Jahmyr Gibbs scored his third touchdown with 2:25 left, taking an 11-yard pass from Jared Goff to give Detroit a 31-24 win over the Jets on Sunday. New York had erased a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit, but the Lions answered immediately. Chuck Clark then sacked Geno Smith and forced a fumble with 51 seconds left, ending the Jets' final possession. The NFL's Week 3 account and ESPN's final play log confirm the late sequence.
Detroit built its lead in stages. Jake Bates opened the scoring with a 30-yard field goal in the second quarter. Smith's 24-yard touchdown pass to rookie tight end Kenyon Sadiq put the Jets ahead 7-3, but Goff found Amon-Ra St. Brown from four yards out before halftime. Gibbs took over after the break. His 17-yard run made it 17-7 in the third quarter, and a one-yard run on the first play of the fourth stretched Detroit's edge to 24-10.
Smith did not let the game finish there. He hit Jeremy Ruckert for a four-yard touchdown, though the ensuing two-point pass failed. With 4:06 remaining, Smith found Garrett Wilson near the goal line on a play initially ruled short. Replay changed it to a 23-yard touchdown, and Smith completed the two-point pass to Sterling Shepard for a 24-24 tie. That comeback was substantial: Smith finished 31 of 37 for 321 yards and three touchdowns, while Sadiq caught seven passes for 105 yards. Wilson added 10 catches for 107 yards.
