New York Jets' dismal season hits comical new low with unbelievable touchdown error against the Texans

A New York Jets rookie wide receiver had nan chance to break a scoreless deadlock connected Thursday Night Football - only to messiness up successful a genuinely spectacular way. 

In nan 2nd 4th of nan contest, wide receiver Malachi Corley - a 3rd information prime by nan Jets retired of Western Kentucky - took nan first handoff of his NFL profession connected an extremity astir play.

Corley was capable to scamper his measurement to nan extremity area to break nan scoreless deadlock and gave nan Jets a 6-0 lead.

At least, that's really it looked astatine first.

Upon further review, it was recovered that arsenic Corley was racing to nan extremity zone, he began to observe prematurely - dropping nan shot conscionable earlier nan extremity line.

To make matters moreover worse, nan shot managed to rotation each nan measurement from nan one-yard-line to nan backmost of nan extremity zone.

Officials reviewed nan portion and overturned nan touchdown, ruling it a fumble and a touchback which turned nan shot complete to nan Texans.

It was nan biggest correction successful a crippled that has been a drama of errors for some teams - pinch neither broadside scoring immoderate points until precocious successful nan 2nd quarter.

Earlier successful nan game, Houston backmost C.J. Stroud fumbled nan shot connected a sack wrong nan reddish zone. But nan Jets couldn't capitalize and went three-and-out.

At nan half, nan Jets were down 7-0 aft Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon was capable to punch his measurement successful for a score.

The Jets person been struggling this season, contempt having 1 of their astir talented rosters successful years, and entered Thursday astatine 2-6 connected their season.