National Football League
N.Y. Jets 31, Cleveland 30
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 18, 2022
Where: FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 80°
Head Official: Tra Blake
Attendance: 67431

Rookie Garrett Wilson caught a 15-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds remaining as the visiting New York Jets pulled off a comeback and edged the host Cleveland Browns 31-30 on Sunday.

The Jets (1-1) snapped a 13-game losing streak in September by overcoming a 30-17 deficit and scoring twice with no timeouts in the final 1:22.

Nick Chubb scored from 12 yards out for his third touchdown with 1:55 remaining, which seemingly had the Browns (1-1) on their way to their first 2-0 start since 1993. The drive forced the Jets to burn their remaining timeouts before they pulled off their comeback.

New York was within 30-24 when Joe Flacco found a wide-open Corey Davis for a 66-yard touchdown with 82 seconds left on a second-and-1. The Jets then recovered an onside kick by cornerback Justin Hardee at the New York 47.

One play after Myles Garrett flushed Flacco out of the pocket, Wilson caught a short pass and streaked down the middle of the field, slipping by linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah to tie the game. After Greg Zuerlein made the extra point, Ashtyn Davis intercepted Jacoby Brissett for the Jets to ice their first September win since Week 1 of 2018.

Flacco engineered his 25th career regular-season game-winning drive and completed 26 of 44 passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns.

Wilson, who was shaken up earlier in the fourth and committed a critical drop, finished with eight catches for 102 yards and two scores.

Chubb rushed 17 times for 87 yards. Brissett was 22 of 27 for 229 passes and a touchdown to Amari Cooper, who had nine catches for 101 yards.

Cleveland took a 7-0 lead on Chubb's run to the left with 4:55 remaining and the Jets tied it on Wilson's 2-yard grab with 13:06 left in the second. Brissett connected with Cooper for an easy touchdown with 8:17 remaining for a 14-7 lead but the Jets tied it right before halftime on Breece Hall's wide-open 10-yard catch.

Cleveland settled for a 17-14 lead on York's 22-yard field goal with 9:58 left after Brissett's pass to Cooper and a roughing-the-passer penalty got them into the red zone.

The Jets tied it less than a minute into the fourth when Zuerlein's 57-yarder easily cleared the uprights before Chubb scored twice.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
N.Y. Jets   Cleveland
Breece Hall Player Nick Chubb
7 Attempts 17
50 Yards 87
7.1 Avg Yards 5.1
0 Touchdowns 3
23 Long 22
Receiving
N.Y. Jets   Cleveland
Garrett Wilson Player Amari Cooper
8 Receptions 9
102 Yards 101
12.8 Avg Yards 11.2
2 Touchdowns 1
31 Long 20
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
N.Y. Jets 402 93 309 4 1 1 1.0 0
Cleveland 405 184 221 4 1 0 2.0 2
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