Spiraling to New Lows: Loss to Carolina Brings the Jets to 0-7

Despite their shortcomings every week, it’s hard to imagine things going from bad to worse for this Jets team on a weekly basis. They had just lost in an ugly fashion last week to the Denver Broncos. The team registered -10 net passing yards in that game. Surely it couldn’t have gotten worse? Turns out there’s a plane even lower than rock bottom in the NFL right now and its only resident is the Jets. The Jets suffered yet another loss, this time to the now 4-3 Carolina Panthers. In terms of the football played on the field, this loss was borderline identical to last week’s. The Jets only allowed 13 points once again and they had good special teams play, specifically from punter Austin McNamara. The same negative pertained though, the offense is simply not good enough. Here’s more on the Jets latest loss.

The Defense has Taken a Complete 180

The changes that the Jets have made defensively in the last two weeks have worked wonders for this unit. The run defense was very impressive last week, and it was just as good this week. Panthers’ backup runningback Rico Dowdle was held to just 79 yards rushing after tallying almost 500 scimmage yards in his previous two games. The starter Chuba Hubbard was held in even better check, only registering 31 yards. They had 17 carries and 14 carries respectively, so the Panthers were really trying to get both of them going to no avail. This was the result of another great Quinnen Williams game. He wasn’t a force as a pass rusher, only registering 2 pressures and 2 hurries in this game. In run defense, he ended the game with 6 tackles and 5 defensive stops according to PFF. The Jets coverage unit had a great day as well. Sauce Gardner allowed zero catches in this game, breaking up the one pass that was thrown his way. Brandon Stephens only allowed 2 catches on 4 targets for 27 yards, breaking up the two other passes that came his way. Jarvis Brownlee Jr. did not play at the elite level he played at last week, but he registered 6 tackles as well as only 32 yards in coverage allowed on 4 catches. Overall, a great game from the Jets defense as they ultimately only allowed 13 points, despite the loss.