Braelon Allen fumbles, injures knee in depressing Jets efficiency

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The primary night time recreation of this Jets season turned out to be a nightmare for Braelon Allen. 

Allen fumbled on the 1-yard line on their opening collection, ending a tour de drive of a drive that noticed the Jets offense run the ball for 76 yards.

The subsequent time he touched the ball, Allen took a success to the knee on a kickoff return.

He left the sport and rapidly was dominated out.

Allen represented the foremost Jets damage that added to the insult of a 27-21 loss to the beforehand winless Dolphins. 

The Jets working recreation had regressed up to now two weeks.

After rolling up 182 yards on the bottom within the opener towards the Steelers, the Jets managed simply 99 speeding yards towards the Payments and 100 at Tampa Bay. 

Monday night time wanted to be completely different, and it was. 

The Jets offense took the sector for the primary time trailing 3-0. Breece Corridor ran up the center for six yards, then Allen went off left sort out for 9 and Justin Fields scrambled for six.

Because the Jets moved the ball upfield, Allen picked up one other 15 yards up the center and Fields adopted that with a 19-yard scramble. 

On a second-and-5 from the Miami 6-yard line, Allen began up the center, juked to his left and dove for the aim line.

However in midair, a few yard away from the white stripe, the ball was knocked out of Allen’s palms by Jack

Jones and recovered on the 4 by Minkah Fitzpatrick. 

Miami cashed in on the turnover, with Tua Tagovailoa directing a 96-yard drive in 15 performs, culminating in a 4-yard landing move to former Giants tight finish Darren Waller. 

Allen returned the following kickoff to the 26 earlier than taking a knifing hit to the knee.

Allen remained down for a number of minutes earlier than rising and strolling off slowly beneath his personal energy.

As soon as he cleared the sector, the Dolphins challenged that Allen had fumbled the ball however video evaluation upheld a name of down by contact. 

Allen completed the sport with 26 yards on 4 carries.

If his absence seems to be prolonged, it could rob the Jets of an influence runner to enhance the shiftiness and pace of Corridor.

Isaiah Davis was the one different working again who suited up. 

The Jets continued to have success working the ball after Allen’s departure.

Corridor scooted round left finish for 23 yards on the primary play of the next drive.

Fields then scrambled for a 43-yard landing within the third quarter. 

However their efforts to attempt to win the sport would come up brief, simply as they did when Allen fumbled on the primary drive.