Jets Look Completely Overmatched vs. Falcons in London

 FALCONS 27 - JETS 20 

Let's just say the Jets had a case of jet-lag, because there is no other way to describe New York's performance against the Falcons in the United Kingdom on Sunday morning. 

The Jets were completely and totally over-matched against Atlanta. Defensively, the Jets couldn't get a hand on Matt Ryan, after sacking Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill seven times a week ago. The Falcons did a tremendous job in blitz pickup on the Jets, and the veteran Ryan picked apart the middle of the Jets defense. 

For an Atlanta team that was missing Calvin Ridley and Russell Gage, they sure didn't seem to miss a beat against Gang Green. Not with Cordarrelle Paterson chewing up huge chunks of yards in the first half, and Ryan finding tight end Kyle Pitts in single-to-no- coverage all afternoon. 

Pitts, who was an unheralded first top draft pick out of Florida in last April's draft, had his coming out party against the Jets. Nine catches for 119 yards and a touchdown catch. The score culminated a 10-play, 92-yard drive by the Falcons that pushed Atlanta's lead to 10-0. 

In fact in two possessions against the Jets, the Falcons rolled up 154 yards of offense to the lowly eight years for the Jets. And that was with 1:42 to go in the first quarter. 

Ryan keep the party going for Atlanta in the second quarter, engineering a 77-yard drive on eight plays, that ended in a 17-yard reception by Hayden Hurst for a touchdown to make it 17-0. For all intents and purposes this game was over. 

Zach Wilson was erratic and inaccurate for much of the day. It didn't help matters that the Jets were in a 17-0 hole before most people were fully awake back in New York, Sunday morning. 

While many have pegged the offensive line, and drops by wide receivers for the Jets troubles in the early season, this was all on Wilson, who just couldn't ignite this offense. When he finally did get something going, it came late in the game, when the coaches finally (FINALLY) decided to insert Denzel Mims into the game, who caught hauled in a 27-yard completion that helped lead to a Michael Carter touchdown that gave the Jets a slight chance to comeback in this game. 

In fact it is becoming quiet bizarre how both Mims and rookie wide out Elijah Moore are not involved in this offense at all. Moore once again went without a catch, but was involved in two huge plays. One play where he caught the ball on sideline -- after stepping out of bounds and coming back in play -- that was whipped away with a flag. The other coming on pass interference on Atlanta. 

Other than that we didn't see a whole lot from Moore or Mims. That has to be a huge concern for a Jets team that expected those two to be explosive weapons on this offense. 

It is remarkable the Jets had a chance to win this game. They were down 20-17 late in the fourth quarter, but the defense couldn't slow down Atlanta's offense as they rolled down the field for 75-yards on nine plays, before Mike Davis put a nail in the Jets coffin with a three-yard plunge to make it 27-17.