: Play at New England on Thursday evening.
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