Raiders score 17 of the final 20 points to beat Jets 38-33

The yards were there. The finish was not.

The Jets gained 439 yards Sunday, got a 147-yard rushing game from Braelon Allen and still watched Las Vegas leave MetLife Stadium with a 38-33 win. After Allen's 21-yard touchdown run restored New York's lead to 30-21 in the third quarter, the Raiders scored 17 of the game's remaining 20 points.

That finish dropped the Jets to 2-6 and brought Las Vegas to 4-4. New York outgained the Raiders by 106 yards. Possession was almost even: the Jets held the ball for 30:02, Las Vegas for 29:58. The difference came in how the Raiders used their second-half possessions and the touchdown their return unit supplied.

Dylan Laube's 95-yard kickoff return answered an Isaiah Williams touchdown in the second quarter. It gave Las Vegas seven points without asking its offense to drive the field. New York still built a 23-14 halftime lead, with Adonai Mitchell catching a touchdown and Jason Sanders making three field goals.

Three long touchdown drives after halftime

The Raiders then opened the second half with consecutive touchdown drives of 65, 65 and 84 yards. Brock Bowers caught his second touchdown, Kirk Cousins scored on a 1-yard run, and Cousins found Jalen Nailor from 2 yards out for a 35-30 lead. The Jets had answered the first of those drives with Allen's score. They could not match the next two.

Sanders' fourth field goal cut the deficit to two. Las Vegas subsequently used 4:04 on a nine-play possession ending in Matt Gay's 53-yard field goal. Jeremy Chinn intercepted Geno Smith's final end-zone throw to end the comeback attempt, according to the Jets' game report.

Cousins finished with 247 passing yards and three touchdown passes without an interception. Bowers caught seven passes for 92 yards and two scores. Mitchell matched his seven catches with 142 yards for New York. Those receiving totals show why the Jets stayed dangerous, but the Raiders' sustained drives after halftime supplied the points that settled the game.