NEW YORK JETS
2021 Record - 4-13-0
Head Coach - Robert Saleh
New Additions - Tyler Conklin (TE), Jordan Whitehead (DB), C.J. Ozumah (TE), D.J. Reed (DB), Greg Zuerlein (K), Laken Tomlinson (OL), Jacob Martin (LB), Solomon Thomas (DL)
Offensive Rank in 2021 - 26th (306 YPG); Scoring - 28th (18.2 PPG)
Defensive Rank in 2021 - 32nd (398 YPG); Scoring - 32nd (29.6 PPG)
The Jets will have veteran journeyman quarterback Joe Flacco starting as Zach Wilson is on the mend from a knee injury suffered in pre-season action. Flacco played in one game last season with the Jets and had three touchdown passes. Wilson passed for 2,334 yards with nine touchdowns and eleven interceptions in his rookie season. Michael Carter (639 yards, 4.3 YPC average, four TD), Tevin Coleman (356, 4.2 YPC) and rookie Breece Hall (Iowa State) are the running backs. The wide receivers include Elijah Moore (43 receptions for 538 yards and five TD), Braxton Berrios (46, 431, two TD), Corey Davis (34, 492, four TD) and rookie Garrett Wilson (Ohio State). The tight ends are both free agents as Tyler Conklin (61, 593, three TD with Minnesota) and C.J. Uzomah, who hauled in 49 receptions for 493 yards and five scores with the Cincinnati Bengals last year, join the team.
Defensive linemen Quinnen Williams and John Franklin-Myers each led the team with seven QB sacks last season and team with Sheldon Rankins and Carl Lawson up front. The linebackers include Quincy Williams (110 tackles) and C.J. Mosley (team high 168 tackles) and the secondary has D.J. Reed (two interceptions with Seattle) and rookie Sauce Gardner (Cincinnati) at the corners. The safeties are Jordan Whitehead (two interceptions with Tampa Bay), Larmarcus Joyner, Brandin Echols (two INT) and Ashtyn Davis, who also had two pick last season.
Outlook for 2022 season - As the 2022 NFL season approaches, questions abound on both sides of the football for the Jets, who ranked dead last in the league in both total defense and scoring defense while the offense was sluggish, finishing 26th overall and averaging 18.2 PPG, which was 28th overall.
Head Coach Robert Saleh was called by many a defensive guru when he was an assistant with San Francisco, but the Jets need to step it up after last season's debacle on the defensive end. The team had three first round draft picks last April and took two defensive players (Gardner at CB and defensive end Jermaine Johnson II from Florida State) to help bolster the defense. That is the top priority this season as the Jets lost all six divisional games last year, giving up 206 points in those losses.
Once Wilson comes back to start (perhaps by Week Three) at quarterback, the Jets are hopeful he will show improvement as he enters his second year in New York. The Jets haven't been to the playoffs since the 2010 season and it's highly unlikely they will get back there this season. The offense should be better and the defense as well in 2022, so there is hope for the future as the Jets look to make some strides and improve from the four wins they had last year.
TEAM SCHEDULE
Week One - vs. Baltimore
Week Two - at Cleveland
Week Three - vs. Cincinnati
Week Four - at Pittsburgh
Week Five - vs. Miami
Week Six - at Green Bay
Week Seven - at Denver
Week Eight - vs. New England
Week Nine - vs. Buffalo
Week Ten - BYE
Week Eleven - at New England
Week Twelve - vs. Chicago
Week Thirteen - at Minnesota
Week Fourteen - at Buffalo
Week Fifteen - vs. Detroit
Week Sixteen - vs. Jacksonville
Week Seventeen - at Seattle
Week Eighteen - at Miami
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