CHICAGO — As if the Jets offense did not have enough issues on Sunday against the Bears, the unit complicated things further by committing five false starts.
Early in the game, the Jets were constantly going 5 yards backward as they could not stop jumping before the snap. They had a false-start penalty on their first three drives — each by a different player.
In all, the Jets committed seven pre-snap penalties with the defense chipping in two neutral-zone infractions.
“We shot ourselves in the foot on that,” Jets coach Todd Bowles said after the 24-10 loss.