New York Jets are first team in Super Bowl era to score 34 points in three straight games

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It's the kind of "Groundhog Day" repetition Jets fans won't mind reliving every Sunday during the NFL season.

For the third straight week, New York hung 34 points on an opponent, this time throttling the previously surging Oakland Raiders 34-3 at MetLife Stadium.

By doing so, the Jets became the first team in the Super Bowl era to score exactly 34 points in three consecutive games, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

The offensive turnaround started against their roommate — stadium-mate? — Giants in a one-touchdown victory to snap a three-game losing skid. Gang Green took it to the Washington Redskins the next week on the road in a 34-17 win, before the Raiders decimation Sunday.

Over those three games, Sam Darnold is playing like a future franchise quarterback with 838 passing yards and seven touchdowns (one interception). Mononucleosis sidelined the second-year player for three games, then his "seeing ghosts" comment on Monday Night Footballl against the New England Patriots and coaching concerns added up to a ghastly 1-7 start.

But with the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals both next on the schedule, the Jets could find themselves at 6-7 heading into a Thursday night matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.

A few weeks ago, even being on the cusp of the playoff conversation was seemingly impossible for the Jets. All they needed was to turn to lucky No. 34.

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