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Kirk Cousins leads a comeback as the Raiders beat the Jets 38-33 to end a four-game skid

Las Vegas trailed by nine at halftime after New York scored on its first six possessions. Cousins threw three touchdowns, ran for another, and Jeremy Chinn picked off Geno Smith in the end zone to end it.

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  • Kirk Cousins threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, and the Las Vegas Raiders came back to beat the New York Jets 38-33 on Sunday in East Rutherford, snapping a four-game losing streak. Jeremy Chinn sealed it with a toe-tapping interception in the end zone on Geno Smith's last throw.

  • The Jets scored on their first six possessions and led 23-14 at halftime. Jason Sanders kicked field goals of 21, 36 and 39 yards, Smith threw touchdowns to Isaiah Williams and Adonai Mitchell, and New York finally scored before the break after being outscored 107-6 in the last two minutes of first halves in two seasons under Aaron Glenn, per the AP recap on ESPN. Las Vegas stayed close because Dylan Laube returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, the first kickoff return touchdown in the NFL this season.

    Cousins took over after halftime. He hit Brock Bowers for a 2-yard score and ran one in from a yard out after Braelon Allen's 21-yard touchdown run. With the Raiders down two, Cousins threw a screen to Ashton Jeanty, who stumbled and then ran 45 yards to the Jets 13. Five plays later Cousins found Jalen Nailor from 2 yards for a 35-30 lead with 11:33 left.

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  • Mitchell made a 47-yard catch while falling, but New York settled for Sanders' 31-yarder. Matt Gay answered with a 53-yard field goal in the final minute, the 200th field goal of his career, according to the Raiders. A Garrett Wilson catch and a roughing penalty on Chinn moved the Jets to the Las Vegas 35, and Chinn intercepted Smith's throw into the end zone with 14 seconds left.

    Cousins went 19 of 26 for 247 yards. Bowers caught seven passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns. Rookie Mike Washington Jr. ran 25 times for 83 yards, while Jeanty had 9 yards on two carries and 64 yards on three catches.

    Smith was 20 of 32 for 290 yards with two touchdowns and the interception. Mitchell caught seven passes for 142 yards, Wilson had six for 83, and Allen ran for 147 yards on 21 carries. New York outgained Las Vegas 439 to 333 and lost anyway.

  • The Raiders are 4-4. The Jets (2-6) have lost three straight.