DETROIT — Of all the plays that Jets fans will play and replay from this stunning 48-17 opening-night victory over the Lions, this is the one that would’ve worn the tape out in the old days of VHS machines. This is the one that almost requires one of the coaching-film functions where you can play it forward and back, forward and back, starting and stopping, forward and back
Andre Roberts’ 78-yard punt return was that sensational, a blinding dash paired with a tightrope walk that wrapped a splendid bow around an already remarkable night for the Jets.
“He got us field position a bunch of times,” coach Todd Bowles said of Roberts, who made the team specifically because of his nine-year experience returning punts, a bugaboo issue for the Jets recently.