Cook's celebration was understated. He knocked helmets and slapped hands with his teammates. In fact, Cook may have been too chill about the whole thing. Despite throwing his first NFL touchdown pass, Cook ran off the field without securing the football.

QB Brady Cook delivered a strong first-quarter performance highlighted by an 8-play, 65-yard scoring drive. Cook threw his first career NFL TD pass, to Adonai Mitchell ,and finished the first stanza 6-of-6 passing for 51 yards, 1 TD and a 141.7 passer rating. The Jets picked up 4 first downs and converted both third-down attempts.

New York Jets quarterback Brady Cook's rollout hits wide-open wide receiver Isaiah Williams for 25 yards. Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker makes a 49-yard field goal. Washington Commanders kicker Jake Moody makes a 46-yard field goal.

At the least, Cook will have more of a fighting chance than the last undrafted rookie QB the Jets trotted out to start. That was exactly one day shy of 50 years ago Sunday — Dec. 15, 1975. The QB in question was J.J. Jones, 23 years old, a rookie out of Fisk University who, when he made the team, became the franchise’s first Black quarterback.

Jets Legend Quincy Enunwa takes a closer look at Brady Cook's touchdown pass to Adonai Mitchell against the Jaguars.