The Jets pass protection held up pretty well last week against the Packers … until it didn’t.
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it → hold → Packers
Geno Smith was sacked four times, with two of those coming in overtime.
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two → sack → overtime
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he → take → field
Jets now face one of the best pass rushers in all of football in Hutchinson.
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Jets → face → Hutchinson
He has three sacks already this season and has a sack in six straight games.
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He → have → games
He had 14.5 sacks last year.
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He → have → sacks
“Aidan has always been that guy,” Jets quarterback Geno Smith said.
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Smith → say → ?
“He’s great around the football.
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He → ’ → football
He’s had interceptions, sacks, forced fumbles, so he’s always a guy that you have to be mindful of.”
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you → have → that
Membou and Fashanu have had strong starts to the season.
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Membou → have → season
Fashanu is currently No. 2 among tackles rated by Pro Football Focus.
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Fashanu → rat → Focus
Membou had a rare bad game last week against the Packers but looked solid against the Titans in Week 1.
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Membou → have → Week
Membou said he relished the chance to face Hutchinson.
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he → say → Hutchinson
“I feel like a player like him, you’ve got to raise your standards when you’re going against a guy as talented as him,” Mebou said.
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Mebou → feel → him
“It’s definitely going to be a great matchup and I’m really looking forward to it.”
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I → go → it
Fashanu said Hutchinson’s “motor” is what stands out when you watch him on film.
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you → say → film
“He never quits throughout the entire game,” Fashanu said.
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Fashanu → quit → game
“I feel like as a pass rusher, he has everything.
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he → feel → everything
He has speed, power, he’s really good with his hands.
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he → have → hands
I feel like he does a good job at attacking the weaknesses of tackles.
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he → feel → tackles
He’s a great player.”
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He → ’ → ?
The Jets have the No. 1 defense in football through two weeks in terms of yards allowed.
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Jets → have → yards
They have been stingy, giving up just 197 yards per game.
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They → give → game
They have held their first two opponents to fewer than 200 yards, the first time any team has done that to start a season since the 2006 Ravens.
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team → hold → Ravens
This will be the stiffest test they have faced.
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they → face → ?
The Lions are loaded on offense with quarterback Jared Goff leading the way and running back Jahmyr Gibbs and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown ready to make a big play every time they touch the ball.
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they → lead → ball
“This will be one of the most explosive groups that we’ll go against, to me, probably all year,” Jets coach Aaron Glenn said.
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Glenn → go → me
“When you think about the running back, who I know very, very well, man you’re talking about as a runner, as a receiver, line up out wide, in the backfield, he can do a number of things.
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he → think → things
“Then [receiver Jameson Williams] out on the edge, being able to take the top off the defense, and then you have [St. Brown] who’s extremely tough, rugged, hard-nosed, make all the catches in the middle of the field, and then you have [tight end Sam] LaPorta, who’s back to being himself when I was there, of being able to really stretch the defense and make plays.
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I → take → plays
The Jets have not turned the ball over yet on offense.
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Jets → turn → offense
This is the first time since 1971 they have started a season with no giveaways in the first two games.
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they → start → games
Their struggles to get takeaways has been well documented.
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struggles → get → takeaways
They have gone 19 games without an interception, but the offense is now protecting the ball.
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offense → go → ball
Geno Smith led the NFL with 17 interceptions last year with the Raiders.
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Smith → lead → Raiders
He bristled at the idea that he has changed anything this year to cut down on interceptions.
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he → bristle → interceptions
“You guys got to watch film,” said Smith, who did not throw an interception in the first two games.
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who → got → games
“You say interceptions, you got to watch film, you can’t just go off the stat sheet.
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you → say → sheet
I think that’s what a lot of people do, right?
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lot → think → people
I’m a guy, like I told you guys, I’m very sound in my decision-making.
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I → ’m → making
The Jets offense should be able to score some points against a Lions secondary that is banged up.
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that → score → secondary
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