David Bailey shows why hes a ray of hope for Jets…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jets edge rusher David Bailey, the second total decide in the April draft, returned from a one-week absence with a groin injury and terrorized Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Sunday.
Bailey, on one Kansas City possession, strip-sacked Mahomes twice late in the first half, and the second sack regarded like it might have significantly injured Mahomes’ proper arm.
Mahomes, after the hit, wobbled off the sector holding his proper elbow, but he returned on the next Chiefs possession and performed the remainder of the sport.
“He did that at Texas Tech a lot [and] that’s why he got drafted second overall,’’ Mahomes, who also went to Texas Tech, said. “I saw it on a lot of TV. I don’t like being the guy that’s getting hit. So, I’ll try to stay away from that.”
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, proper, talks with New York Jets linebacker David Bailey after an NFL recreation, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. AP Photo/Ed Zurga
Mahomes said a hit like that “scares you in moments when you get some pains in certain areas of your body. And so, obviously, it didn’t feel great, but I was able to kind of get it worked on a little bit, especially at halftime, and I was able to go out there and finish the game.”
Bailey completed with those two sacks, which supplies him the workforce lead with 7 ½. He also led the workforce with 9 tackles, three for losses and six quarterback pressures — all in the first half.
“No shock,’’ Jets head coach Aaron Glenn said of Bailey’s efficiency. “That’s who he’s. Each recreation, he’s studying and getting better. It’s good to see. We count on him to make performs like that.’’
Bailey said he didn’t discover Mahomes hurting after the second sack, saying of his efficiency: “It’s always a blessing just getting on the market and just taking part in soccer, taking part in the sport I like.’’
Bailey’s two sacks and pressured fumbles on a single drive made him the eighth participant in the NFL, as far back as 1991, to document two of each on the same drive, and the only rookie to document the feat.
His 7 ½ sacks are tied for the fifth most by a participant in his first eight profession video games since the stat turned official in 1982. Among those he joined in doing that are Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White and Julius Peppers, according to Elias Sports Bureau. His 7 ½ sacks through eight profession video games are the most by any participant in more than 20 seasons.
Perhaps the worst TD of the sport the Jets allowed was a 7-yard Mahomes slant go to RB Kenneth Walker III, who was broad open. That gave the Chiefs their first lead, 7-6.
“I’ve to make a better call to help our guys,’’ Glenn said, blaming himself.
As anticipated, Jets WR Garrett Wilson was inactive, still in concussion protocol after the big hit to the pinnacle he took last week against the Raiders.
WR Adonai Mitchell, who had 142 receiving yards and a TD last week, failed to make a single catch Sunday despite seven targets. He dropped a deep Geno Smith go that would have been a long gainer.
The Jets’ main receiver was rookie Omar Cooper Jr., who had eight receptions for 58 yards.
Of gentle shock, WR Tim Patrick was a healthy scratch despite Wilson being out. That left the Jets with 4 WRs on the lively roster for the sport: Mitchell, Cooper, Isaiah Williams and Malik McClain.
The other Jets inactives included edge rusher Joseph Ossai, CB Nahshon Wright, LB Trevin Wallace, G Kohl Levao and T Blake Freeland.
The Jets pressured three fumbles in the first half, rising their season whole to 13, the third most by a Jets protection through 9 weeks, trailing only the 2001 and 2008 groups (14 each).
New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith throws a go against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
The Jets offense has scored on the opening possession in 5 consecutive video games, the longest lively streak in the league. Overall, the six opening-possession scoring drives are the most by a Jet offense through 9 video games since 2003, according to TruMedia.
Jason Sanders, who was 4-for-5 on discipline targets, turned the fifth kicker in Jets historical past with at least 4 made discipline targets in back-to-back video games, becoming a member of Jim Turner (three straight in 1968), Greg Zuerlein (2023), Jay Feely (2008, 2009), and Mike Nugent (2007).
Sanders has made 21 discipline targets this season. With 12 factors Sunday, Sanders has 76 factors this season, the third most by a Jet 9 weeks into the season.
Arrowhead Stadium has been a home of horrors for the Jets, who last gained a recreation there in 1998 when Bill Parcells was teaching. The Jets have misplaced their last 5 video games in Kansas City by an average rating of 29-8.
Justin Fields, who quarterbacked the Jets last season before the Jets dealt him to Kansas City in the offseason to be Mahomes’ backup, was inserted into the sport for a fourth-and-1 QB sneak, and he fumbled the ball away.
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