Why Jets and Dolphins' Defense Struggles May Soon Get Even Worse—Here’s What You Need to Know

The Jets are 0-3 for the season, but I’ll give them that they have at least been a competitive 0-3. They opened the year against the Steelers, and it took some Aaron Rodgers late-game magic to hand New York the loss. The team was competitive, looked good offensively, but couldn’t get a defensive stop. Week 2 against the Bills, they got destroyed, with Buffalo winning 30-10. I know that is still a three-ish score game, but Buffalo somewhat took their foot off the gas. Last week against Tampa they looked very overmatched. The defense once again could not get the stop that was needed to keep the Buccaneers from winning, despite the fact that the Jets mounted a furious comeback and took a late lead. It was a crazy chain of events. This week, they get to face the Dolphins, a team that is probably more evenly matched with them than the previous three opponents, who are all playoff hopefuls. Justin Fields returns under center for the Jets which doesn’t really change much for the offensive attack, as Fields is more of a runner than a thrower, and so is Tyrod Taylor. The Dolphins have been surprisingly good against running backs, but have given up the most rushing touchdowns to quarterbacks of any team in the league.