The Jets came out incredibly sloppy on both sides of the ball and never really recovered throughout the game, being thoroughly dominated by the Bills but hanging around solely on the strength of untimely mistakes by Buffalo. Had Josh Allen not fumbled twice in Jets territory and blown a couple of wide-open touchdown opportunities, and had Bills kicker Tyler Bass not missed two point-blank field goals, the Jets would have lost by a much, much bigger margin.
Josh Allen and the Bills got out to a 21-0 lead in the first half. A depleted defense missed countless tackles and committed bad penalties while the offense was hampered by a lack of separation from the wideouts and a poor performance by Sam Darnold.