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5 things that must happen for NY Jets to have a strong run defense

The New York Jets‘ run defense has a shaky outlook entering the 2022 season. But there is hope for New York to tread water in this facet of the game if things break the right way.

Here are five things (in no particular order) that must happen for the Jets to concoct a good run defense in 2022.

1. D.J. Reed and Jordan Whitehead continue thriving

The Jets may not have done much to upgrade their run defense in the trenches, but they did make significant improvements to their back-end run defense.

Free agent pickups D.