The Jets had Green Bay in trouble. Overtime gave it back.

The Jets reached the fourth quarter with the game leaning their way. They left MetLife Stadium with a 20–17 overtime loss to Green Bay and the kind of result that turns every late possession into an argument.

Geno Smith completed 27 of 41 passes for 247 yards. Braelon Allen scored on the ground, and Smith found Garrett Wilson for a five-yard touchdown that gave New York its first lead. A fourth-quarter takeaway and field goal then pushed the advantage to 17–7.

A fourth-quarter lead gets away

Green Bay answered with 10 points in the final period. Christian Watson's touchdown cut the margin, and Skyy Moore's 63-yard punt return helped set up the tying field goal. The Jets had a chance to close the game before that sequence was complete, but Allen was stopped on fourth-and-1 with three minutes remaining.

The defense forced four fumbles and recovered one. It also allowed both teams' penalty totals to climb beyond 100 yards, and an unnecessary-roughness penalty assisted Green Bay's winning overtime drive. The good and the costly were rarely far apart.

New York won the overtime coin toss. Its possession went backward immediately: Smith was sacked on consecutive plays, costing 15 yards, and the Jets punted without threatening to score.

Overtime lasted one possession too long

Jordan Love then completed a 15-yard pass to Chris Brooks. The defensive penalty added another 15, and Green Bay kicked the winning 26-yard field goal with 5:23 remaining in overtime.

The Jets are 1–1. Their defense created enough disruption to win, and their offense produced a 10-point fourth-quarter lead. The loss came because neither advantage survived the closing sequence. That is more useful—and more uncomfortable—than treating overtime as bad luck.