The average NFL team runs about 1,000 offensive plays per season, give or take. All it takes is one to define a season. Many of these need only 2-5 words to reach immortality (Philly Special, Helmet Catch) or infamy (Reed Right 88, Butt Fumble).
The play that can come to come to define the 2020 New York Jets’ season might’ve come in their second game on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. It won’t earn a title, and many may have already forgotten it in the immediate aftermath. But, right now, there’s no better microcosm for the first season of a new decade.