TAMPA, Fla. -- The crowd was whipped into a frenzy. The Bucs announcer introduced the offensive starters, and all waited to hear the cheer when Keyshawn Johnson's name was called.

Out came Johnson, raising one arm into the air to acknowledge the crowd. Within seconds a lightning bolt and a clap of thunder was seen along the horizon above the stadium.

	Tampa Bay's Dave Moore pulls in a 3-yard TD reception during Sunday's loss to the Jets.

It was the last time Johnson caused any electricity in Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. If only Shawn King would throw him the damn ball. Only five passes went near him but most were uncatchable.

Johnson's line was the weirdest of his NFL career -- one catch, one yard and one tackle (following a King interception). The Jets came from behind with two touchdowns in the final two minutes to beat the Bucs 21-17 and deal them their first loss of the season.

"We didn't throw the ball that well," Johnson said. "The rain (a pregame and first-half monsoon) took us out of our passing game. I tried to block and get open when I could. We just didn't execute."

If anything, Johnson was more decoy than anything. Most of the plays went to the other side of the field away from Johnson.

"We gave him a lot of double looks," Jets safety Victor Green said of the coverages used on Johnson. "We figured we'd take him out of the game and let the other guys beat us. We figured they would have a hard time doing that."

It didn't help that King wasn't sharp with his passes. He connected on a 75-yard completion to Jacquez Green that would have gone for a touchdown had he not stepped out of bounds at the Jets 11. The Bucs had to settle for a field goal. Take away the 75-yard completion and King was only 6-for-18 for 60 yards for the day.

"We didn't play as well as we played in the past," King said. "We weren't as sharp. We didn't play good enough to win, and they beat us."

Johnson's only completion came on a simple 1-yard shuttle pass in the final seconds of the first half. On that play, Johnson ran to the middle of the line of scrimmage and took the pitch as though it were a running play. He was stopped immediately.

Still, the formula of having Johnson draw all the attention was still good enough to produce a victory. The defense was stout, and the Bucs led 17-6 with two minutes left.

"You have to do more than talk to win a football game and we did that," strong safety Victor Green said.

First, halfback Curtis Martin caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Testaverde to trim the lead to 17-12. Testaverde connected with rookie Laveranues Coles for two points. Linebacker Marvin Jones followed by aiming his helmet into the hand of fullback Mike Alstott and forcing a fumble that Green recovered. That set up Martin's 18-yard, game-winning halfback option pass to Wayne Chrebet, who has been a constant target of Johnson's barbs.

"I'm like, 'Wow, damn,"' Johnson said recalling how he watched Martin throw the touchdown pass to Chrebet. "I thought, 'They let him get open,' I didn't even know it was him until the end."

Johnson said only good things about the Jets after the stunning loss.

"They're a good football team," he said. "Anytime you let them hang around, you get in trouble. They did a lot of things to take me out of the game. We ran the ball well and we just have to bounce back against Washington. We're still on pace to do what we want to do. They had the heart to fight back and they just did their job.

"I'll sleep on it tonight and just let it go."

As he reflects on the game, he'll remember a lot of weird things. He made two plays that would have been good enough to help win games. On the third play of the second quarter, he drew a third-down holding penalty from linebacker Roman Phifer that kept the Bucs' only touchdown drive going. In the final seconds of the second quarter, Johnson tackled safety Victor Green at the Bucs 20 after an interception. That tackle saved a scoring drive because two plays later Testaverde threw an interception.

"I didn't feel good when it started raining, but that's why you play the game and that's why we play 16 of them and not three or four," Johnson said. "We'll practice this week, watch film and then get ready for Washington. Unfortunately, the Jets won the game, but these things happen. We just don't need to get in the habit of losing."

Next week, don't expect King to get in the habit of not throwing to Johnson again.

John Clayton is the senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.