Defense: Jamien, Jowon and MM Show Out
Jamien Sherwood is the latest to join the 11 Hundred Club. Since the start of 17-game seasons in 2021, only 8 Jets had reached 1,100 scrimmage snaps in a season, with only MLB C.J. Mosley and G Laken Tomlinson doing it twice. MLB Sherwood becomes the 9th to do it, with a numerologically nifty 1,111 defensive snaps. Sherwood also amassed 154 tackles for the second consecutive season, making him one of only 2 Jets defenders to clear 150-plus tackles twice since 1994. The other was, of course, Mosley, who did it from 2021-23.

Sherwood also unofficially led the Jets in total tackles at or behind the line (on sacks, rushes and receptions) with 17.5 tackles, unseating four-time defending team titlist Quincy Williams.

More Jowon Briggs, please. The 2nd-year DL arrived in trade from Cleveland on Aug. 20 and got up to speed quickly. Briggs, from his interior line post, finished 2nd on the Jets in sacks (4.0), tackles for loss/no gain (8.5) and QB hits (10) and 4th in total tackles at or behind the line (12.5).

S Malachi Moore led all NFL rookie DBs this season with 95 total tackles, and in the process became the first Jets rookie DB with 90-plus tackles in a season in the last 20 years. Not a lot of rookie safeties get the chance to log 900-plus snaps and 90-plus tackles, but two who did were Kerry Rhodes (106 tackles in 2005) and Erik Coleman (100 tackles in ’04).

Improvement via the Penalty Reduction Plan
The last note in this series is on the Jets’ penalty improvement under HC Aaron Glenn and his staff, and the reduction was significant. In 2023-24, the Jets led the NFL in most penalties (124 and 137), and in ’24 they topped the list for most penalty yards (1,134).

This season, although penalties were a sore spot in some games, the Jets improved their standing quite a bit. Their 110 penalties were 14th-most in the league and their 909 penalty yards were 12th-most. Also worth noting: Their 9 unnecessary roughness calls were their fewest in a season since ’22, and their 3 roughing-the-passer penalties were their fewest since the 2016 defense was flagged for roughing just once.

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