It looked like the Jets were on their way to a sixth straight loss on Thursday night. The mistakes started to pile up. Malachi Corley’s blunt ball before crossing the goal line negated a TD. A poor kicker penalty clearance gave the Texans new life. Missed tackles plagued the defense. And once again, New York suffered a slew of bad penalties.

“I mean, I was terrible,” Rodgers said of his first half. “We had a touchdown called… you know, taken off the board, stupid play. But I feel like the energy was good at halftime. We had a chance to capitalize on it there. Morgan (Moses) held a little speech, That was good. We were all talking positively. No one was isolated at halftime. And we just knew, let’s go out and score every possession.”

Rodgers scored his first three-TD game of the season as the offense finally woke up, thanks in large part to a ridiculous grab from Garrett Wilson.

The win was the first for interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, moving the Jets to 3-6. With just one of their last eight games coming against a team currently above .500, the win kept the Jets’ season alive in a muddled AFC. Now a team that has disappointed for most of 2024 has a chance to rewrite its season.

“After three weeks of many setbacks and many setbacks, some of which were self-inflicted, I was proud of them for having the resilience to come back and play the way they did against a very good opponent. Ulbrich said. .