A few weeks back, I unveiled my run-blocking statistics for the 2022 New York Jets offense after rewatching and charting every run play from the Jets’ 2022 season. The goal was to quantify the run-blocking production of every player by assigning positive credit for good blocks that spurred successful runs and assigning negative credit for poor blocks that caused unsuccessful runs.
Now it’s time to shift our focus to the opposite side of the ball.
I rewatched the film of every run-defense snap from the Jets defense in the 2022 season. The goal was the same as it was for the run-blocking exercise: to quantify every player’s run-defense impact by tallying up their totals of positive and negative plays.