Saints at Jets: Special Teams Solid

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The Jets trotted out Eddy Piñeiro, their third kicker in as many weeks, and he delivered. Piñeiro made all three of his field-goal attempts, converting from 36, 46 and 36 yards out.

"I've kicked here before when I was playing with Chicago in 2019, so I was a little bit familiar with it," he said. "But leading up to this week, getting some snap-hold-kick, the timing right with the holder (Braden Mann) and the snapper (Thomas Hennessy) was crucial for me."

The temperature at kickoff was a mild 48 degrees, but the winds were clocked at 14 MPH with gusts must stronger than that on a blustery afternoon.

He said of the wind: "I felt like pregame it was very windy, but it started to die down during the second and third quarter."

Mann rebounded after averaging 39 yards per punt in each of his last two games. He had 6 punts for 313 yards (52.2 avg) including one punt inside the 20-yard line that put the Saints at their 7. He had a long of 60. Berrios continued to impress at both return spots, averaging 27.8 yards per kick return and 14.7 yards per punt return with a long of 28.

"We're doing a great job," Berrios said. "I say we because it's really the other 10 guys who make it happen, I'm just the one with the ball, so I tend to get more of the credit. We're doing a great job of executing and as the season as gone on, we've meshed a little better, understood things a little bit better and we continue to keep getting better."
 
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