Geno Smith completed 20-of-32 passes for 290 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in the Jets’ 38-33, Week 8 loss to the Raiders.

Facing his former team, Smith had just his third multi-score start of the season. His 9.1 yards per attempt were his second most. A renewed connection with deep threat Adonai Mitchell was partly to thank even as Mitchell’s 7/142/1 included an awful deep drop. Smith also looked Garrett Wilson’s way a team-leading 12 times, though wideout and quarterback again had trouble getting on the same page. They were mere inches away from several more catches, including one in the end zone. Not great, but the duo at least appears headed in the right direction. The same was not true of Smith and rookie first-rounder Omar Cooper Jr., whom Smith surprisingly did not target despite his back-to-back 100-yard efforts. This is sort of the long way of saying that Smith has a lot of excellent options in the passing game. That keeps him in the streamer mix, but he will not be a preferred QB2 for Week 9 against the Chiefs.