The list of culprits to blame for the failures of the 2024 Jets is like a CVS receipt. It seems to just keep going and going.
Aaron Rodgers gets blamed. Robert Saleh gets blamed. Jeff Ulbrich is on the list. Woody Johnson was a popular target by the end of the season. The run game stunk. It goes on and on.
But the defense somehow did not get enough blame for how things went down last season. They entered the year as the ballyhooed unit that was going to carry the team, along with Rodgers. Remember the popular line of thinking when the Jets made the trade for Rodgers was pairing him with their defense would result in victories. There was a lot of talk like, “If they only give up 17 points, they’ll win the game with Rodgers.”
That ballyhooed defense then flopped.
