The New York Jets’ defense has fallen apart down the stretch, and Sunday’s embarrassing performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 15 felt like a true breaking point.
Allowing 48 points, including 31 in the first half, made it impossible to ignore how ineffective and predictable the unit, led by defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, has become.
While the Jets are undeniably shorthanded after moving on from players like Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams, there is no excuse for a defense with this much remaining talent to look so unprepared and overmatched.
The scheme has been painfully vanilla, failing to maximize personnel and consistently putting players in losing situations.