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Marcus Maye is in the NFL record books for one of the best plays of his football career — and easily the most embarrassing.The Jets safety has been a staple of the highlight (and blooper) reels this week for his 104-yard interception return on the final play of New York's 34-16 victory over Denver last Sunday . Maye picked off Case Keenum's pass in the end zone and took off Graham Glasgow Jersey , making a few cuts and then chugging his way to the other end of the field.But something funny happened on his way to a game-ending touchdown: He was caught and tackled. At the 1-yard line.It's the longest interception return without a player scoring in NFL history ."I've seen it a bunch," a smiling Maye said Thursday, "and I laugh every time I see it."He has taken plenty of ribbing about it, too, from his teammates and coaches."It looked like it was in slow motion," coach Todd Bowles quipped."Usually in practice, we pitch the ball to each other to go score if we get tired," safety Jamal Adams said, "and Marcus Maye did not pitch the ball!"Maye was playing in his second game of the season after missing the bulk of training camp and the preseason while dealing with ankle and foot injuries. The second-year safety had offseason ankle surgery and is still rounding into shape. He has been limited this week at practice.So, it's no wonder he started running out of gas by the time he reached midfield."I feel like once I got across the 50 and back to our sideline, all train of thought went out the window," he said. "I was so tired."On the play, Keenum's pass to Courtland Sutton was deflected by Morris Claiborne and fell into the hands of Maye Da'Shawn Hand Jersey White , who turned around, scooted out of the end zone and took off down the right sideline. He avoided a diving Keenum and then made a cut to avoid two would-be tacklers and headed across the field to the left sideline with a pack of teammates blocking for him.Broncos right guard Connor McGovern then tried to get Maye, who easily shook the tackle attempt and then headed to the middle of the field as he set his sights on the end zone. But Sutton caught up to Maye and made a diving stop, leaving the Jets safety 1 yard shy of a touchdown."I didn't even see 14 (Sutton) back there," Maye said. "All I saw was the O-lineman. Once I hit the ground, I was like, 'Oh, well.'"Maye laid face-down in the end zone as teammate Parry Nickerson patted him on the back."I've got to get into the end zone some way," Maye said.According to NFL Next Gen Stats, Maye ran a total of 140.7 yards on the return — the league's third-longest play this season behind only Kansas City's Tyreek Hill (140.9 on a 91-yard punt return for a touchdown) and Detroit's Jamal Agnew (142.1 on a 73-yard punt return for a TD that was nullified by a penalty and credited as a 4-yard return)."Yeah, I've been running," Maye said when asked if he has gotten into better shape the last few days. "I've been running sprints in between periods and getting on the bike and stuff like that."All kidding aside, it was a good all-around game for Maye Womens Sylvester Williams Jersey , who had eight tackles — six solo — a sack, a pass defensed, a forced fumble and the interception."He sees the game very well, he knows the game," Bowles said. "He's pretty bright for a young guy."Maye made his season debut two weeks ago at Jacksonville, when he made six total tackles. The safety can see improvement from that game to his performance last week — even with that, well, sluggish ending."I felt a lot better," Maye said. "Each day, each week, you just try to stack the days. Jacksonville, the first game back and first outing, you see things and try to react to them. But for the most part Youth Austin Bryant Jersey , coming into Denver week, I felt better and felt like I was moving around more and knew what was going on, so it was a better outing."NOTES: DE Leonard Williams didn't practice with what Bowles said was a sore back. It's too early to tell if it might limit him or keep him out against Indianapolis on Sunday. ... RB Isaiah Crowell sat out for the second straight day with an ankle ailment. He was injured during his franchise-record 219-yard rushing performance last Sunday. ... CB Trumaine Johnson (quadriceps), CB Buster Skrine (concussion), WR Charone Peake (hamstring), LB Kevin Pierre-Louis (foot) and WR Terrelle Pryor (excused absence) also didn't practice. ... WR-KR Andre Roberts (elbow/foot), C Spencer Long (knee/finger), S Doug Middleton (hamstring) and TE Neal Sterling (concussion) were all limited. Sam Darnold showed he could recover from a careless mistake — a promising trait for any rookie quarterback.What the New York Jets displayed on defense and special teams may have been even more encouraging for Darnold and his teammates.Darnold threw an interception on the very first snap of his NFL career — and it was run back for a Detroit touchdown — but New York’s quarterback shouldn’t sweat that too much after the Jets stormed back and routed the Lions 48-17 on Monday night. Darnold threw for 198 yards and two touchdowns, and the Jets also scored on defense and special teams.“We’re going to play better every game, that’s our goal,” wide receiver Quincy Enunwa said. “Obviously you can’t always make it happen, that’s going to be what we’re striving for. All three phases being successful, scoring on all three phases. When you can do that Womens Christian Jones Jersey , you can be a pretty good team.”Darnold earned the starting job after the Jets drafted him third overall in this year’s draft. His performance alone was cause for excitement Monday, but on this night, New York seemed to have a pretty solid cast around him as well. The Jets intercepted Matthew Stafford four times in a dismal debut for new Lions coach Matt Patricia.“Give the Jets credit. They obviously are the ones that played well tonight,” Patricia said. “We have to do better, I have to coach better and we have to play better.”New York scored 31 unanswered points in the final 9:36 of the third quarter after the Lions had tied it at 17. Darron Lee returned an interception for a touchdown, and Andre Roberts scored on a 78-yard punt return 67 seconds later.What we learned from New York’s resounding win:REBOUNDDarnold’s start to this game was pretty much the worst-case scenario. On the first play from scrimmage, his ill-advised throw sailed toward the left sideline and was picked off by Quandre Diggs, who returned it 37 yards for a 7-0 lead. That was Darnold’s only major error, however. He not only showed he could play well in prime time on the road, he also showed he could handle adversity.The 21-year-old Darnold was the youngest quarterback to start a season opener since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. He was also the first quarterback to win his first start by 31 or more points since Tom Brady in 2001, per ESPN Stats & Info.STUCK IN NEUTRALThe Lions were unimpressive in the preseason, but it’s always tough to tell how much that really matters. This opener confirmed this team has issues. It was the most lopsided loss for Detroit in an opener since a 45-0 shellacking at Washington in 1991. (Of course, the Lions ended up making the NFC title game that season).Detroit had scored at least 25 points in seven straight season openers Calvin Johnson Jersey White , an NFL record. That streak is now over.Perhaps most distressing, the Jets said they had a read on Stafford’s signals.“We were calling out their plays as he was getting up to the line,” Lee said.NO BALANCEDetroit did a lot to try to shore up the running game this offseason, drafting Kerryon Johnson and adding LeGarrette Blount. It was enough of an overhaul that Ameer Abdullah was inactive for the opener.The Lions ended up with 39 yards on 15 carries. Blount ran four times for minus-3 yards. Not a good sign.“I know it sounds crazy, but we’re a lot better football team than we showed,” tackle Taylor Decker said. “I think we all know that and we’re all secure and comfortable with that. We’ll get better moving forward.”X-FACTOR?Maybe it was just poor coverage by Detroit, but Roberts also had a 43-yard punt return in the first quarter in addition to his touchdown.EXPECTATIONSOne victory doesn’t make the Jets a Super Bowl team, but the lopsided nature of this one is hard to ignore, and now New York has winnable games the next two weeks against Miami and at Cleveland.Detroit is at San Francisco next weekend.