Ten seconds, two rookies, one ugly play.
That is the shorthand version of how the Jets blew a chance to make a competitive game out of what ended up being a 20-12 loss to the Miami Dolphins in their home opener at MetLife Stadium. Here, if you can take the pain, is the longer.
With 41 seconds left in the first half and his team trailing by 20, Sam Darnold, the Jets 21-year-old quarterback, completed passes of 44 and 17 yards. That put the Jets on the Miami 14.
Darnold threw the ball away on the next play and said after the game that he didn’t see Quincy Enunwa wide open in the end zone.