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NY Jets defense can easily upgrade at two positions

After two consecutive seasons of excellence, the New York Jets’ defense can fairly be considered elite — or at least close to it.

The thing is that with a few easy tweaks, it could be even better.

The Jets have two overlooked depth players whose performance has been lackluster, even for backups. There’s a fairly easy way to improve them for cheap, but they need to be willing to do so.

Jamien Sherwood

The Jets have quite a few players on their defense with stark run-pass splits. They’ve dealt with it accordingly by rotating between likely run and pass snaps.