Did anyone else realize we've got a Top 10 (8th) Defense this year?

[SouthTown]

Who cares.

This team still blows.

[FMJets]

IMO this defense doesn't pass the eye test. They cant get off the field consistently on third down, vulnerable to big gainer plays (15+yards), or big penalties(PI). That said, why shouldn't they be rank at the top 10 if all the recent impact free agents and draft picks are on the defense (Rex you are in the wrong decade)!!
From the top of my head..
Landry
Bell
Davis
Coples
Wilkerson

Offense,
Schillens (if not for the Jets he would be out of football, Raiders don't want him nuff said)
J Smith (avg OL, but HUGE upgrade)
Hill (has played better recently but a little to late and should not be starting)
Gates (Miami has the best WR's in the NFL so he was expendable)

Before the season started I was hoping for a upgrade to RB position and the TE position. Keller is decent, Cumberland is a slug and surprises me that he gets open on occasion ( defense might be rolling coverage to someone else and away from him).
I hope Rex learns his lesson and goes wild on the offensive upgrades next year.

[Greensleeves]

Originally Posted by Savage69

Team is 19th in points allowed though..

Sorry, but this is possibly the most misleading stat for any defense. How many points is the offense responsible for? Special teams? I bet if you take off the pick 6's, fumble return touchdowns, and special team return points the Jets D is actually pretty close to the top in this category. At least top 8.

[Savage69]

Originally Posted by Greensleeves

Sorry, but this is possibly the most misleading stat for any defense. How many points is the offense responsible for? Special teams? I bet if you take off the pick 6's, fumble return touchdowns, and special team return points the Jets D is actually pretty close to the top in this category. At least top 8.

And I repeat thats why I said Team and not D..

[Flaming Mo]

Originally Posted by Greensleeves

Sorry, but this is possibly the most misleading stat for any defense. How many points is the offense responsible for? Special teams? I bet if you take off the pick 6's, fumble return touchdowns, and special team return points the Jets D is actually pretty close to the top in this category. At least top 8.

Our offense and special team mistakes have directly led to 37 points for other teams, in 13 games that makes almost a FG per game. That doesn't even take into account the turnovers that we had in our half of the field that then gave the opposing offense a short field. And we are one of the most turnover prone teams in the league I think.

Now with that said, a true dominant defense doesn't care about either, they get stops even without the offense playing well. I think we are a very good defense but not dominant or menacing at all. We got a bunch of pieces in place though and the weaknesses are easily to notice (speed at LB, edge rusher). If those are addressed in the offseason, we will get back to being top 5 again. Not to mention we played without our best player almost the entire season.

[McGinley]

Originally Posted by Flaming Mo

Our offense and special team mistakes have directly led to 37 points for other teams, in 13 games that makes almost a FG per game. That doesn't even take into account the turnovers that we had in our half of the field that then gave the opposing offense a short field. And we are one of the most turnover prone teams in the league I think.

Now with that said, a true dominant defense doesn't care about either, they get stops even without the offense playing well. I think we are a very good defense but not dominant or menacing at all. We got a bunch of pieces in place though and the weaknesses are easily to notice (speed at LB, edge rusher). If those are addressed in the offseason, we will get back to being top 5 again. Not to mention we played without our best player almost the entire season.

Not saying our D is dominant, or even great. I'm just saying they've played well enough to win if our offense was better and didn't have a complete jackoff running it. I was honestly surprised they were ranked that high, actually.

[SONNY WERBLIN]

Originally Posted by Greensleeves

Sorry, but this is possibly the most misleading stat for any defense. How many points is the offense responsible for? Special teams? I bet if you take off the pick 6's, fumble return touchdowns, and special team return points the Jets D is actually pretty close to the top in this category. At least top 8.

According to http://www.pro-football-reference.co...s/2012/opp.htm the Jets D has let up 30 TD's. 17 other D's have let up less than 30 TD's. The Jets D is 10th in FG's allowed with 20.

I would not categorize the Jets D as top 10.

[McGinley]

Originally Posted by SONNY WERBLIN

According to http://www.pro-football-reference.co...s/2012/opp.htm the Jets D has let up 30 TD's. 17 other D's have let up less than 30 TD's. The Jets D is 10th in FG's allowed with 20.

I would not categorize the Jets D as top 10.

Too bad they are.

[Flaming Mo]

Originally Posted by SONNY WERBLIN

According to http://www.pro-football-reference.co...s/2012/opp.htm the Jets D has let up 30 TD's. 17 other D's have let up less than 30 TD's. The Jets D is 10th in FG's allowed with 20.

I would not categorize the Jets D as top 10.

Again, those stats dont tell the whole story. You could argue that the Jets D had a much tougher job due to their offense being so inept. Those numbers dont take into account average field position for the opponent, time of possession, turnovers by the offense, times when those TDs were given up (like there is a difference between a TD given up in a close game or the first quarter and a TD in garbage time or when the game is out of hand)... It is very very hard to judge a defense strictly by the numbers. Yards allowed per game (where the Jets are 8th in the league) doesn't tell the whole story either as numerous circumstances can impact that stat aswell (field position, score, time etc.)...

Anyways, watching a lot of other teams I think you can make a case for the Jets being a top ten defense. Again, very good but not elite or dominant and most importantly, not as good as needed or envisioned before the year.

[Greentide]

Originally Posted by Savage69

Team is 19th in points allowed though..

This......the only defensive stat that really matters.

[JETSALLDAY24]

Originally Posted by McGinley

It honestly isn't a bad idea.

Nope it honestly isn't its a horrifying idea.

[SONNY WERBLIN]

Originally Posted by Flaming Mo

Again, those stats dont tell the whole story. You could argue that the Jets D had a much tougher job due to their offense being so inept. Those numbers dont take into account average field position for the opponent, time of possession, turnovers by the offense, times when those TDs were given up (like there is a difference between a TD given up in a close game or the first quarter and a TD in garbage time or when the game is out of hand)... It is very very hard to judge a defense strictly by the numbers. Yards allowed per game (where the Jets are 8th in the league) doesn't tell the whole story either as numerous circumstances can impact that stat aswell (field position, score, time etc.)...

Anyways, watching a lot of other teams I think you can make a case for the Jets being a top ten defense. Again, very good but not elite or dominant and most importantly, not as good as needed or envisioned before the year.

I'm pretty confident that if you polled NFL coaches and players as to the best D's, the Jets would not be in the top 10 of anyone's list (except maybe Rex's).

[Mainejet]

Originally Posted by McGinley

I was just looking at some team stats and rankings on ESPN and we're ranked 8th. 3rd in Passing D, 28th in Rushing D, and 8th in Total D.

Da fuq? Seems so odd for some reason.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/te...sition/defense
http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/te...sition/defense
http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/te...sition/defense

Conversely, we're ranked 30th in Total Offense, 30th in Passing Offense, and 11th in Rushing Offense. We're only ahead of Arizona and Jacksonville in Total Offense.

Damn, it's a good thing we have Murk Sanchurz to save us from our 8th ranked D and 11th ranked running game.

Playing horrid offenses will always pad your statistics. Although the defense is getting better, I just think they are lacking in spots. Their linebackers are horrible and they cannot generate a consistent pass rush. They are also young and tend to be inconsistent against good offenses.

I can see Wilkerson and Coples creating a pretty good pass rush in the future, but they still need a linebacker that can sack the QB also.

[PETER PAT]

What was the Jets ranking before Ariz and Jax.

And I know every team plays these bad teams, but good teams, blow these type of teams out, and they are coasting by the 4th quarter, and giving up yards for time, when they are up 3+ scores. Lots of garbage yards. Jets are in these tooth and nail fights with these teams, so they never get to that coast mode. Its good for yardage stats.

[Green Bandit]

Imagine if we had a QB who didn't turn the ball over 19 times through 13 games.

The possibilities are endless !

[Green Bandit]

Originally Posted by PETER PAT

What was the Jets ranking before Ariz and Jax.

And I know every team plays these bad teams, but good teams, blow these type of teams out, and they are coasting by the 4th quarter, and giving up yards for time, when they are up 3+ scores. Lots of garbage yards. Jets are in these tooth and nail fights with these teams, so they never get to that coast mode. Its good for yardage stats.

Arizona beat New England, and I don't think the Texans were coasting passed the Jags a few weeks ago..

The defense, although albeit against bad offensive teams, did what they were supposed to do.
It's not just padding. Look at our defense vs the Colts or the Pats (1st game) for instance.

It's crazy how critical Jets Fans are on the team for winning. If anyone has something to complain about, it's the inefficient QB play or lackluster special teams. NOT the defense or running game.

[Gastineau99]

Originally Posted by Savage69

Team is 19th in points allowed though..

How many defensive scores, special teams scores, scores set up by offensive turnovers, score given up in the 4th quarter after being on the field too much due to Suckchez 3 and outs.

Point allowed really means nothing when judging a defense, since it doesn't really tell how many points the defense actually allowed.

[GuidoYaztremski]

Originally Posted by McGinley

Too bad they are.

No. They aren't.

[ozu]

8th in FO's defensive efficiency rankings as of last week, so they'll almost certainly go up after this week. They also have the 2nd hardest past schedule in the league by DVOA. They're playing really well.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef

[Minkaveli]

We lead the league in butt fumbles though.