{"id":134038,"date":"2025-08-10T09:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T09:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134038\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T09:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T09:46:14","slug":"three-takeaways-from-jets-preseason-opener-win-against-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134038\/","title":{"rendered":"Three takeaways from Jets\u2019 preseason opener win against Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are three takeaways from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/09\/sports\/justin-fields-rushes-for-touchdown-in-first-drive-as-jets-quarterback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jets\u2019 30-10 win over the Packers<\/a> on Saturday night in Green Bay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>You can see the makings of a strong run game with the Jets. The offensive line opened up some nice holes, and the Jets got all three running backs involved. <\/p>\n<p>Braelon Allen looks so explosive; it\u2019s going to be hard to keep him off the field this year.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36790468\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-york-jets-braelon-allen-109418450.jpg\" alt=\"New York Jets player running with the football during a game against the Green Bay Packers.\" class=\"wp-image-36790468\"  \/>Braelon Allen runs for a first down during the first half of the Jets\u2019 30-10 preseason road win over the Packers on Aug. 9, 2025. AP<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> The Jets might actually throw to their tight ends and a fullback this year. Andrew Beck had two catches for 36 yards on the first series, and he can provide versatility as a fullback and an extra tight end. <\/p>\n<p>Tight end Stone Smartt scored a touchdown in the second half on a well-designed play.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36790479\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-york-jets-stone-smartt-109423737.jpg\" alt=\"New York Jets' Stone Smartt catches a pass for a touchdown during the second half of a preseason NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-36790479\"  \/>Stone Smartt (right) celebrates with teammates after catching a pass for a touchdown during the second half of thie Jets\u2019 preseason road win over the Packers.  AP<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Sauce Gardner has had a strong training camp, and he continued to show that last night in limited action. <\/p>\n<p>He had a nice tackle \u2014 something that was an issue last year \u2014 and good coverage on two plays. He did pick up a pass interference penalty, but overall, it was a good night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are three takeaways from the Jets\u2019 30-10 win over the Packers on Saturday night in Green Bay.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5287,5226,5225,1232,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-134038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-jets","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115003836849307716","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}