The game of football starts and ends in the trenches, right? Well, at least the big boys think so. They do all the work and get almost none of the credit. But if the Jets want to send the defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals to an 0-3 start, they’ll need both sides of the line to come up big, especially on defense.
The Jets have talked about pass rush all week. They talked about how they need it to improve and want to see more of it. New York is averaging 1.5 sacks per game this season. That is tied for 23rd in the league through two weeks. Only five teams are averaging less, one of them happens to be New York’s opponent this week, the Bengals, who have just two sacks total this season. The others averaging less are the Dolphins, Saints, Raiders and Cardinals.
