The Jets snapped out of their three-game skid Sunday with a defense-first win over the Cleveland Browns, and Tim Patrick didn’t waste any time making a big claim about what New York’s offense could become.
In a 17-12 victory, the Jets leaned hard on a defense that sacked Deshaun Watson eight times and kept Cleveland from ever getting into a real rhythm. The offense didn’t light up the scoreboard, but Patrick still pointed to the group’s upside, saying it has “so much talent” and could be “scary” because it has “many different ways” to win, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini.
Then came the bigger comparison.
“(He) reminded that he played on the 2024 (Detroit) Lions. Patrick stuck to his guns and said what separates the Jets and the Lions is the Jets' TE (tight end) depth,” wrote Cimini on X.
“After a pause, he cracks, ‘That's going to backfire on me.'”
Patrick is in his first season with the Jets after signing a one-year, $2 million deal in March. He also spent one year with the 2024 Lions, who put up 33.2 points per game, tied for the 14th-highest scoring season in NFL history. Detroit finished 15-2 before getting upset by the Washington Commanders in the divisional round.
New York, by comparison, is averaging 18.6 points.
Even with that gap, Patrick kept pushing the point. He said the Jets can lean on a deep tight end group and named Kenyon Sadiq as part of what makes that room different.
“We dress five tight ends every week. Not every team in the NFL can do that, and any one of those guys could be the guy.
We have freaking (Kenyon) Sadiq. He runs 4.3, and he's not from this planet.
So it's just one of those things where our tight end room is going to make us the offense that we're going to be,” added Patrick.
Patrick missed the first four games of the season with a groin injury, then came back and caught two passes for 36 yards against the Browns.
The Jets head to New England next, visiting the Patriots in Week 6.
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