Jets vs. Lions: Week 1 special teams grades

The New York Jets shocked the NFL world with a dominant display of football against the Detroit Lions on Monday night. Nothing, however, was as shocking as the play of their special teams unit.

Perhaps it was a contagion of prosperity that accounted for the New York Jets special teams success on Monday night or perhaps they were simply an improved unit. Whatever it may be, the Jets special teams looked as good as they have in years on Monday night.

It was truly a night and day difference between how the team’s specialists looked in the preseason compared to how they looked against the Detroit Lions, and not just because it was a night game. The special teams not only looked competent but…