Jets fire on all cylinders with blowout win over Washington

Sam Darnold more than made up for an ill-timed interception by throwing for 293 yards and a career-high four touchdowns, and the New York Jets routed rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins and the Washington Redskins 34-17 Sunday for their second consecutive victory.

Darnold was 19 of 30 passing and tossed touchdowns to Daniel Brown, Robby Anderson, Ryan Griffin and former Redskins receiver Jamison Crowder. Despite getting picked off deep in his own territory by Jon Bostic, the 2018 third overall pick bounced back and now has 11 TDs and 10 INTs this season.

The Jets (3-7) sacked Haskins six times, including three by safety Jamal Adams, and linebacker Neville Hewitt intercepted him in his return to the lineup. Le’Veon Bell ran for a 1-yard TD, Griffin had a career-high 109 yards receiving and New York eclipsed 400 yards of offense for the first time in 20 games.

Washington (1-9) set a franchise record by going 16 consecutive quarters without a touchdown before Derrius Guice scored on a 45-yard screen pass early in the fourth. Haskins was 19 of 35 passing for 214 yards and threw TD passes to Guice and tight end Jeremy Sprinkle in his first game since being named starter for the rest of the season.

The Jets look like they’ve made some semblance of progress under first-year coach Adam Gase.

Adams became the second defensive back in the past decade with three sacks in a game, matching what Mike Hilton of the Pittsburgh Steelers did in 2017. With six sacks, he set the Jets single-season franchise record for the most by a defensive back.

The 24-year-old is on a roll. Adams led the Jets with nine tackles and two forced fumbles last week against the Giants.

After coming in 0 for 3 on coach’s challenges, Gase went 2 for 2 against the Redskins. He correctly challenged the first play of the game — an 8-yard pass from Darnold to Crowder that was initially ruled to have hit the ground — and even got officials to overturn offensive pass interference against New York early in the fourth.

On the injury front, Jets rookie RT Chuma Edoga left with an ankle injury and was replaced by Brandon Shell. DBs Darryl Roberts (calf) and Matthias Farley (quadriceps) and LBs C.J. Mosley (groin) and LB Paul Worrilow (quadriceps) were sidelined.

Redskins: DL Daron Payne left with an ankle injury. … WR Paul Richardson didn’t play because of a hamstring injury. TE Vernon Davis (concussion) missed his sixth consecutive game and RB Chris Thompson (toe) his fourth.

The 3-7 Jets look to make it three wins in a row next Sunday when they face the Oakland Raiders.

— Stephen Whyno