There wasn’t a magic formula, no radical change in play-calling, to explain the drastic about-face in the Jets running game.
It was simple, really.
“It was because we just kept sticking to it this game,” left guard James Carpenter said. “Sometimes, in the beginning [of games], it doesn’t go how you want it, but at the end, if you keep [trying], usually they crack. I think that’s what happened today.”
The Jets pounded the best run defense in the sport, producing 157 yards on the ground — just 6 yards less than they managed in their previous three games — in their slump-busting 24-16 victory over the Ravens on Sunday afternoon.