The New York Jets are stumbling to the finish line in what has been another wasted season. Aaron Glenn's first foray as a head coach has not yielded any type of meaningful success and there's been precious few reasons for optimism. Sunday brought a 42-10 drubbing at the hands of the New England Patriots—and it could have been much worse had Mike Vrabel really put his foot on the pedal. As has been the case all year, a toothless Jets defense was powerless to stop Drake Maye.
Entering Week 18, New York is surrendering 29.3 points per game, third worst in the NFL. The unit has come up with only four takeaways on the year, five fewer than anyone else in the league. And all of those have been fumble recoveries.
Incredibly, the Jets have yet to intercept a pass through 17 games. All other teams in the NFL have at least six interceptions on the year.
Unless Glenn's defenders find inspiration and come up with one during a road test against Josh Allen's Bills in Week 18, they will become the first team in the history of the NFL not to have an interception in a season.
Per StatMuse, the 2018 San Francisco 49ers currently hold the record for fewest picks in a year with two. The 2020 Houston Texans and 1982 Houston Oilers are next with three each.
Also, and this is important, opposing quarterbacks have been enjoying a ton of success against the Jets defense in addition to not turning the ball over.
Would this player win MVP this season?
— Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) December 28, 2025
13-3 record
7.4 YPA
64.5% completions
32 TD (another 2 rushing)
0 INT
That's just every quarterback combined against the Jets this year.
Again, improving these numbers and somehow avoiding unfortunate history now must be done against Josh Allen. So there's a very good chance Jets fans will have to wait nine more months until they get to experience the joy that comes with a secondary flipping momentum with a good hands play.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Lowly Jets Defense on Verge of Making Unfortunate NFL History.
