In a lot of ways, this was the afternoon the Jets and their fans had been waiting for.
Justin Fields ignoring the critics — like his own team’s owner — and leading an unlikely and relentless offense for 39 stunning points in a comeback win over the Bengals.
Aaron Glenn ignoring the critics — which notably did not include his team’s owner, who expressed faith in the first-year head coach — and keeping a previously winless team fighting, the energy evident and the in-game decision-making (like a two-point conversion try when down eight points) proving wise.
A team without arguably its two best players in Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson finding a way — a way paved, appropriately enough, by a strong ground game that rushed for 254 yards.
