I really don’t care about any “lack of pass rush” talk bc of this: The New York Jets rush defense is atrocious. It’s been bad since August; I frequently called out the shoddy-looking run fits/gap integrity in August, and it’s an “entire front” issue (too much space left to right, in the tackle box, which becomes worse in 12 and 13 personnel). And they’ve even faced three incredibly banged-up OLs (GB, CLE, NE), while A.J. Brown and Drake Maye did their best to drag the Pats down (investigation-level play for Brown). The Jets’ defensive front roster construction made little sense to me last spring (a combo of big heavies in the middle who can’t get down the line, and lighter dudes on the edge who don’t squeeze or hold up at the point of attack (save for Enagbare), which means this: There’s a stark contrast between the interior and force, as opposed to versatility). McDaniels hammered the C-gap all day. HAMMERED IT, and he then went with old-school misdirection concepts to the B (and perhaps backside A at times). Did any Pats RB ever even try to bounce anything wide today? The idea I cannot even remember one instance clearly, is troublesome (force play from an edge needs to make that happen). Too consistently bullied against the run, all year, with rarely a tackle-for-loss threat that ruins the chain game. If Aaron Glenn doesn’t send extra run fits (or play bad QBs, or in bad weather), they physically get destroyed; it’s that simple. If a defense cannot stop the run, and they cannot get the offense OUT of the manageable chain situation, the pass rush means nothing. It doesn’t exist, especially in today’s NFL with 3-step drops ruling the roost.