The New York Jets were ridiculed by many around the NFL a little under a week ago for hitting the reset button, trading away Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams, two of the franchise’s cornerstones, for piles of draft picks and cap flexibility. On paper, it looked like a white flag to some.
But if Sunday's Week 10 win over the Cleveland Browns proved anything, it’s that the vision behind those controversial trades might already be paying off.
The Jets went into Cleveland without their All-Pro corner or star defensive tackle and somehow walked out with a 27–20 win.