Since final we tackled the move rush and spreading round the pocket wealth in Inside the Numbers, the Jets have gone into a sack frenzy. With six extra sacks towards Mac Jones and the Patriots on Sunday, they now have 17 over their final three video games, with 12 of them alone coming towards Jones and the Pats. That made the Jets’ rivals take discover.
“It’s a task blocking them, boys,” New England RB Rhamondre Stevenson mentioned after the recreation. “I saw my linemen working all night trying to block 95 [Quinnen Williams] and 91 [John Franklin-Myers]. They’re awesome, guys, dogs up front. It was a task for sure.”
“It goes back to Coach putting us in good positions, understanding how to rush with each other, play off of one another,” Franklin-Myers mentioned. “The game plan was great. I can’t really say too many bad things about what we’re doing as far as pass rush. We expect to win every one-on-one.”
This Green & White sacknado (apologies to the revered Sharknado film franchise) may finish or decelerate at any time, or it may hopefully proceed the remainder of this season and for seasons to come back. But the present glut has created some nice Jets sack trivia, a few of it, properly, trivial however some presumably vital for the future.
A Crowd Has Gathered
Some Jets have had multiple sack in these final three video games — Quinnen Williams’ one in every recreation have lifted him to a new profession excessive of 8.0 sacks with seven video games left add extra. But it is beautiful to see that 12 totally different gamers had been concerned in the 17 sacks, with no participant having greater than 1.0 sack in any of the three video games.
The Hurt-y Dozen Jets sackers: 3.0—Quinnen Williams; 2.0—Micheal Clemons, JFM, Bryce Huff, Carl Lawson; 1.0—Jermaine Johnson, Jacob Martin (since traded), C.J. Mosley, Nathan Shepherd, Quincy Williams; 0.5—Kwon Alexander, Jamien Sherwood.
We may even say a fortunate 13 had been concerned in these takedowns, since Sheldon Rankins did not get a sack for his strip of the Bills’ Josh Allen. That’s as a result of Allen picked up the fumble and headed ahead, the place he was double-teamed to the turf wanting the line of scrimmage by Alexander and Sherwood. NFL scoring rule: No greater than 1.0 sack awarded per sack play to not more than two gamers. But Rankins nonetheless will get the FF, which we’ll nonetheless name a strip, sans the sack.
Most-Sacked QBs in a Season
Jones being taken down a dozen instances in two video games should be some form of report, proper? Almost. Even although sacks by defenders solely started formally in 1982, sacks of QBs formally return additional, to 1969. And Jones’ 12 sacks are the second-most of 1 QB in a season in franchise historical past. The chief is a former Patriot, Drew Bledsoe, who was sacked six and 7 instances in the 2000 season, led by the rookie tagteam of John Abraham and Shaun Ellis with three every.
In third place: Former Buffalo QB Dennis Shaw, sacked 11 instances by the Jets in his rookie season of 1970.
Jets’ Most Drops in 3 Straight Games
The 17 sacks in the two video games vs. New England sandwiched round the dwelling recreation vs. Buffalo are tied for second-most sacks by the Jets in three consecutive video games in franchise historical past. The chief is the 19 sacks from Games 9/11 in the New York Sack Exchange season of 1981.
As for the most sacks in 4 consecutive video games, the Jets are in that franchise hunt as properly. Here are the high 4 four-game totals, with the Jets needing solely three sacks vs. Chicago to hitch this checklist (and protecting in thoughts that earlier than 1969, issues actually get unofficial):