You wouldn’t blame Isaiah Williams for harboring some sore emotions in regards to the Dolphins.
When the Jets met their division rivals in Week 4, he didn’t have his finest recreation.
Williams fumbled the second-half kickoff, and he additionally referred to as for a good catch at his personal 3-yard line.
Simply days after that Miami debacle, he was waived by the Jets.
The 24-year-old was added to the follow squad afterward, then added again to the energetic roster Oct. 18.
Since then, he has discovered new life with the Jets.
And now he faces the crew that launched his private curler coaster this season.
One would anticipate some anxious emotions resurfacing for the second-year wideout heading into the season’s second assembly with the Jets’ AFC East rival Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
Nonetheless, Williams hasn’t dwelled on the dangerous recreation, and he doesn’t imagine redemption is required this week.
“It was simply extra on me,” Williams advised The Put up on Thursday. “After all, Miami is a superb crew. We misplaced, so anytime you lose to a crew, you need to come again. However, I really feel like in that second I beat myself. It wasn’t actually nothing towards what Miami did or something. It was extra like I did it and I damage myself.”
Williams had a breakout recreation in Week 8 at Cincinnati in a 39-38 Jets win — their first victory of the season.
He had 5 kickoff returns for 132 yards, three punt returns for 38 yards and three receptions for 31 yards.
In Week 12, he averaged 30.5 yards per return towards the Ravens, and in a 27-24 victory over the Falcons on Sunday, Williams delivered with an enormous 83-yard kick return firstly the fourth quarter.
It led to a area purpose that tied the sport at 17.
“I’m making an attempt to be taught from the errors I made towards Miami each week,” Williams mentioned. “Every week, I’m simply making an attempt to be taught and develop.”
Particular groups coach Chris Banjo noticed Williams’ intentions and potential, in the end making the choice to ask him again.
“Clearly, that wasn’t the very best outing for him personally after which the affect on the crew. However once you simply speak about resilience and grit, every part that AG [Aaron Glenn] talks about in conferences from begin to end, he embodies that,” Banjo mentioned. “He simply got here again to work, he didn’t blink. He took accountability on it.”
Quincy Williams was introduced because the Jets nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Yr on Thursday.
The linebacker mentioned he was stunned.
“More often than not, I’m not doing it for a reward, after which on prime of that simply giving again,” he mentioned. “After which they advised me it’s a reward for it and I used to be like, ‘Maintain on now.’ My reward is generally the grins on individuals’s faces, the nice conversations, and listening to the background tales of everyone.”
S Tony Adams (groin), CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr. (hip) and LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball (hamstring) didn’t follow.
QB Justin Fields (knee), DE Jermaine Johnson (ankle) and CB Qwan’tez Stiggers (concussion) have been restricted individuals.
After not working towards Wednesday for a vet relaxation day, DT Harrison Phillips was a full participant, together with DL Will McDonald IV (ankle), who was restricted the day prior.
