With that, here are Jets Wire's five takeaways from the Jets' win over the Falcons: The Jets had a great overall day from their special teams unit throughout their win over the Falcons, from returns to other big plays. The most obvious credit goes to Nick Folk.

The Jets opened the second half on offense and immediately went three and out. After a great punt by Austin McNamara pinned the Falcons at their own 4 yard line, the Falcons embarked on a 96 yard drive culminating in a Bijan Robinson touchdown run to take a 14 – 7 lead.

It looked like the Jets and Falcons might need more than 60 minutes to settle their game at MetLife Stadium, but fortune wound up favoring the home team.

The Atlanta Falcons have struggled all afternoon against a two-win New York Jets team. It took the entire length of the first half before the Falcons finally put points on the board and it came by way of Tyler Allgeier touchdown run in the final seconds.

After two wins in a row, the Atlanta Falcons find themselves slowly on the rise in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings. How far did they climb in Week 17?

Jets kicker Nick Folk hit a 56-yard field goal as time expired to hand the Falcons a 27-24 defeat, dropping them to 4-8 on the season.

Somewhere, Rex Ryan is smiling. Years after Jets kicker Nick Folk was nicknamed that by Ryan when he was the Jets head coach and Folk was in his first stint with the team, Folk rammed a low 56-yard game-winning field goal on the last play of the game to ...

Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: Falcons by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Falcons 5-5-1; Jets 6-4-1. Series record: Falcons lead 9-5. Last meeting: Falcons beat Jets 13-8 on Dec. 3, 2023, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Last week: Falcons beat Saints ...