If the Jets are going to climb out of 2-4, this Sunday feels like the kind of game that has to be handled. Miami comes to MetLife at 0-5, and while that record screams disaster, the bigger picture matters too: the Dolphins have spent most of the early season playing a brutal slate. Their opponents have piled up a 22-5 record, and four of Miami’s five games have come against teams with top-15 defenses.
That said, the numbers are still ugly. Miami is averaging 14 points a game and has put up just 70 points total, the fewest in the NFL.
Malik Willis, their big free-agent addition, has completed 56.2% of his throws with 2 touchdowns and 4 interceptions across five games, while averaging 169.8 passing yards per game. The defense has been giving up more than 26 points and 329.8 yards per outing, and the turnover issue is glaring: just four takeaways against eight giveaways.
With Achane lost to an ACL injury, there isn’t much margin left.
For the Jets, there’s no sugarcoating it: losing to this team at home would be hard to excuse. But Miami’s schedule has been punishing enough that their record may not tell the full story. The next two home games, with the Raiders also coming to town, will say plenty about where this team really stands.
There’s at least some movement on the injury front for the Jets offense. Glenn confirmed a few returns to practice and also said that AD will have to deal with pain management.
AD Mitchell was back on the field, and so was Dylan Parham. Breece Hall was not practicing, though he could work later this week.
Joseph Ossai remains week-to-week, Kiko Mauigoa is also week-to-week, and Kene Nwangwu was out as well, though his status is similar to Hall’s.
The offensive line remains one of the most interesting pieces in this whole puzzle. On paper, it’s not a disaster.
Dylan Parham is graded by PFF as the second-best guard in football, with no sacks allowed, seven pressures given up, and a 90.4 run-blocking grade that leads the league. If he’s back against Miami, that’s a real lift.
Joe Tippmann also shows up well enough in the grading, sitting 12th among guards overall, eighth in run blocking and 40th in pass protection. That’s a mixed bag, but still workable.
Josh Myers is the concern. PFF has him 20th among centers overall, 12th in pass protection and 26th in run blocking.
He’s part of the reason the Jets keep running into problems converting 4th and 1 through the A-gap.
I’ll say it plainly: I’m not a Josh Myers guy. Even if he avoids getting charged with the pressure or the sack, the play still seems to go sideways when he gets walked back into the pocket. That kind of strain shows up in a hurry.
Around the league and around the Jets, there’s plenty of noise too. Field Yates projected the first 10 picks of the 2027 NFL draft and had the Jets landing seventh and 10th.
At seventh, he projected C.J. Carr, the Notre Dame quarterback, and at 10th, Ashton Hampton, the Clemson corner.
He also noted that if the season ended today, the Jets would hold the 11th pick and could even look at Ole Miss defensive tackle Will Echoles there.
Then there’s the Garrett Wilson chatter, which does not seem likely to go away anytime soon. PFF floated a trade idea sending him to San Francisco, with the argument that the Jets aren’t pressed to move him but that his target share has stayed low and Darren Mougey has already shown he’ll work the phones. The idea was simple enough: Wilson would be the kind of addition that could push the 49ers even further into Super Bowl favorite territory.
PFF also ranked the Jets’ offensive line 16th in the league, pointing to the six pressures allowed against the Patriots and the fact that four of the five starters posted run-blocking grades above 65.0. Myers was the lowest-graded Jet in both pass protection and run blocking in that game.
Elsewhere, former Jets defensive coordinator Steve Wilks is back in the NFL with the Washington Commanders, where he’ll work with the defensive staff on game-planning but won’t be with the team on game days. Aaron Glenn was fined $250,000 for his behavior toward officials, though those fines are “in abeyance, meaning they’d be on hold, and could be repealed with good behaviour.”
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