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Jets defense’s troubling performance may be cause for concern

While most of the focus has been on rookie quarterback Zach Wilson in the Jets universe, the performance of the team’s starting defense on Saturday against the Packers was a bit troubling.

The Jets starters were facing the Packers backups, led by third-string quarterback Kurt Benkert, and gave up two long touchdown drives in the first half.

Is it a cause for concern?

You can’t overreact to anything in the preseason, but the Jets look like they have some things to clean up.

“There’s some things we want to fix, some things that we have to grow on,” defensive tackle Folorunso Fatukasi said.