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Hard Facts Debunk Foolish Narrative Surrounding Jets Defense

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Facts are a funny thing, aren’t they? The way they can walk in to a room and completely destroy a narrative without warning? So here’s one that obliterates a regurgitated assumption regarding the 2022 Jets defense.

Whether the Jets were facing a starting quarterback or another team’s second or third signal caller in 2022, they were a stellar unit.

In fact, the Jets faced six backup quarterbacks in 2022. In those games, they surrendered just sixteen points per game. An impressive number, but it does come with what one might call a mental asterisk.