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The New York Jets played a close game with the Houston Texans on “Thursday Night Football.” There was concern that they would have had to finish the game without one of their top receivers: Davante Adams.

The Jets were just about to end the third quarter when Adams scored for a 17-yard gain on a critical fourth-and-1 after the Texans' 48-yard drive. He beat Houston's Kamari Lassiter at the line of scrimmage and made it well past the first-down marker before cornerback Eric Murray forced him out of bounds.

But Adams was slow to bounce back after the game and later was evaluated for a concussion. In the game broadcast he was seen leaving the pitch and going to the dressing room.

However, Adams returned and took the field in the fourth quarter with the Jets maintaining a 14-10 lead. And it was an emphatic return: Adams scored his first touchdown with the Jets, giving the team a 21-10 lead with 2:56 left.

Adams had six receptions for 54 yards on 10 scores when he left the game. That's the most catches he's had in a Jets uniform since a trade from Las Vegas brought him to the Jets.

He finished the game with seven catches for 91 yards and the touchdown.

This story has been updated to add new information.

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