Jets RG John Simpson nearly missed the bus ... to the airport as the team was preparing to travel to Cincinnati.

But you can't fault the six-year veteran of trench warfare. He and his wife had just welcomed their second child and second son, Mateo Elijah Simpson, into the world. And that world for all of the Simpsons got much brighter a little past 4 p.m. on Sunday when the Green & White erased a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit, 31-16, en route to their first win of the season and first win under first-year HC Aaron Glenn.

"Crazy weekend, to say the least, for sure," Simpson said after the Jets' heart-stopping 39-38 victory over the Bengals. "I made it just in time for the busses to the airport."

Since joining the Jets last season after three seasons with Las Vegas and one with Baltim

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