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[New York Jets]

Jets open as Week 13 underdogs vs Falcons

The New York Jets have lost two straight games after the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Jets 23 – 10 on Sunday.

The Jets hung in the game in the first half, when the Ravens looked out of sorts. The Jets drew first blood late in the second quarter with a 13 yard touchdown pass from Tyrod Taylor to John Metchie. The Ravens scored a field goal just before halftime to get within four points at 7 – 3, Jets, at halftime. Unfortunately for the Jets, in the second half the Ravens played more like the Ravens we expected, as they gradually pulled away and outscored the Jets 20 -3 in the second half in a routine 23 – 10 victory.

Next week the Jets get a more favorable opponent, at least on paper. The 2-9 Jets will be home to take on the 4-7 Atlanta Falcons next Sunday. The Falcons will be without their starting quarterback, Michael Penix, who is out for the remainder of this season with a torn ACL. Kirk Cousins played reasonably well this week replacing Penix under center, but Cousins struggled badly last season and should not be counted on to return to form at age 37. In addition, the Falcons will likely be missing their top receiver in Drake London, who missed this week’s game with an injury and is currently considered week to week.

Before beating the hapless New Orleans Saints this week, the Falcons had lost five straight games. The Falcons struggle defending against the run, making them a decent matchup for a Jets team that wants to run the ball as much as possible.

Let’s take a look at the current odds for this game according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The current line has the Jets home underdogs by 2.5 points. The game has an over/under of just 39.5 points. On the moneyline the Jets and the Falcons are both -110.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new-york-jets-odds/89534/jets-open-as-week-13-underdogs-vs-falcons

 

[New York Jets]

Jets move up in 2026 NFL Draft order with loss to Ravens

The Jets lost in Week 12 to the Baltimore Ravens to fall to 2-9 on the 2025 season. The loss does come with some good news for the team. The Jets improved their positioning in the order for the 2026 NFL Draft. Entering the week in the fifth slot, the defeat in Baltimore combined with other action across the league bumped the Jets up one spot.

1. Titans 1-10
2. Giants 2-10
3. Saints 2-9
4. Jets 2-9
5. Raiders 2-9
6. Browns 3-8
7. Commanders 3-8
8. Bengals 3-8
9. Cardinals 3-8
10. Dolphins 4-7
11. Falcons (pick traded to Rams) 4-7
12. Vikings 4-7
13. Cowboys 5-5-1
14. Panthers 6-5
15. Chiefs 6-5
16. Steelers 6-5
17. Texans 6-5
18. Lions 7-4

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Picks 19 through 32 are determined by the results of the NFL Playoffs. The Jets’ also own the first round pick of the Indianapolis Colts in 2026. The Colts currently hold the third seed in the AFC, which would make their pick somewhere between 20 and 32.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new...p-in-2026-nfl-draft-order-with-loss-to-ravens

 

[New York Jets]

MNF: 49ers vs Panthers Game Thread

Monday Night Football, Week 12. Tonight the San Francisco 49ers host the Carolina Panthers. The game is scheduled to kickoff at 8:15 p.m. EST.

The San Francisco 49ers come into this game with a 7-4 record, good for third place in the highly competitive NFC West. They have alternated wins and losses for each of the last nine games. Last week the 49ers defeated the Arizona Cardinals, 41 – 22. The 49ers’ primary issue has been turnovers. In five of their 11 games the 49ers have not forced a single turnover on defense, and they have only won the turnover battle twice all season. It’s tough to win a lot of games that way.

The Carolina Panthers come into this game with a 6-5 record, good for first place in the NFC South. After getting off to a 1-3 start to the season, the Panthers have been surging. They have won five of their last seven games. The Panthers are coming off a 30 – 27 overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons last week. Panthers quarterback Bryce Young had arguably the finest game of his brief NFL career last week, throwing for 448 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions.

The 49ers have a 2-2 home record this season. The Panthers are 3-3 on the road, but they have won each of their last three road games.

It’s the 49ers and the Panthers tonight on Monday Night Football. Enjoy the game everyone.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new-york-jets-discussion/89571/mnf-49ers-vs-panthers-game-thread

 

[New York Jets]

Through 12 Weeks: Where are the Jets most likely to pick?

One of the biggest internal debates among fans this time of year is whether you should actually be rooting for wins or losses down the stretch. Simply put: to tank or not to tank. Unfortunately for the Jets, this has basically turned into an annual tradition at this point. If the season ended today, the Jets would be slotted at 4th overall in the draft. Based on strength of schedule tiebreakers, they’d likely pick ahead of teams like the Titans, Raiders, and Giants if they finish with the same record, but behind teams like the Browns and Saints. So the real question becomes: how likely are the Jets to move up or down from that spot?

I looked at two main metrics for this: DAVE (from the old Football Outsiders crew) and ESPN’s FPI. DAVE stands for DVOA Adjusted for Variation Early. Think of this as a blend of preseason projections and actual performance that gradually shifts toward what teams have actually shown. Both DAVE and FPI are meant to be predictive, all-in team-strength numbers. From a stat perspective: “how good is this team really when you strip out the noise?” Somewhat surprisingly, both these metrics happen to see the Jets slightly differently.

Starting with DAVE: right now the Jets rank 27th in the league. When you simulate the season forward thousands of times based on that, DAVE projects them to finish with about 4.4 wins. So 4–13 or 5–12 are the most likely records. A big part of that is simply the Jets having a softer schedule late in the year. Statistically, they land the No. 1 pick in 9.4% of simulations and a top-five pick in 58% of them, both of which rank 4th-worst behind the Titans, Raiders, and Saints.

FPI is a little harsher on the Jets. ESPN has the Jets at 30th in the league, and over 10,000 simulations projects them for about 4.1 wins. That bumps up the tank odds a bit: the Jets get the top pick in 14.4% of simulations and a top-five pick in 71.4% of them. Both rank third-worst, with only the Titans and Raiders projected to finish below them. ESPN’s Seth Walder shows this below with the Jets’ average draft slot at 4.3, which he charted out here:

Updated draft pick forecast!

Four teams with a double-digit chance to earn the No. 1 overall pick. pic.twitter.com/YWWN1phg93

— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) November 24, 2025

So basically, as things stand right now, the Jets landing No. 1 or No. 2 would be a genuine surprise. Statistically, they’re most likely to end up somewhere between picks 3–7, with 4 or 5 being the most likely outcomes. Of course, that can change in a hurry. Especially if the Jets give Brady Cook a look down the stretch, which honestly wouldn’t shock me at all. But, with the Jets only 2.5-point underdogs against the Falcons this week, it also wouldn’t be crazy if they stumble into another win sooner rather than later.

For better or worse, this is shaping up to be yet another season where a good chunk of Jets fans spend December scoreboard-watching and rooting for teams like the Titans, Raiders, Browns, and Saints to accidentally win games. Because nothing says Jets football like tracking tank standings before Christmas.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new...-weeks-where-are-the-jets-most-likely-to-pick

 

[New York Jets]

Week 13 Poll: Are the Jets trending up this week?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Jets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

Heading into Week 13, we want to know how you’re feeling after watching the team so far this year. Every week of the season we will ask fans if they are confident the team is headed in the right direction and more of the most pressing questions facing the coming game. Let us know what you think!

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/general/89583/jets-survey-week-13-reacts

 

[New York Jets]

Breaking down John Metchie’s TD vs. Baltimore Ravens

The Jets lost to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 12, but one of the silver linings was the play of recently acquired John Metchie. Metchie led the Jets with 6 receptions, which included a second quarter touchdown.

The play saw Metchie initially motion inside.

This creates a stack with Mason Taylor.

Formations like this are a nifty way to put stress on a defense. One way for a the two coverage guys to handle it is for the inside guy to take whichever of the two receivers breaks to the inside and the outside guy to take the one who breaks outside.

It’s a subtle thing, but Metchie initially stems his route to the inside, which draws the inside defender.

This defender is going to be in an impossible position to defend Metchie’s out breaking route.

For his part, Taylor does a nice job selling an “inadvertant” pick to create even more room.

This touchdown is more about the play design than Metchie’s execution if we are being honest, but that little subtle move to draw the inside defender was still a contributor. Sometimes the little things matter. Metchie doesn’t have the overwhelming traits to dominate on a weekly basis. If he shows savvy like this going forward, he might be able to carve out a future role, though.

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[New York Jets]

Drake London unlikely to play for Falcons vs. Jets in Week 13

The Falcons are likely to be without their top receiver this Sunday as they head to MetLife Stadium to take on the Jets.

#Falcons coach Raheem Morris says he considers WR Drake London doubtful this weekend against the Jets.

— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) November 26, 2025

London is having a fantastic season. He has gone over 100 receiving yards in five of his last six games. He did, however, miss Atlanta’s Week 12 win over the New Orleans Saints with a knee injury. It seems like it hasn’t healed sufficiently for him to return against the Jets.

The Falcons don’t have much at the wide receiver position with London out. Darnell Mooney is the only other player at the position for Atlanta with over 100 receiving yards on the year.

They do have other legitimate targets in the passing game, though. Tight end Kyle Pitts and running back Bijan Robinson have been the top two options after London. With him likely out, there will be a lot of responsibility for Jets linebackers and safeties to hold up in coverage.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new...likely-to-play-for-falcons-vs-jets-in-week-13

 

[New York Jets]

Jets Thanksgiving History

The Jets have played eight times on Thanksgiving in the past. They are an even 4-4 in those games. Below we will take a look at them.

November 24, 1960: New York Titans 41 Dallas Texans 35

The American Football League played games on Thanksgiving, and the Jets played on Turkey Day in each their first three years of existence. They were called the Titans at that point. Playing against the future Kansas City Chiefs, Don Maynard caught 10 passes for 179 yards and a touchdown, while Art Powell added 8 catches for 110 yards and a touchdown.

November 23, 1961: New York Titans 21 Buffalo Bills 14

Al Dorow threw for 223 yards and a touchdown, and Dick Felt returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown to provide the Titans with the winning margin at the Polo Grounds.

November 22, 1962: New York Titans 46 Denver Broncos 45

A wild game in Denver saw the Titans blow a 24-7 lead and then overcome a 45-32 fourth quarter deficit on Johnny Green’s fourth and fifth touchdown passes of the game, one to Dick Christy and the other to Art Powell.

November 23, 1972: Detroit Lions 37 New York Jets 20

Entering the fourth quarter, the Lions led 23-20, but they blew the game open with a field goal and touchdown runs by Greg Landry from 6 yards and Altie Taylor from 38.

November 28, 1985: Detroit Lions 31 New York Jets 20

Eric Hipple threw four touchdown passes, three to Leonard Thompson as the Lions jumped out to a 24-3 lead and never looked back.

November 22, 2007: Dallas Cowboys 34 New York Jets 3

It was an ugly afternoon in a lost season for the Jets. The Cowboys owned a 21-3 lead at halftime on a Marion Barber touchdown run, a Jason Witten reception from Tony Romo, and a Terrence Newman interception off Kellen Clemens returned for a score.

November 25, 2010: New York Jets 26 Cincinnati Bengals 10

In the third meeting between these teams in eleven months, the Jets erased a 10-7 halftime deficit. Brad Smith was the star with a 53 yard touchdown run in the first minute of the second half and an 89 yard kickoff returned for a score in the fourth quarter.

November 22, 2012: New England Patriots 49 New York Jets 19

This game is best remembered for the Buttfumble. What people don’t remember was that was part of a 52 second span where New England scored an offensive touchdown, a defensive touchdown, and a special teams touchdown to turn a 7-0 lead into a 28-0 rout.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new-york-jets-scores-results/89646/jets-thanksgiving-history

 

[New York Jets]

Why do the Cowboys and Lions always play on Thanksgiving

There are three NFL games today. The Lions host the Packers, the Cowboys host the Chiefs, and the Ravens host the Bengals. The teams playing the night game change annually, but you might notice that the Lions always host the first game of the day, and the Cowboys always host the second game. How did that come to be?

The Lions played their first Thanksgiving game in 1934. It was their first season in Detroit. They had previously been located in Portsmouth, Ohio, where they were known as the Portsmouth Spartans. A radio executive named George Richards bought the franchise and moved it to Detroit. The Lions were having difficulty gaining any sort of popularity in their new home city. Richards came up with the idea of scheduling their team’s big game against the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving. The Lions were 10-1 at the time, and the Bears were 11-0. This was before the days when the league dictated the schedule to its teams. The teams themselves could schedule the times of their games. Richards used his connections in the radio business to get the game broadcast nationally. Even thought Detroit lost, it was a huge success. The Lions sold the game out, and they have played on Thanksgiving ever since with the exception of World War II years despite some calls for them to lose the game during the dismal Matt Millen Era.

Thanksgiving gained a second traditional team in 1951. For the next thirteen years, the Green Bay Packers traveled to Detroit to play the Lions on Thanksgiving. Vince Lombardi ended the arrangement. Lombardi cited the end of an agreement that paid the Packers $10,000 extra for playing the game, the difficulties of playing games on a short week every year, and having to face a rival in front of an electric crowd on the road every season. Of course since the teams are in the same division, the Packers remain a frequent Thanksgiving opponent for Detroit as they are this year.

So how about the Cowboys?

In the mid-1960’s the NFL was looking to add a second Thanksgiving game. It was not entirely clear it would work outside Detroit, where Thanksgiving NFL was already a tradition. The Dallas Cowboys were a six year old team with no history of winning. General manager Tex Schramm was a visionary. (He was a driving force behind other innovations like instant replay, the flags on goal posts, the NFL-AFL merger, and too many others to name). He jumped at the opportunity. The Cowboys hosted their first Thanksgiving game in 1966.

They kept the game annually until the 1970’s when the league hatched a plan to alternate between the Cowboys and the then St. Louis Cardinals. The Cowboys were to host the second game in even years and the Cardinals in odd years. The Cardinals only hosted two home Thanksgiving games, however, which took place in 1975 and in 1977. The games weren’t competitive, and attendance was relatively poor. Then commissioner Pete Roselle put an end to the experiment, and made a deal with Schramm that the Cowboys would keep the game from then on. Dallas has hosted the second Thanksgiving game ever since.

With two permanent Thanksgiving hosts, why does the third game rotate?

In 2006, the NFL added a third game in primetime. The Chiefs defeated the Broncos that night. By this time, a Thanksgiving game had become a desired timeslot. Unlike the experiments in Dallas and Detroit decades earlier, the 30 other teams in the league would now all love to become the permanent host of the primetime Thanksgiving game. Since everybody wants it, the league has not given the game to a single team. The matchup changes every year and in recent years has usually been a division rivalry.

The last major change to Thanksgiving games came in 2014 when the NFL’s current TV deal kicked into effect. CBS and FOX both get to broadcast one game on Thanksgiving afternoon. Prior to 2014, CBS could only show games where an AFC team was on the road. That meant one AFC team had to play at either Detroit or Dallas every Thanksgiving. The league’s new TV deal allows AFC road games to be flexed to FOX and NFC road games to be flexed to CBS. The new arrangement allowed for greater scheduling flexibility. Both Detroit and Dallas could be given NFC opponents, and one of the afternoon games could be flexed to CBS. In theory either the Detroit or Dallas game could also be flexed to prime time, but that has yet to happen.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/gen...cowboys-and-lions-always-play-on-thanksgiving

 

[New York Jets]

Jerry Jones says he made wild trade offer for Quinnen Williams

Prior to the start of the season, Jerry Jones went on Gary Myers radio show on ESPN. He told Myers that he had made an offer for Quinnen Williams that involved superstar pass rusher Micah Parsons. He didn’t go into much more detail, but Myers did manage to get out of him that a first round pick or two was involved in the offer.

Now Jones is back and he says the offer was even more wild than anyone could have predicted:

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on @1053thefan said he offered the New York Jets a first-round pick and Micah Parsons for DT Quinnen Williams before the season started. "I thought that much of Williams."

— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) November 28, 2025

If such an offer was made, then Jets General Manager Darren Mougey has a lot of explaining to do. Parsons is as elite a defensive player as the league has. Since the move to Green Bay, Parsons has 12.5 sacks, just 1.5 shy of his career high, on top of being one of the best run defenders in the league. By himself, Parsons is a significantly better player than Quinnen. Add in a first round pick and the alleged offer was a no-brainer for the Jets?

That’s why I’m having a hard time seeing this offer not only being made, but the Jets turning it down. And it didn’t take long for Jets beat writers to come back and say that this offer was never made:

Zero doubt that Jerry said this. However this was never actually offered to the Jets, I’m told.

There was a conversation between owners. It was a brief one. A Cowboys source told me the Jets weren’t ever going to the monetary value needed to extend Parsons (discussed this Week… https://t.co/19a8L9KSZ1

— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) November 28, 2025

Now Jerry Jones is known for the crazy quote here and there. And this could be another one of them. Or, the Jets could be doing damage control after rejecting what would have been one of the most lopsided trades in recent memory.

Either way, it’s clear that a deal for Parsons was at one point on the table, and the Jets turned it down. That alone seems like enough reason to doubt both Woody Johnson for his supposed role in not wanting to pay the best defensive player in football, and the general manager for not figuring out how to get it done anyway.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new...he-made-wild-trade-offer-for-quinnen-williams

 

[New York Jets]

Scouting Jets wide receiver John Metchie III

The Jets recently acquired wide receiver John Metchie III via trade and he has already played in three games for the team. Today we break Metchie down in detail.

The 25-year old Metchie is listed at 5’11” and 187 pounds and was a second round pick out of Alabama in 2022. After missing the entire 2022 season, Metchie started three games and caught 40 passes for 412 yards and a touchdown over the past two seasons with the Texans. However, he was traded to the Eagles at the start of this season and didn’t play much.

Background

Metchie has a unique background as he was born in Taiwan, lived in Ghana and Canada as a young child and is of Nigerian heritage. He attended high school in Maryland and then spent a year in New Jersey before heading to Alabama as a four-star recruit.

As a true freshman in 2019, Metchie played in all 13 games but only caught four passes and recorded one tackle.

However, in 2020, an injury to Jaylen Waddle enabled Metchie to start 11 of 13 games. He posted two games where he racked up over 150 receiving yards and ended up with 55 catches for over 900 yards and six touchdowns.

In 2021, he started every game and was named as a second-team all-SEC selection as he was third in the conference with 96 catches and 1,142 yards. He also had eight touchdown receptions, but suffered a serious late-season knee injury.

Despite the injury, Metchie declared for the 2022 draft and was selected in the second round by the Houston Texans. However, he was then diagnosed with a form of leukemia and missed his rookie year as he received treatment.

In 2023, he made his NFL debut early in the season and ended up with 16 catches for 158 yards in a reserve role.

Last season saw Metchie make the first three starts of his career and catch his first touchdown. He ended up with 24 receptions for 254 yards with his best numbers being posted against Aaron Glenn’s Detroit Lions defense when he had 74 yards on five receptions.

Metchie also has nine catches for 107 yards in four postseason appearances.

During preseason, Metchie was traded to the Eagles, but he didn’t really find a role with them as he had just four catches in the first seven games. He ended up being traded to the Jets in the Michael Carter II trade.

Since joining New York, Metchie had just one catch in his first game but then had three catches for 45 yards and a touchdown against the Patriots and a career-high six catches for 65 yards and another touchdown against the Ravens.

Let’s move onto some more in-depth analysis of what Metchie brings to the table as a player, based on extensive research and film study.

Measurables/Athleticism

Metchie doesn’t have much size, with a low catch radius. However, his speed, burst and acceleration are apparent on film.

He couldn’t post any workout numbers during the pre-draft process due to his knee injury so his last recorded 40-yard dash was 4.60 from when he was in high school. His current 40-yard dash is estimated at around 4.5 seconds.

Usage

Scouting reports mostly stated that Metchie would be better in the slot at the NFL level but he said he enjoys playing outside too and has actually played in the slot less than half of the time during his career.

Deep threat

Despite some obvious quickness, Metchie never really established himself as someone who will get behind the defense for deep balls, although he has made plenty of downfield catches down the seam and on his back shoulder.

In college, he established himself as a big play threat with a 16.7 yards per catch average, good for 8th in the SEC, in the 2020 season. However, this was skewed by some long plays with runs after the catch and his average was much lower in 2021. His longest catch at the NFL level has been just 28 yards.

Hands

Metchie’s hands have been quite reliable, including in college where he had a 74 percent catch rate. However, he did drop 15 passes, including eight in 2021, with both focus and catch technique letting him down at times.

At the NFL level, his catch rate is lower at 67 percent, although he has caught 14 of 15 targets this season. He’s only had a few drops.

Metchie can occasionally body catch or bobble the ball, and doesn’t have a ton of flashy highlight reel catches in his film but can make some athletic diving catches at times.

Routes

Metchie can run a full route tree and is a technically proficient route runner who is balanced and can generate separation with sharp cuts.

He has the ability to release clean and change direction on a dime to lose his man in tight quarters.

Red zone

At the NFL level, Metchie only had one touchdown when he joined the Jets, although he had had two more since arriving. Two of these three were in the red zone, as was his lone preseason touchdown.

In college, he had 14 touchdowns in two years as a starter, although some of these were from outside the red zone. He has a knack for finding gaps in the defense and getting early separation in tight areas.

After the catch

Metchie has some playmaking ability with the speed to run away from defensive players and beat angles, along with some good vision and elusiveness in space.

He had two fumbles in college.

Blocking

Despite being undersized, Metchie enjoys blocking and makes a good effort to come up with some good blocks in the running game and on receiver screens.

His lone NFL regular season penalty was for offensive holding.

Physicality

Metchie is a tenacious player who will play hard to the whistle and compete for the ball in traffic.

He gave a glimpse into his physical nature with this play while he was in college.

Special Teams

Special teams hasn’t been a big part of Metchie’s role anywhere so far in his career. At various times, he has been used as a blocker on kick return units, rushed punts and covered kicks, including a few snaps as a gunner. He had this tackle earlier this year on kickoff coverage:

He has limited experience of returning kickoffs, but his longest return was just 26 yards at any level.

Instincts and Intelligence

Metchie has displayed versatility and his on-field instincts are sharp in terms of finding gaps in zone coverage and his vision and open-field running.

He was on the SEC’s fall honor roll in 2020.

Attitude

Metchie is an absolute inspiration in terms of his courage and determination in overcoming serious illness and injuries to make it back to the NFL level and seems to be a beloved teammate who shows a team-first attitude. He won the NFL’s 2024 George Halas Award.

On the field, he has just one penalty at the NFL level, although he did have three more in preseason and four at the college level. In a recent game since being traded to the Jets, he got into it with an opponent in a post-play scuffle so he has a competitive edge.

Injuries

Metchie looks to be fully recovered from his knee injury in college, which was a torn ACL, although he missed some time last season with a shoulder injury. He also had a hamstring issue in 2023 and an ankle issue in 2021 but didn’t miss much time from these.

In addition to his recovery from cancer, Metchie was also diagnosed with a heart murmur in high school but doctors cleared him to continue playing.

Scheme Fit

As noted, Metchie is comfortable playing both inside and out and is already settling into the Jets’ system well. His role could change to more of a slot-based role if Garrett Wilson returns this season, though.

In college, he was a teammate of current Jet Malachi Moore. He also played with Andrew Beck and Tyler Johnson in Houston. He’s also been teammates with three injured Jets at the NFL level; Kris Boyd, Keilan Robinson and Byron Cowart.

Conclusions

We’ve already had a taste of how Metchie can fit into the Jets’ system and he’s already establishing himself as someone they will want to bring back in 2026.

He’s a pending restricted free agent but looks like the kind of player that will be tendered by the Jets as he could fit well into their rotation next year, even if they bring in further pass catching reinforcements.

It’s easy to root for Metchie and heartening to see the success he has had so far. Hopefully this continues beyond the 2025 season.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new.../scouting-jets-wide-receiver-john-metchie-iii

 

[New York Jets]

New York Jets Flight Connections 11/29/25

Good morning, Gang Green Nation.

Here are your Saturday Jets links.

Jack Bell – Notebook | DC Steve Wilks: Against Falcons, ‘We Got to Win the Line of Scrimmage’

John Pullano – Jowon Briggs, Harrison Phillips Elevating Entire Jets Defense

Rich Cimini – Jets’ Boyd back in hospital nearly two weeks after being shot

Michael Nania – Big Thanksgiving game served Jets fans a steaming plate of reality

Michael Nania – Jerry Jones claims Cowboys offered Jets bizarre package for Big Q

Connor Long – NY Jets’ Aaron Glenn highlights key skill behind Jowon Briggs’ breakout

Connor Long – Jets’ Kris Boyd returns to hospital after shooting; investigation ongoing

Connor Long – NY Jets’ Aaron Glenn says Braelon Allen likely won’t return this season

Antwan Staley – What does the future hold for Jets QB Justin Fields after benching?

Mark W. Sanchez – Breece Hall’s latest battle with pal Bijan Robinson comes with Jets intrigue

Matt Ehalt – Jerry Jones makes wild Micah Parsons-Quinnen Williams Jets trade claim

Justin Melo – Falcons will be without superstar playmaker vs. Jets in Week 13

Ben Krimmel – Jets RB Braelon Allen ‘likely’ done for season

Ben Krimmel – Jets defense focused on containing ‘dynamic’ Falcons RB Bijan Robinson

Justin Fried – Jets pass on quarterback in star-studded 2-round 2026 NFL Mock Draft

Justin Fried – Jerry Jones’ wild new claim on Jets-Micah Parsons trade talks makes no sense

Dean Jones – This might be the final stretch for one Jets veteran in New York

Josh Sanchez – Jerry Jones’ wild Micah Parsons-Quinnen Williams trade claim refuted by Jets insider

Here are your missed connections from yesterday.

Have a great Saturday.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new-york-jets-news/89688/new-york-jets-flight-connections-11-28-25

 

[New York Jets]

Jets Interception Drought

Through 12 weeks and 11 games, the Jets are indeed making history…just not the kind anyone hoped for. They’ve gone 11 games without recording a single interception, a reality head coach Aaron Glenn summed up perfectly last week when he called it “unfathomable.” He’s right. Zero interceptions this deep into a season isn’t just bad, it’s historically bad.

On Sunday, the Jets officially became the first team in NFL history to start their first 11 games without an interception. And unless something changes quickly, they are on pace to keep rewriting the record books for all the wrong reasons. The NFL record for fewest interceptions in a season is two, set by the 2018 49ers, a team that also holds the longest single-season streak without a pick at 14 games. Jets fans will appreciate the irony: that defense was coordinated by none other than former Jets head coach Robert Saleh.

Across NFL non-shortened seasons, only six teams have finished with five or fewer interceptions in a season: the 2005 Raiders, 2008 Lions, 2020 Texans, 2018 49ers, and more recently the 2024 Giants and 2024 Browns. Not surprisingly, most of these examples are relatively recent. Interceptions are simply rarer than ever before. The league’s interception rate in 2025 sits at just 2.1%, currently on track to be the lowest in NFL history.

There’s been plenty of debate about whether turnovers lean more toward luck or skill. I won’t dive into the data here. It’s indisputable that luck does play a role, but when you reach an extreme edge case like this, it’s hard not to see it as a clear indictment of the defense’s talent and execution.

If you want a glass-half-full angle, here it is: teams that bottom out in interceptions usually bounce back the following year. The 2006 Raiders jumped from 5 picks to 18. The 2009 Lions went from 4 to 9. The 2019 49ers rose to 12, and the 2021 Texans climbed to 17. Even the 2025 Giants and Browns have already matched or surpassed last season’s totals. A dramatic Jets turnaround next year isn’t unrealistic, it’s likely.

There’s also real reason to expect the overall defense to improve. While they currently rank 26th in EPA/play, when you exclude turnovers (a metric that stabilizes more year to year) the Jets defense ranks a much more respectable 15th. And historically, Aaron Glenn’s defenses haven’t struggled to generate interceptions. His Detroit units finished 5th and 11th in that category over the past two seasons.

So yes, this season’s been historically bad in terms of defensive playmaking. But with likely roster changes coming this offseason and defensive metrics suggesting the potential for underlying competence, hope isn’t lost. Still, it’s important to recognize just how unprecedented this slump has been. Now let’s just hope we never see anything like it again.

Source: https://www.ganggreennation.com/new-york-jets-analysis/89676/jets-interception-drought

 

[New York Jets]

Jets vs Falcons Second Half Thread

The first half of the New York Jets game against the Atlanta Falcons is in the books, and the Jets are tied with the Falcons, 7 – 7.

The game opened with both offenses struggling, failing to advance much past midfield. A scoreless first quarter ended with the Jets on the move in Falcons territory. The Jets were forced to punt, but the Falcons fumbled the punt and the Jets recovered on the Falcons’ two-yard line. One play later Breece Hall ran it in and the Jets took a 7 – 0 lead early in the second quarter.

Neither team could get anything going on offense the rest of the half until late in the second quarter the Falcons put together a long touchdown drive to tie the game as the first half ended.

We go into the second half with the Jets tied with the Falcons, 7 – 7.

Leave your comments for the second half below.

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[New York Jets]

Win over Falcons can give Jets fans hope about the future of special teams and Adonai Mitchell

NFL games can take surprising turns. At halftime of the Week 13 clash between the New York Jets and the Atlanta Falcons, the contests had the feel of a preseason game. The Jets were giving reps to a lot of inexperienced guys, many of whom actually did see extensive playing time during the exhibition season. The stadium appeared to be as empty as it is in August with Jets fans opting to watch from home rather than trek to the Meadowlands in bad weather on a holiday weekend. Mainly, though, it resembled preseason because the game just wasn’t very entertaining. The two teams barely eclipsed 100 passing yards combined in the opening half. They had 8 punts between them and two touchdowns, one of which was set up by a muffed punt.

Little did any of us know, an entertaining second half full of scoring was about to emerge. The Jets came from behind three different times to tie the game up and only took their first lead as the clock expired as Nick Folk connected from 56 yards to secure the win. It was a bit of redemption from Folk who missed his first kick of the year earlier in the game from 55 yards.

At this point of the year, how the Jets arrive at a win or loss seems at least as important as whether the team actually wins or loses. The 2025 season is long lost, and all of the focus is on the future. We want to know how repeatable the good and the bad are.

I think it is fair to say that this game was won primarily by Jets special teams. The Jets were not particularly impressive on either side of the ball. Atlanta outgained New York in yardage 389-269. The average yardage per play had the Falcons with a 5.8 to 4.3 advantage. Atlanta had 25 first downs to New York’s 16. The Falcons only committed one penalty to the Jets’ nine.

Yet the Jets won. How is that? The game has a third phase, special teams. And for a second time in four weeks, this phase of the game was enough to drive the Jets to a win. The Jets incredibly had two scoring drives where they moved the ball 2 yards or less. Another, the drive that won the game no less, required only 19 yards. That is due to phenomenal special teams play.

New York’s only score of the first half came when they started a drive at the 2 after recovering a muffed punt. An 83 yard kickoff return by Isaiah Williams to start the fourth quarter left the Jets in range of a field goal to erase a brief Atlanta lead. And the winning score came after a sequence where the Jets and Falcons traded punts. New York’s punt netted 54 yards. Atlanta’s netted only 24. The 30 yards of field position gained ended up being decisive. Then came Folk’s heroics.

So what long term takeaways could come from something like this?

Well there is increasing evidence that the Jets might have a star in young special teams coach Chris Banjo. He seems to understand how to use the skillsets of his players properly, how to coach them up, and how to scheme things effectively.

That might not make a big difference for a 3-9 team. The Jets don’t plan to be a bad team forever, though. In the near future they hope to be good. Special teams can be a big differentiator for more competitive teams. It can make a good team great or lift a great team to a championship. This is a league where roughly half of the games are decided by a score or less. Little things here and there can be the difference between winning and losing. Special teams is frequently overlooked, but it matters in a tight game, particularly when it nets you 30 yards in a key spot.

If there is another positive takeaway to be had for the Jets, it was the stellar performance by Adonai Mitchell. To the extent the Jets offense found success in Week 13, the recent acquisition from the Colts was the reason for it. Mitchell carried the offense with 8 catches for 102 yards, including a 52 yard touchdown that finally breathed life into a struggling offense in the third quarter.

I think any objective assessment of Mitchell would acknowledge that he is a bit of a project. His route running needs refinement. This was an excellent game, but it remains one game. We should certainly hold off on proclamations about the Jets having found a starter or even star.

After all, it was just a week ago that people were proclaiming John Metchie a key part of the Jets offense going forward. In this game, Metchie struggled with multiple drops. It was just two weeks ago that Mitchell had multiple drops and was being written off.

We should only assess players once we have a sufficient amount of data. We lack a sufficient amount for either Mitchell or Metchie. They shouldn’t be declared core pieces of the future. They shouldn’t be written off. We have seen some good and some bad.

This good was really good from Mitchell, though. These are the types of flashes you want to see. He has the physical tools to potentially be a very good receiver. And if he can get open deep with the ease he showed in this game, it will force defenses to give him a big cushion and make getting open underneath a lot easier. He won’t need to be a brilliant route running technician or even have a huge route tree to have success.

For now we can dream of this being the breakout game that launched a productive Jets career.

We can dream of special teams staying elite in the future and propelling the Jets to wins in much more significant games in the years ahead.

And we can dream that the Jets are finally putting the pieces together in a meaningful way. Perhaps they are even starting a trend of winning games that they used to lose.

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[New York Jets]

NFL Draft: Players for Jets to consider if they can’t land a QB

The New York Jets have an incredibly easy schedule down the stretch. One that could lead to two or even three wins. And if the Jets finish with four or five wins this year, that’ll likely take them out of the range to draft a top quarterback. In a draft class with only two first-round graded quarterbacks, Fernando Mendoza and Ty Simpson, it’s likely both will be gone in the top five picks at the latest.

If the Jets manage to get some wins and finish just outside the top five picks (the Jets have had the sixth pick in the draft more than any other position in franchise history), what are they going to do? I wanted to look at some players who are likely to be picked just outside the top five picks so that we can talk about the options that would be available.

Jordyn Tyson, WR, Arizona State​

Jordyn Tyson is one of my personal favorites in this draft class. The clear-cut WR1 in this class, there’s very little that Tyson can’t do.

We’ll start with the physical stats. Tyson stands 6 foot 2 and 200 pounds, prototypical size for a wide receiver. He’s expected to run a 40 in the 4.45-4.50 time, an average time for a WR. Nothing special here, though Tyson is very athletic and is likely going to test well. Speed’s just not his game.

Tyson plays both inside and out. So far this season, Tyson has taken 25% of his snaps in the slot and 75% out wide. But last year, those numbers were closer when Tyson played 42.6% in the slot and 56.3% out wide. Much like Garrett Wilson, Tyson has the versatility to line up anywhere on the field.

Now let’s talk numbers. In just 9 games this year, Tyson has been targeted 97 times, caught 61 passes, had 711 receiving yards, and 8 TDs. He has 2.37 yards per route run this season, which would be the worst of any top-10 drafted WR since PFF began tracking WR stats in 2014.

So why, despite the bad yards per route run numbers, is Tyson in consideration in the top-10? A lot of it has to do with the Arizona State offense. Tyson isn’t really being used properly. For example, against Utah, Tyson had eight receptions, but only 40 yards. In no world should your WR1 be averaging five yards per reception. And that’s not the only time that’s happened. Against Baylor, it was seven receptions for 43 yards. As for his quality, he’s only faced 16 contested targets all year despite getting more than 10 targets a game; his 16.5% contested target rate is phenomenal. He has only one drop this season.

Now, there are two other important things to talk about here. First, Tyson is a possession receiver. He’s not going to create much after the catch, nor is he going to create big plays on his own. Very similar to the likes of Drake London, Tyson’s elite skills are his route-running and catching ability. One of the big issues with this type of receiver is that he requires high volume to produce elite results. On a Jets team with Garrett Wilson, who also sees a high volume of targets, would that work?

Second, Tyson has had injury problems this year. He’s been injured twice, including against Arizona in this past weekend’s game. Are you going to use a top-10 pick on a guy with injury trouble this past season?

I love Tyson. I think injuries and poor offensive structure around him have limited how good he really is this year. I think he complements Garrett well as a possession guy who can take on the burden of winning routes on third down, where Garrett hasn’t always been the best. He’d also provide a red zone target that the Jets have missed. However, I also understand that there’s an outsized risk with trying to project a player improving outside of their college system, especially when injuries are involved.

Francisco Mauigoa, OT/IOL, Miami​

Most years, there are a top offensive tackle prospect or two that many draft pundits believe will have to kick inside to guard at the NFL level. This year Miami’s Francis Mauigoa is such a player. Mauigoa happens to be the younger brother of Jets linebacker Kiko Mauigoa.

Francis has been outstanding for Miami this year, playing right tackle. He has allowed just two sacks and nine total pressures. That’s just a 2.1% pressure rate allowed. Out of all offensive tackles who’ve played at least 50% of their team’s snaps this year, Maugioa has the third-best PFF pass blocking grade at 88.9. He’s one of only three offensive tackles in the country to have a pass blocking grade over 85 and a run blocking grade over 80, joined by Indiana’s left tackle Carter Smith and Iowa’s left tackle Trevor Lauck. Smith is currently projected to be a Day Two selection, while Lauck is a true sophomore and won’t be draft eligible until next year.

Why should Maugioa move inside if he’s in contention to be the first offensive lineman taken in this class? There are concerns with his feet and overall agility, which is why he plays on the right instead of the left. He’s big for a tackle at 335 pounds. That makes him elite against the bull rush, but he has struggled with speed around the edge at times. That lack of first-step quickness also limits his effectiveness as a run blocker. Like many players who have had their future questioned, Maugioa is elite technically, but has size and athleticism concerns that put his long-term future as a tackle in doubt.

The good news is that players put in this tier usually go on to have long careers in the NFL. The last player to fall into this tier was Peter Skoronski, who has turned into a starting-caliber guard for the Titans, despite having the league’s worst offensive line around him. In fact, Skoronski is third among guards, min 50% of snaps, in PFF pass blocking grade this season.

The question that the Jets need to ask themselves is whether or not a guard would be worth a top-10 pick. They’re set at tackle with Olu Fashanu and Armand Membou, who both appear to be long-term starters. But the Jets desperately need help on the interior with John Simpson, Alijah Vera Tucker, and Josh Myers all free agents at the end of the season. If they truly want to build a brick wall in front of their quarterback and running backs like the Detroit Lions to build their success, perhaps drafting Mauigoa is the best path forward.

On the other hand, guards have very poor positional value, and there’s likely a player on the board who will make a much larger individual impact both now and in the future. So, is taking the potentially elite guard worth passing up a receiver or an EDGE?

Caleb Downs, SAF, Ohio State​

Jets fans have been down this road before, taking the elite safety prospect who’s the best player in the draft, but doesn’t have the positional value to make it work. And yes, Jamal Adams turned out to be a phenomenal pick. He was an elite player for the Jets and then got turned into a giant trade haul that’s still helping the team today. But he wasn’t the best pick; see Patrick Mahomes. So why on earth would they go down this route again?

Well, Caleb Downs is in a world of his own as a player. He’s an elite coverage safety; he’s given up more than 15 yards just twice this season. He hasn’t given up a touchdown since his freshman year at Alabama in 2023, and he has two interceptions in each of the last two seasons. His 5.9 yards per reception is fourth best among all safeties. He’s incredibly versatile, splitting his time in the box, as a high safety, and even in the slot almost equally. He has played 212 snaps as the high safety, 185 in the box, and 122 in the slot.

Downs is an excellent run defender with 30 stops this season, one of just three safeties to have at least 30 stops despite playing fewer than 300 run defense snaps. He’s also only missed six tackles this season, one of only two safeties with at least 30 stops and six or fewer missed tackles this season.

Perhaps the biggest thing is that Downs dominates in the biggest games. Against Texas, Michigan, and Washington, three of the best offenses in the country, Downs allowed 11 total yards in coverage, had nine stops, and missed just one tackle.

The Jets are desperate for weapons on defense. Malachi Moore looks like a future starter, but there’s nobody next to him. They don’t have long term answers at linebacker or cornerback either. While Downs won’t be the sole answer to fixing the defense, he is a plug-and-play immediate impact player at multiple positions.

We’ve seen the effect players like Brian Branch and Kyle Hamilton have had on their defenses. Those are two guys whose teams completely fall apart without them, despite their positional value. Downs has the potential to be that level of player: a potential future All-Pro who plays as a weapon at every level of his defense.

The Jets have two questions to ask themselves. First, does Downs’ elite talent and versatility overcome the fact that he’s not playing at an impact position like cornerback or EDGE? Second, is Downs’ status as the best prospect in the class enough to get them to use their top pick on defense despite the massive need to build an offense for their future quarterback?

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[New York Jets]

Jets Week 13 Game Balls: Adonai Mitchell, Special Teams Take Center Stage

The Jets got their third win of the season in Week 13 against the Atlanta Falcons. Let’s celebrate by handing out some game balls.

Adonai Mitchell: Time will tell what this game really means for Adonai Mitchell. Was it just a singular moment of excellence? Was it a sign he can carve out a spot as a role player and/or depth guy? Perhaps could he use the playing time he is receiving to develop into a quality starter?

Those are questions for a different day. What is clear is Mitchell played an excellent game, posting 8 catches for 102 yards, which included a 52 yard touchdown grab which sparked a struggling offense.

I won’t sit here and pretend that Mitchell was the centerpiece of the haul the Jets got when they dealt Sauce Gardner to the Colts at the NFL trade deadline. The Jets made the Gardner deal to get a pair of first round picks in the hopes of accelerating their rebuild.

Mitchell was a logical secondary part of the return. He has the physical tools to be a successful starter in this league, and his path to playing time was blocked in Indianapolis. If this is going to pan out for the Jets in the long run, you want to see big flashes over the final stretch of 2025. Big flashes are what we got against the Falcons.

Nick Folk: Folk added another chapter to his stellar Jets career by hitting that 56 yard field goal as time expired. This came after he missed his first kick of the season earlier in the game from 55 yards out. What else can we say? Folk is clearly one of the top two kickers in franchise history, and his legacy is full of clutch kicks. I wasn’t sure he had the leg to get the kick there, but as he always does when the game is on the line Folk found a way.

Isaiah Williams: Williams has come a long way from his Week 4 disaster in Miami where he fumbled a kickoff and made a fair catch at the 2 yard line. It’s been kind of funny reading some of the reactions online today to Williams’ performance. People bring up the Miami game and wax poetic about the fans who lacked patience and wanted Williams cut after that game. Such fans forget that Williams actually was cut by the Jets after the game. He had to go to the practice squad and earn his way back onto the team. The message has been received, and Williams has become a standout on special teams. His 83 yard kickoff return gifted the Jets a fourth quarter field goal. It also flew a bit under the radar, but his 16 yard punt return preceding the final Jets drive put the offense in excellent field position. The Jets needed to generate only 19 yards of offense to set Folk up for the game winner.

Qwan’tez Stiggers: Stiggers’ recovery of a muffed punt at the 2 yard line set up the only Jets score of the first half. If we are being honest, a recovery is almost always about being at the right place at the right time. Moving past that, Stiggers has been an excellent core special teamer this year. Prior to their game-winning drive, the Jets were in trouble. They were forced to punt from their own 13 yard line with less than a minute to go. A big return could have put the Falcons on the cusp of field goal range if not in it directly. Austin McNamara drilled a 55 yard punt, and Stiggers made a clutch tackle, limiting the return to 1 yard. This was a critical flip of field position. Combined with the aforementioned return by Williams, the Jets gained 30 yards on two punts. They proved to be decisive in this narrow victory.

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