For Revis, it’s like old times

Darrelle Revis made his regularseason return to the Jets, getting a huge ovation from the MetLife Stadium crowd to start the day and recovering a fumble to finish it off.

The Jets signed Revis to a fiveyear, $70 million deal in March, hoping he could revive the secondary and bring life back to the Jets’ defense. So far, so good.

Revis gave up a few catches, but nothing long. He was welcomed back by the Jets fans, many wearing his No. 24.

“I’m glad the crowd was into it,” Revis said. “I want to thank the crowd. I want to thank Fireman Ed for coming back, and being electrifying in the game. They played a big part in the game, on third downs.”

The Jets’ defense started the game off slow, which Revis said they must correct before they play the Colts next week.

“We wanted to play physical and aggressive,” Revis said. “I felt we started off a little bit slow today, especially in the first quarter, the first drive. They moved the ball pretty well. [Josh] McCown did and he had us on our heels. We finally kind of settled down and started making plays. One thing for us, I say coming out of this game is at the start of the game we need to start a little faster.”

The Browns were rolling on offense on their first drive until Jets safety Calvin Pryor stepped in. Pryor drilled McCown at the goal line, forcing a fumble Antonio Cromartie recovered in the end zone. McCown exited the game with a concussion.

“They’ve got to learn how to get down,” Pryor said. “If you’re going to have a shot on the quarterback ... every quarterback in this league doesn’t need to take those hits. But if they want to stay up and run the ball like the running backs, we’re going to take a shot at them.”

The play kept the Browns off the scoreboard.

WR Jeremy Kerley was not expected to have a big role, but he barely played offense at all. Kerley was not targeted once in the game. Jets coach Todd Bowles said WR Chris Owusu was a bigger part of the game plan than Kerley this week and that could change in other games.

RB Zac Stacy and CB Dexter McDougle were inactive, both mild surprises.