Despite having some situational hiccups early on this season, the Jets defensive dominance that has garnered so much attention in recent weeks is actually nothing new. When the Philadelphia Eagles found the end zone to go up by a score of 14-3 with just over five and a half minutes remaining in the first half, they probably had no idea that those would be their last points of the day.
Forced to deploy several backup cornerbacks, some of which weren’t even on the team as recently as a couple of weeks ago, the Jets defense stepped up in a big way.