Busters: Travyon Mullen, Daryl Worley, Nevin Lawson, DJ Swearinger, Erik Harris, Paul Guenther

Often times there is at least one member of the secondary who balls out even while the rest of the DBs shit the bed. No such luck this time. No one is safe this week. It was a complete collapse. Which also means the fault lands on the defensive coordinator as well.

Sam Darnold took the field and immediately completed a 23-yard pass to Leveon Bell with Swearinger unable to stop it. His next pass went for 24 yards courtesy of Mullen, and so in three plays, Darnold had 47 yards, and the Jets were at the Oakland 24-yard-line.

Two plays later, Worley gave up an 8-yard catch on third and two that put the Jets in first and goal at the 8-yard-line. An offensive pass interference call would back the Jets up, and they would settle for a field goal.

On the next drive, the Jets were making one chunk play after another. Most of them through the air. A wide-open 17-yard catch was followed up with Harris giving up a 12-yard catch, a 12-yard run, and Mullen giving up a 12-yard catch to the 25-yard-line. They would eventually score the touchdown to go up 10-3.

On the next drive, Worley gave up a 14-yard catch on third and seven. Two plays later, the Raiders were completely confused on defense to give up a 7-yard catch.

The next play on third and three, Worley again gave up the first down catch. Harris and Mullen would miss tackles, and the catch would go for 31 yards to the 12-yard-line, and the Jets would add another field goal.

On the first Jets possession of the third quarter, they lined up with trips right. Braxton Berrios would end up uncovered, and it was Swearinger who was supposed to have him. He made the catch, Harris was a tad late and didn’t take a great angle, and Berrios was gone for 69 yards.

Harris caught up to him and pushed him out at the one-yard-line, but on the next play, the entire Raiders defense was confused. Everyone went right on the play.

Lawson tried to follow the motion man across the formation and had to be yanked back over. It was clear the defense had no idea what was happening. Tight end Ryan Griffin ended up completely wide open out left for the easy touchdown.

The next Jets started at the Oakland 39 after a turnover on downs. The first play went for 30 yards courtesy of Lawson. Harris gave up a catch to put them in third and goal at the one, and then Lawson gave up the catch outright for the touchdown and a 27-3 Jets lead.

Darnold had completed 17 passes on 22 attempts for 272 yards at that point, including going 5-for-5 in the third quarter for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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