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Were the NY Jets’ safeties really that bad in 2022?

The New York Jets‘ safety unit was the subject of immense criticism throughout the 2022 season. Here in the 2022 offseason, it has been frequently pegged as the Jets’ most dire need on defense.

Were the struggles of the Jets’ safeties overexaggerated? After all, they were the backbone of an elite pass defense that allowed the second-lowest opposing passer rating in the NFL.

Or was the Jets’ safety unit truly as bad as many people claim?

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To figure out whether the harsh criticism of the Jets’ safety unit is fair, I decided to go back and rank all 32 safety units from the 2022 regular season based on their performance in a few different statistics.