Florham Park, NJ—On a day when the New York Jets offense overpowered the Giants defense, Tyrod Taylor’s ball to Jason Brownlee in the end zone secured another win.

As Brownlee celebrated, Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner waved and kissed the Giants sideline from the middle of the field. Gardner: “It was a little goodbye, not going to sugarcoat it. “That was it.”

Joint practices between Jets and Giants were previously tense.Ask Jeremy Shockey. Wednesday saw some trash talking but no fights.

“Guys were asking: Who’s the New York team?” safety, Chuck Clark stated. “We definitely heard that today.”

And when Gardner was asked about Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, he smiled through his entire 45-second response: “He’s a… he’s a… he’s a… good quarterback,” Gardner answered.

“I thought I was about to pick him off today (on one rep) … but he kept it. I mean …” [Long pause.] “The competitive periods were very competitive. It was fantastic. I had fun out there today. I don’t really know what to say.”

If that’s not enough: Breece Hall celebrated a touchdown catch by examining a Giants defender’s ankles to make sure they weren’t broken.

The Jets, apparently, are feeling themselves. This was a far better session — for both offense and defense — than last week’s combined practice versus the Panthers. The offense, a couple days after its worst showing of training camp, had one of its greatest days of the summer.

Aaron Rodgers was dealing, Garrett Wilson was dominating and the Jets looked like a squad moving with some confidence a couple weeks out from the season opener against the San Francisco 49ers.

The Giants probably won’t be a playoff club this year, so what transpired on Wednesday shouldn’t be over-emphasized. But it is notable that the Jets had one of their better sessions near the end of training camp. Here are some insights from Wednesday’s battle of New York:

The big event on Wednesday didn’t amount to much. That is: Gardner facing Giants rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers, who had been dominating in Giants camp. During 11-on-11 drills throughout practice, the two were rarely placed up across from each other.

Nabers’ single target against Gardner – a catch — occurred during seven-on-seven drills. In total, Nabers was targeted six times and had three receptions, with one unfortunate drop.

In the move-the-ball session at the close of practice, Nabers blasted Jets cornerback D.J. Reed but lost a pass that hit his hands. Jones underthrew him and Nabers had to adjust back to the ball, but he should’ve caught it.

Gardner was complimentary of Nabers after practice: “He’s nice. He’s sudden when it comes to going in and out of his breaks. He reminds me of Ja’Marr Chase a little bit, a little Justin Jefferson.”

As for Gardner, Nabers didn’t take exception to him waving farewell at the end of practice: “They can do that. I mean, they won on the day. Their defense came out, executed brilliantly. We beat ourselves today.”

As for the rest of the Jets defense against the Giants attack: Brian Daboll was primarily running a risk-averse throwing offense — or at least Jones was playing that way.

Most of Jones’ completions were short and he rarely took attempts downfield. SNY’s Connor Hughes had Jones completing 12 of 18 passes, and only two of those completions were for more than 10 yards.

He was sacked twice — by Javon Kinlaw and a combination of Jermaine Johnson and Will McDonald — and failed to get anywhere in that move-the-ball time at the end of practice, though Nabers should’ve caught that long pass.

The Giants went four-and-out in that final period. Also of note: I thought defensive tackle Quinnen Williams had a fantastic afternoon against the Giants offensive line.

On Monday, Rodgers had his worst day of practice as a Jet, completing only 11 of 27 passes in 11-on-11 with an interception.

On Tuesday, Rodgers said he was delighted the offense had such a horrible day, calling it a “anchor point,” or something they can look back to for reference as things unfold this season.

OnWednesday, it seemed the Jets learned all the correct lessons from Monday’s stinker. Rodgers came out hot, first completing a pass to Wilson and then connecting on his second pass to Xavier Gipson down the field during seven-on-seven, with Gipson making a good play on the ball against Giants corner Darnay Holmes.

The start to 11-on-11 wasn’t perfect: Rodgers had to keep the ball on his first pass with no receivers open. On the second play, Hall was quickly jammed behind the line of scrimmage by defensive end Brian Burns. After that, Rodgers connected with Allen Lazard against nickel corner Dru Phillips, Burns sacked him, and then Rodgers missed tight end Jeremy Ruckert.

On the next run in the red zone, Rodgers connected with Lazard on a short screen throw, missed Gipson and hit Hall from about 15 yards out for a touchdown. (The Jets another play, a pass that hit Allen Lazard in the hands, another drop.)

This is when Rodgers really started cooking. He completed five of his next seven passes, including one where Wilson scorched cornerback Nick McCloud so thoroughly that it looked the Giants didn’t have anyone there to cover him at all. It would’ve been a significant gain in a game, potentially a score.

Even more impressive: Rodgers made the pass while on the run and off his back foot. Rodgers also hit Ruckert in the middle of the field, positioning it in a spot where only Ruckert — who made a beautiful play with his outstretched hands — could receive it. Wilson also made a catch against Deonte Banks.

Then in a drive starting at the Jets’ own 30-yard line, Rodgers hit Lazard on a quick screen, the Jets were penalized (twice) for illegal motion, Wilson had an uncharacteristic drop — he looked up field too quickly — and then Rodgers lobbed the next pass up sky high and landed it perfectly in Wilson’s arms. Wilson, again, had burned McCloud, this time for a 55-yard touchdown.

The final move-the-ball period went like this: Completions to Wilson — a sliding catch in the rain — and Lazard, incomplete to Wilson, complete to Wilson, Gipson and Lazard. Linebacker Bobby Okereke had an interception but it was ruled back due to defensive holding, and subsequently Rodgers hit Lazard for a touchdown.

All in all, I had Rodgers completing 16 of 22 passes with three touchdowns, while Wilson had six catches on eight targets during team drills. After a completion to Wilson — I believe it was the long touchdown — Rodgers ran over and put an invisible crown on his head.

Early in practice I observed some one-on-one skirmishes between Jets offensive lineman and Giants defensive linemen. For all the Giants’ shortcomings in terms of skill, their defensive line — featuring Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence — is a strength. They won most of these encounters, though it should be noted that neither Tyron Smith or Morgan Moses participated.

Burns had a strong rep against Carter Warren, and Thibodeaux didn’t have much issue with Max Mitchell. Center Joe Tippmann held up well against Lawrence, which is nothing to sneer at. Jets guard Wes Schweitzer won his fight with defensive tackle Rakeem Nunez-Roches, tackle Austin Deculus lost to edge Azeez Ojulari and defensive tackle D.J. Davidson overpowered guard Chris Glaser.

As for the reps in team drills: The Jets offensive line mainly held its own. Burns would’ve had a sack early in team drills but otherwise Smith won just about every struggle he had with Burns and Thibodeaux, including a rep against Burns on which the pass rusher tried going beneath Smith, so Smith stuffed him into the ground. Most of Thibodeaux’s success came against backups like Mitchell and Warren.

Tackle Olu Fashanu missed Wednesday’s practice with an elbow issue. Jets coach Robert Saleh suggested it wasn’t anything to worry about … Safety Isaiah Oliver, cornerback Jarrick Bernard-Converse and defensive tackle Leki Fotu will all miss the rest of training camp with injuries but Saleh expects them back for Week 1 … Cornerback Michael Carter II remains out … Wide receiver Mike Williams said this week he intends to return to team exercises next week … Haason Reddick’s holdout has reached 30 days – with mandatory $50,000 fines coming each day.