Bless Austin can play

Austin earned his first start against the Redskins after taking over for Nate Hairston midway through Week 10 and played well in a depleted Jets secondary. The rookie made a few nice plays, including a great pass breakup on third-and-18. Redskins wide receiver Kelvin Harmon appeared to make a nice catch near the line early in the third quarter, but Austin expertly knocked the ball out to force a punt.

Redskins wideouts finished with only 137 receiving yards on 18 targets (some of it coming in garbage time), and Austin played a big part in that. The Jets took a risk on Austin in the sixth round after he suffered multiple ACL injuries at Rutgers and missed the first nine games of the season, but he’s come on strong in the past two games. The Jets need young players to step up in a secondary plagued by injuries, and Austin has now done that in back-to-back weeks.