It’s one of the more infuriating things in football, especially for New York Jets fans: the team is driving to get near the opponent’s end zone, but they can’t punch it in. It’s happened way too often for the Jets since the beginning of the 2022 season.
The Jets currently rank 31st in red zone touchdown percentage at 29.4%, ahead of only the Steelers. Amazingly, that is significantly worse than their 31st-ranked 43.5% in 2022.
They haven’t necessarily gotten to the red zone a lot, either. They are averaging 2.8 attempts per game in 2023 (T-21st) and had 2.