Robert Saleh and Jeff Ulbrich‘s defense was the silver lining of the New York Jets‘ season-opening loss to Baltimore. The unit rose to the occasion against a talented offense it matched up poorly against.
However, most of the positive momentum the New York defense generated in Week 1 flew out the window in Week 2.
The Jets pulled off an odds-defying comeback in the last two minutes against the Cleveland Browns, but prior to that miraculous turn of events, they were about to take a multi-score loss in which the defense would have received the majority of the blame.