One other positive storyline that came out of Thursday's loss for the Jets was rookie receiver Elijah Moore, who caught seven of his eight targets for a team-high 84 yards and two touchdowns. After those two punts, the Jets scored 20 points on their next three possessions and nearly tacked on another score, but Johnson was picked off at the Colts' 7-yard line, which ultimately iced the game. Over that stretch, Indianapolis would add 14 more points to its lead and make any realistic thought of an upset obsolete.Įven in the loss, however, you do have to give Robert Saleh's team credit for continuing to fight. Coming out of halftime and already in an 18-point hole, New York's offense would log back-to-back three-and-outs to begin the third quarter. While the first half did set the stage for a rough showing for the Jets in the Week 9 opener, the second half is where they were truly left in the rear-view mirror. Once he was lost, it was a tall ask for backup Josh Johnson to try to keep pace with a Colts offense that was scoring at will when it was truly zeroed in. The wind was cut out of their sails in the aftermath of White's injury. In the early minutes of the second quarter, linebacker Darius Leonard also was able to punch the ball loose from Ty Johnson's arms, which helped spark a 21-3 run by the Colts heading into halftime. That unit averaged 8.7 yards per carry and also found the end zone three times.ĭefensively, the Colts started to falter late and allowed the Jets to score 20 points in the second half, but they were largely stout early. As a team, the Colts ran for 260 yards, which is the highest total rushing yards by a team this season. Of course, a large part of that was also thanks to the ground game. Indy was able to carry that momentum into the third quarter where it tacked on even more points and got out to a massive 42-10 lead at one point. At halftime, the Colts had nearly a 100-yard advantage in total offense and a lot of that was thanks to a highly efficient Wentz, who completed 15 of 18 over the first two quarters for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Indianapolis was hot right out of the gate and scored a touchdown on every single one of its possessions in the first half. That was enough offensive firepower to negate any late rally by the Jets (outside of sweating out the 10-point spread). It was all gas, no brakes for the Colts for roughly three quarters in this game. To read more about how this game unfolded, check out our main takeaways below. With White on the shelf, Josh Johnson came in under duress and completed 27 of 41 for 317 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception in the losing effort. Meanwhile, White completed seven of his 11 throws for the Jets for 95 yards and a touchdown before departing. Carson Wentz completed 22 of his 30 passes on the night for 272 yards and three touchdowns. Jonathan Taylor led the Colts backfield in what was a dominating night on the ground as he finished with 172 yards and two touchdowns. They only continued to pour it on in the second half and finished with 532 yards of offense. The Colts would find the end zone on all four of their offensive possessions in the first half to go up by double-digits at the break. It was at that point where New York was left in the dust. However, White suffered a forearm injury in the midst of that drive and did not return for the rest of the night. At first, the Jets were able to hold serve with the Colts as Mike White responded to that touchdown drive with one of his own as he connected with rookie Elijah Moore on a 19-yard score. From the jump, Indy was able to put points on the board, going on an 88-yard touchdown drive on the club's opening possession. While that final score may not suggest a blowout, New York's points largely came in garbage time with the game out of reach in the second half. The Indianapolis Colts didn't meet much resistance when it counted as they moved to 4-5 on the season after defeating the New York Jets on "Thursday Night Football" 45-30.
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