The Jets travel to Seattle to play the Seahawks, coached by Pete Carroll, who has a 141-93-1 record in the regular season, in Week 14. Below is a first look at Jets-Seahawks.
2020 Season
8-4 overall, 2nd in AFC West
Passing leader: Russell Wilson (70.0%, 3,479 yards, 32 TD, 11 INT)
Rushing leader: Chris Carson (87 carries, 429 yards, 4.9 avg, 4 TD)
Receiving leader: WR D.K. Metcalf (63 receptions, 1,119 yards, 9 TD)
Tackles leader: LB Bobby Wagner (106)
Interceptions leader: S Quandre Diggs (4)
Sacks leader: S Jamal Adams (7.5)
Tale of the Tape: Offense NFL Rankings
Total: 8 (385.7 yds/g)
Rushing: 13 (116.7 yds/g)
Passing: 7 (269.0 yds/g)
3rd down: 25 (38.7%)
Scoring: 4 (29.4 pts/g)
Giveaways: T-16 (16)
Tale of the Tape: Defense NFL Rankings
Total: 31 (407.4 yds/g)
Rushing: 5 (97.7 yds/g)
Passing: 32 (309.8 yds/g)
3rd down: 28 (47.5%)
Scoring: T-22 (26.8 pts/g)
Takeaways: T-11 (17)
Offseason Additions
| Player | Former Team | 2020 Stats |
|---|---|---|
| S Jamal Adams | Jets (2017-19) | 58 tackles, 8 TFL, 7.5 sacks, 1 FF, 1 PD |
| DL Carlos Dunlap | Bengals (2010-2020) *Traded midseason* | 31 tackles, 7 TFL, 5 sacks, 12 PD, 2 PD |
| G Damien Lewis | LSU (2018-19) | 12 games started |
Passing: Wilson (62.8%, 27 of 43, 263 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 78.0 rating)
Rushing: Carson (13 rushes, 65 yards, 5.0 avg, 0 TD)
Receiving: Metcalf (5 rec, 80 yards, 0 TD)
3rd down: 4-for-13 (31%)
Total offense: 327 yards (111 rushing, 216 passing)
Week 13 vs. Giants - Defensive Leaders
Tackles: Adams (11)
Sacks: Adams, DE Benson Mayowa (1)
Interceptions: Diggs (1)
3rd-down defense: NYG went 3-for-12 (25%)
Total defense: Allowed 290 yards (190 rushing, 100 passing)
There is no shortage of story lines around the Seahawks-Jets game this week.
Seahawks star safety Jamal Adams will play against his former team for the first time since he forced a trade out of New York last summer. Seahawks right tackle Brandon Shell spent the past four seasons playing for the Jets, before signing with Seattle as a free agent last spring. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was 42 when he got his first head-coaching job with the Jets in 1994.
And then there’s the drama surrounding the Jets and their quest to avoid NFL infamy. At 0-12, they in jeopardy of joining the 2008 Detroit Lions and the 2017 Cleveland Browns as the only 0-16 teams in league history.
Three things to know about the Jets this week ahead of Sunday’s game in Seattle:
New DC a familiar face
The Jets will have a new defensive coordinator against the Seahawks. And though Carroll said Monday he isn’t sure what kind of scheme changes Frank Bush will implement this week, Carroll is familiar with Bush — who played at North Carolina State in the early 1980s when Carroll was the defensive coordinator there.
The Jets promoted Bush after veteran D-coordinator Gregg Williams was fired Monday, just hours after Williams’ disastrous call cost the Jets a victory Sunday.
The Raiders beat the Jets, 31-28, in heartbreaking fashion Sunday when Derek Carr hit Henry Ruggs for a 46-yard touchdown with six seconds left, after Ruggs was left in single coverage against cornerback Lamar Jackson, an undrafted rookie.
Jackson was left all alone — with no safety help — because Williams had called an all-out blitz.
“Our guys work way too hard to go through this (expletive),” Jets coach Adam Gase told reporters after the game. “These players deserve better than going through that.”
Jets safety Marcus Maye was blunt in his postgame comments.
“I just felt like we could’ve been on a better call in that situation,” Maye said, via the New York Daily News. “That point in the game, gotta be on a better call.”
Former Jets coach Rex Ryan, on ESPN’s “Get Up” on Monday, said the blitz was the worst call he’s ever seen.
“Been around the thing for 58 years, 30 years as a coach,” Ryan said. “That’s the dumbest call ever. There’s a time and place for Cover Zero (man coverage with no deep help). That sure ain’t it. It’s just stupid.”
Gase on the hot seat
There’s little doubt that Gase will follow Williams out the door soon.
Gase, in his second season as the Jets’ coach, has a 7-21 record, and there’s more and more the evidence to suggest they have overtaken the Browns as the league’s most dysfunctional organization.
How is Gase still employed? At this point, losing is their best path to a turnaround — meaning, they need to “tank” to secure the No. 1 pick in next spring’s NFL draft, when they could have a chance to select Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence. Even one victory could spoil that shot at the top pick, with the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-11) hot on their heels in the race to the “top.”
