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Jets lose heartbreaker to Colts, dashing playoff hopes forever
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Jets lose heartbreaker to Colts, dashing playoff hopes forever

Score one for the young fella.

In a matchup between 22-year-old Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson and 40-year-old Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Richardson and the Colts had the upper hand.

Richardson scored a four-yard rushing touchdown, his second of the game, with 46 seconds left to give the Colts the 28–27 victory.

The loss drops the Jets to 3-8 and crushes what was left of their slim playoff hopes.

The Colts improved to 5-6.

This is the Jets’ seventh loss in eight games.

Richardson’s touchdown came on a six-play, 70-yard drive that followed a Jets field goal that gave the Jets a five-point lead and what looked like a victory.

Rodgers threw two touchdown passes after failing to get a first down in the Jets’ first five possessions. Breece Hall had a rush and a receiving touchdown and new kicker Anders Carlson scored two field goals, but the Jets defense collapsed in the final two minutes.

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers reacts during the team’s game against the Colts on Nov. 17, 2024. Bill Kostroun/New York Post

Carlson’s second field goal came from 35 yards with 2:41 left in the game and gave the Jets a five-point lead.

It came after Richardson led an eight-play, 70-yard drive that ended with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Josh Downs.

Richardson failed on the two-point conversion attempt and the Colts trailed 24-22 with 10:11 left in the game.

The Jets defense had to come up with one more stop after Carlson’s field goal.

Richardson hit a wide-open Alec Pierce for a 39-yard pass down the sideline, putting the Colts at the Jets’ 27.

He then hit Downs for a 17-yard gain to the 10.

Richardson then scored from the 4-yard line, running over DJ Reed for the go-ahead goal.

The Jets got off to a bad start.

They failed to get a first down in their first five possessions, the first time they have done so since 2005.

Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson rushes for a touchdown against the Jets on Nov. 17, 2024. Robert Sabo for NY Post

The offense seemed completely out of sync until the final possession of the first half.

Hall picked up the Jets’ first first down of the day just after the two-minute warning on a six-yard run.

That led to the first decent drive of the day for the Jets.

Rodgers connected with Davante Adams for a 24-yard gain and the Jets moved the ball.

The Jets got on the scoreboard when Rodgers extended a third-down play from the Colts’ 29 and then dumped the ball to Hall with a short pass that Hall turned into a touchdown and the Jets cut the Colts’ lead to 13- 7. at rest.

Rodgers passed Dan Marino into eighth place on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list in the stretch.

The Colts opened the second half with the ball and Richardson turned the ball over on the second play.

Jets linebacker Jamien Sherwood sacked Richardson and knocked the ball loose.

Jets defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw recovered the ball at the Colts’ 25.

Hall scored his second touchdown of the day moments later, racing through the Colts defense for an 18-yard touchdown and a 14-13 Jets lead.

The teams then traded long field goals, with Colts kicker Matt Gay making a 56-yard field goal to put Indianapolis up 16–14.

Carlson, kicking in his first game for the Jets, made a 58-yard field goal with 2:55 left in the third quarter for a 17-16 Jets lead.

Carlson became the fourth different kicker for the Jets in four weeks after the Chiefs plucked Spencer Shrader from their practice squad on Thursday.

Jets lineman John Simpson (76) lifts Breece Hall (20) after Hall scores a touchdown against the Colts on November 17, 2024. Robert Sabo for NY Post

The Jets extended the lead to 24-16 with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Kenny Yeboah with 13:03 left in the game.

The Colts took a 13-0 lead early in the game when the Jets stumbled on offense.

The Jets couldn’t get a first down on their first five possessions as Rodgers looked like he was struggling to complete a pass.

The Jets gained just nine yards on nine plays in the first quarter.

The Colts weren’t explosive, but they hit a 31-yard pass from Richardson to Josh Downs on their first possession and Jonathan Taylor picked up yards on the ground.

Richardson scored a two-yard touchdown early in the second quarter when he ran around Jets defensive end Michael Clemons and through Jets safety Jalen Mills on the goal line.

That touchdown was sandwiched between two Gay field goals and the Colts had a two-score lead at 13-0.