Without Aaron Rodgers, Alijah Vera-Tucker, Sauce Gardner, D.J. Reed, Brandin Echols, Justin Hardee, and (for most of the game) Joe Tippmann, the New York Jets needed some unlikely heroes to step up if they wanted to defeat the 5-0 defending NFC champions.
And that’s exactly what happened.
These five Jets players stepped up to replace the impact lost from New York’s stars and facilitate the upset victory over Philadelphia.
Jermaine Johnson
While the Jets weren’t missing any defensive linemen, they still needed as much help as they could get from any defensive position to make up for the production lost in Gardner and Reed.