Averaging 101.4 yards per game on the ground placed the New York Jets in the No. 26 spot over the course of 17 regular-season weeks in 2018. This, despite a top-five paid offensive line consisting of over-the-hill, poor-to-average offensive linemen.
Track the Jets wins and competitive games this past season. Only when they could rush the ball well did they actually have a shot at victory. When the rushing game didn’t work, there was no shot.
A few factors work into this equation.
Mainly, Todd Bowles’s antiquated mindset. Coming from the 1980s, he firmly believes in opposing his will against the opposition.