There was much on the table for both the Jets and 49ers in their matchup at Levi's Stadium in the City by the Bay this afternoon.
The Jets wanted to end their four-game losing streak and rise to 4-9 in Bryce Petty's second NFL start and his first by coach's decision. All they had to do was extend the Niners' losing streak to 12 games.
San Francisco had other ideas initially and, powered by Carlos Hyde, opened a 14-0 lead after two series. It didn't look good for the Green & White.
But Petty persevered, Bilal Powell stepped up with a career game for the injured Matt Forté, the defense tightened things up in the second half, and slowly the Jets fought back to Nick Folk's tying field goal and Powell's 19-yard burst 6:25 into the extra period as the Jets were the ones who ended their bad streak and started a modest one-game win streak to take into Saturday night's home game vs.