BALTIMORE — There may have been plenty of second-guessing of Adam Gase’s play call on a critical fourth down in the second quarter Thursday night, but the player many fans wanted to get the ball wasn’t one of the second-guessers.
Late in the second quarter of a 42-21 loss to the Ravens, with the Jets trailing 21-7, they faced a fourth-and-1 from the Ravens’ 7-yard line. While the sensible alternative might have been to give the ball to running back Le’Veon Bell, Gase decided to air it out. Sam Darnold rolled to his right to avoid pressure, but his pass to Robby Anderson in the right corner of the end zone was broken up by cornerback Jimmy Smith.