The New York Jets defense is firing on all cylinders. Jeff Ulbrich‘s rapidly ascending group is allowing only 12.7 points per game across its past six contests. For the year, the Jets are ranked fourth in scoring defense (17.8 points per game), fifth in total defense (308.8 yards per game), and fourth in defensive DVOA.
This is an elite unit. No question about it.
But if the Jets want it to stay that way, they need to immediately fix an issue that sprung up over the past couple of games: tackling.
New York’s defense has been missing far too many tackles since coming out of its Week 10 bye.