The Jets showed up for the season without a fearsome edge rusher to introduce and then reintroduce the quarterback to the turf. But there were times against the Dolphins at MetLife Stadium Sunday when that didn’t matter.
Safety Jamal Adams, end Henry Anderson and outside linebackers Jordan Jenkins and Brandon Copeland made it a four-sack day against Ryan Tannehill to go with three other hits on him. It could have been a six-pack of sacks, but two others were negated by Jets penalties.
Yet when the pass rush needed to get to Tannehill the most, it couldn’t.