Biggest takeaway: Jets' defense is for real

Neil Best

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted on Sept.

INDIANAPOLIS

Somewhere in Western New York, Rex Ryan still was trying to figure out what hit him Sunday when Tom Brady and the Patriots mercilessly rained pass completions on his Bills' defense.

But here in Indy Monday night, the Jets' new defensive-minded head coach was doing just fine, happily watching his unit lead the way to a 20-7 victory over the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium.

No one is surprised the Jets' defense is turning out to be a strength for first-year coach Todd Bowles. But no one could have expected how thoroughly they would handle a team led by Andrew Luck and eager…