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Leonard Williams can’t buy a sack — and the Jets are puzzled

One of the great mysteries of the Jets over the past two years has been why Leonard Williams can’t get sacks.

The defensive end has three sacks this season after getting only two last year. The five combined sacks over two years are fewer than he had in 2016 (seven) alone. He has not had a sack in his past nine games.

“I wish I had the answers,” defensive line coach Robert Nunn said. “It’s one of the most frustrating things of my coaching career is not having more sacks for him the last two years.

“The guy continues to do what we ask him to do.