For a team that intended to be built on the running game in 2022, the New York Jets‘ plan was nothing short of an abysmal failure. Toward the end of the season, the running backs struggled just to get back to the line of scrimmage.
Despite acquiring Aaron Rodgers, Robert Saleh and Nathaniel Hackett are still seemingly committed to the run-first approach. They are products of the Shanahan system and adhere to many of its principles (even though those have changed since they left).
How that approach will play out in 2023 is one of the Jets’ bigger mysteries for many reasons.