Grading the Jets' Week 9 loss to Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City

OFFENSE

It was another game of wasted opportunities for Frank Reich’s offense. The Jets didn’t get in the end zone. They were in Kansas City territory five times in the first half, four times inside the 30 — and they got 12 points out of it. The Jets had a first-and-goal from the 4 and had to settle for a field goal. They didn’t get much going after halftime. The Jets had negative nine yards of offense in the third quarter. After driving to the Kansas City 20 in the fourth, Geno Smith was sacked on fourth-and-3. Smith was sacked five times. Breece Hall, back from a five-game absence due to a quad injury, was used more than Braelon Allen, who was extremely productive when Hall was out. Hall started and had 18 touches for 87 yards. Allen handled the ball 10 times for 54 yards and a fumble. Playing without Garrett Wilson due to a concussion, the Jets couldn’t get the ball to Adonai Mitchell. He had 142 receiving yards last week. Mitchell had no catches on Sunday.

Grade: F

DEFENSE

Aaron Glenn’s defense gave up three second-half touchdowns for the second consecutive game and at least 35 points for the second week in a row. The Jets' defense caused four fumbles and recovered two. They got one off former Jets quarterback Justin Fields, who came in on a third-and-1 for a quarterback sneak and coughed it up. Fields ended up finishing the game because of the lopsided score. Rookie David Bailey, who missed last week’s game with a groin injury, had two sacks and two forced fumbles on Patrick Mahomes. Those were the Jets’ only two sacks. The Jets’ run defense was gashed. They allowed 163 yards on the ground, on 5.1 per carry – and three rushing touchdowns (Kenneth Walker, Travis Kelce and Emmett Johnson. Walker had three total touchdowns.

Grade: D-

SPECIAL TEAMS

Kicker Jason Sanders accounted for all of the Jets’ points. He made 4 of 5 field goal attempts. The Jets tried a different approach and fullback Andrew Beck handled the kickoffs. It likely was to have another tackler on the field after the Jets were victimized by Westhampton’s Dylan Laube’s 95-yard kickoff return touchdown last week. The Jets didn’t give up a return more than 29 yards. Beck did fine except for one kick that went out of bounds, letting Kansas City start a drive at the 40. The Jets’ return game didn’t produce much again. They forced a fumble on their first kick that hit Minkah Fitzpatrick in the hands, but he couldn’t catch it.

Grade: C

COACHING

The Jets got off to a good start on both sides of the football, but they have no margin for error because of their inability to fully capitalize on scoring situations or takeaways. The offensive struggles in the red zone still haven’t been addressed or fixed. There were no adjustments made to contain the run. The lack of discipline showed itself again with racking up nine penalties for 57 yards.

Grade: D

By Al Iannazzone

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Al Iannazzone covers the Jets for Newsday after spending nearly two decades on the NBA beat with Knicks and Nets.