Remember last week when the Jaguars ran a fake punt up 37-0 against the Ravens in London? Well the Jets just gave them a taste of their own medicine. Tied 10-10 with 22 seconds left in the half, the Jets lined up for a punt just shy of midfield on 4th & 21. However, they had no intention of punting. Jets punter Ryan Quigley squared up and completed a pass to "gunner" Marcus Williams, who ran it for a first down.
The Jets ran a fake punt. My God. pic.twitter.com/ztNlO28Odi
— Big Cat Country (@BigCatCountry) October 1, 2017
When you're 1-2 and people think your season is a wash, these kinds of things can happen. Alas, it was for naught. After the 31-yard conversion, Chandler Catanzaro missed a field goal heading into the half. The Jaguars' Twitter went out of its way to downplay how ridiculous the sequence was.
Despite the 31-yard fake punt, the Jets miss the field goal to end the half.
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) October 1, 2017
JAX 10 | NYJ 10
Whereas the Jets decided to pretend that nothing happened after the fake.
THE FAKE!
— New York Jets (@nyjets) October 1, 2017
😱😱😱😱😱😱#JAXvsNYJ
Not a great sequence for either team, but at least the Jets found a new strategy: Let fourth down roll around and see what happens with Quigley at quarterback.
