Here’s a sentence no one wrote in 2020 before today: The Jets won.
It came against one of the better teams in the league, but the victory took the Jets out of the lead for the No. 1 overall pick, and with that, the option to draft Trevor Lawrence. That in and of itself might be the worst thing to come out of this game unless you’re a true believer in Sam Darnold.
The Jets proved one thing, though: the team has what it takes to win in the NFL. That’s something not many expected after the Jets started the season 0-13 with a plethora of ugly losses.
What’s strange is the Jets didn’t do much differently in this win than their other 13 games. They leaned on Frank Gore heavily, Darnold relied on short passes and the defense played well enough to hold back a solid offense. The biggest difference, though, was how the Jets didn’t fall apart.
Here are the top four takeaways from Week 15.
