Fans and media members alike threw a lot of criticism at the New York Jets‘ defensive line throughout the team’s season-opening 19-14 loss to the Carolina Panthers. The unit that many see as the best on the roster finished with only one sack as it watched Sam Darnold throw 24 completions for 279 yards over their heads.
If you want to scout based on sack totals, then sure, the Jets’ defensive line was terrible. But if you actually analyze the unit’s full body of work, it is clear that the unit played a solid game.
New York pressured Darnold on 33.