Now this is how the Jets expected their defense to look.
Stifling against the run.
Ferocious against the pass.
Not only limiting the opposition, but shutting it down.
For the primary time this season, the defense performed as much as expectations, holding the Patriots to a paltry 139 yards of offense while registering seven sacks and forcing a turnover in a 24-3 rout Thursday night at MetLife Stadium.
The unit was overwhelmed by the 49ers in Week 1.
Six days later, it bent but didn’t break against the Titans.
The one-sided victory over the Patriots was rather more harking back to last yr’s defense that was only held back by an anemic offense that couldn’t stay on the sector.
“Great complementary football, obviously the offense possessing it, getting the two-score lead that we talked about through the week,” coach Robert Saleh said Friday. “Then from there the D-line and the linebackers could tee off.”
It must be noted, nevertheless, they weren’t facing some sort of offensive juggernaut within the Patriots.
Recent England was down two starters (left tackle Vederian Lowe and left guard Sidy Sow) on the offensive line, and its lack of playmakers at receiver enabled the Jets to blitz.
Still, the Patriots did rating 36 points the primary two weeks of the season against the Bengals and Seahawks, averaging 477.5 rushing yards and 4.7 yards per carry in those two contests.
Rhamondre Stevenson was a force in those games.
Against the Jets, he was a non-factor, held to 23 yards on six carries.
The Jets’ ability to completely shut down the Patriots’ running game was the most important positive on the defensive side of the ball.
Remember, the 49ers ran all around the Jets and the Titans had success, too.
“To not say that it’s totally fixed because there’s going to be games where things pop open, but at the identical time, I do know our guys can stop the run,” Saleh said. “It was helpful for the offense to get us that two-score lead, to get them to balance out where that they had to throw the football, but overall our guys are relentless. … I assumed we did very well against the run against Tennessee also, however it was good to see it against a team we knew was going to attempt to are available in here and run the ball 30 times.”
As well as, the Jets were without star middle linebacker C.J. Mosley and this was the primary game they played without standout defensive end Jermaine Johnson.
Mosley could return next Sunday against the Broncos as he works his way back from a bruised right big toe injury, while Johnson is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon.
Will McDonald continued his early-season emergence, notching two sacks and 4 quarterback hits, while Jamien Sherwood performed well rather than Mosley, producing 4 solo tackles.
One major consider this performance, as Saleh noted, was the Jets fidgeting with a lead.
The defense was regularly on the sector for prolonged periods last yr.
It rarely had leads.
Not only were the Jets twenty ninth in scoring at 15.8 points per game a yr ago, they were also twenty fifth in average time of possession at 25:02.
Within the win over the Patriots, the Jets controlled the ball for an astounding 40:04.
The defense was fresh, and it showed.
“[Having the lead] gave us a very different mentality and made it a unique ball game,” said safety Chuck Clark, extremely lively all night with seven tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. “When the offense is keeping their drives alive, the opponent looks like they should force it. It gives us confidence that we are able to just go on the market and attack and be aggressive.”
Now this is how the Jets expected their defense to look.
Stifling against the run.
Ferocious against the pass.
Not only limiting the opposition, but shutting it down.
For the primary time this season, the defense performed as much as expectations, holding the Patriots to a paltry 139 yards of offense while registering seven sacks and forcing a turnover in a 24-3 rout Thursday night at MetLife Stadium.
The unit was overwhelmed by the 49ers in Week 1.
Six days later, it bent but didn’t break against the Titans.
The one-sided victory over the Patriots was rather more harking back to last yr’s defense that was only held back by an anemic offense that couldn’t stay on the sector.
“Great complementary football, obviously the offense possessing it, getting the two-score lead that we talked about through the week,” coach Robert Saleh said Friday. “Then from there the D-line and the linebackers could tee off.”
It must be noted, nevertheless, they weren’t facing some sort of offensive juggernaut within the Patriots.
Recent England was down two starters (left tackle Vederian Lowe and left guard Sidy Sow) on the offensive line, and its lack of playmakers at receiver enabled the Jets to blitz.
Still, the Patriots did rating 36 points the primary two weeks of the season against the Bengals and Seahawks, averaging 477.5 rushing yards and 4.7 yards per carry in those two contests.
Rhamondre Stevenson was a force in those games.
Against the Jets, he was a non-factor, held to 23 yards on six carries.
The Jets’ ability to completely shut down the Patriots’ running game was the most important positive on the defensive side of the ball.
Remember, the 49ers ran all around the Jets and the Titans had success, too.
“To not say that it’s totally fixed because there’s going to be games where things pop open, but at the identical time, I do know our guys can stop the run,” Saleh said. “It was helpful for the offense to get us that two-score lead, to get them to balance out where that they had to throw the football, but overall our guys are relentless. … I assumed we did very well against the run against Tennessee also, however it was good to see it against a team we knew was going to attempt to are available in here and run the ball 30 times.”
As well as, the Jets were without star middle linebacker C.J. Mosley and this was the primary game they played without standout defensive end Jermaine Johnson.
Mosley could return next Sunday against the Broncos as he works his way back from a bruised right big toe injury, while Johnson is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon.
Will McDonald continued his early-season emergence, notching two sacks and 4 quarterback hits, while Jamien Sherwood performed well rather than Mosley, producing 4 solo tackles.
One major consider this performance, as Saleh noted, was the Jets fidgeting with a lead.
The defense was regularly on the sector for prolonged periods last yr.
It rarely had leads.
Not only were the Jets twenty ninth in scoring at 15.8 points per game a yr ago, they were also twenty fifth in average time of possession at 25:02.
Within the win over the Patriots, the Jets controlled the ball for an astounding 40:04.
The defense was fresh, and it showed.
“[Having the lead] gave us a very different mentality and made it a unique ball game,” said safety Chuck Clark, extremely lively all night with seven tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. “When the offense is keeping their drives alive, the opponent looks like they should force it. It gives us confidence that we are able to just go on the market and attack and be aggressive.”
