The Jets had an opportunity in Week 1 to set the tone, displaying followers and pundits alike that they need to be taken significantly going ahead.
Instead, they had been romped by the Ravens.
There had been some flashes of potential on either side of the ball, however there sometimes are. Those sparks had been washed away emphatically by a barrage of errors and obvious holes introduced forth by accidents and poor play.
New York’s dud in Week 1 did not simply translate to the win-loss column. It additionally gave them a one-way ticket to the cellar in energy rankings throughout NFL media.
ESPN ranked the Jets lifeless final in their first energy rankings of the 2022 season. (*1*) and NFL.com additionally had the Jets as their No. 32 group this week.
Sports Illustrated gave them only a little bit of a lift, rating Gang Green at No. 31 (with the Carolina Panthers at all-time low). The Athletic additionally had the Jets in the second-worst slot, rating New York above the Dallas Cowboys.
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The good news is that among the rookies and new faces performed effectively. Sauce Gardner and D.J. Reed had sturdy debuts as New York’s new cornerback duo and Garrett Wilson made performs at large receiver. Usual suspects like Quinnen Williams, Michael Carter and C.J. Mosley took care of enterprise in Week 1 as effectively.
That’s not going to be sufficient for this group to ascend to relevance, although. It’s going to be a protracted yr for this membership in the event that they appear to be this on either side of the ball, enduring a difficult schedule all through the vast majority of the season.
That journey goes via Cleveland and the Browns, with their game-wrecker Myles Garrett, in Week 2 on Sunday. Odds are, you will must scroll to the very backside of energy rankings to seek out the Jets as soon as once more this time subsequent week.
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