The New York Jets enter the 2023 season with expectations as excessive as they’ve been at any level within the final decade. Very like any workforce inside a wage cap sport, the Jets have some place teams which are “stronger” and others which are a bit “weaker.” Inside this text, I’ll determine three teams that I really feel notably assured about for the upcoming season.

1. Cornerbacks

The New York Jets ended the 2021 offseason with a cornerback depth chart that noticed Bryce Corridor, Lamar Jackson, and Michael Carter as arguably the three high guys. Since that workforce, the Jets went on so as to add rising celebrity Sauce Gardner (Professional Soccer Focus’ highest graded cornerback in 2022) and D.J. Reed (Professional Soccer Focus’ twenty third highest graded cornerback in 2022) whereas Michael Carter has emerged as a premier slot nook (Professional Soccer Focus’ 18th highest graded cornerback in 2022) … a notable and significant enchancment. So far as I’m involved, the New York Jets have the perfect high three corners within the NFL, which permits them to match up in opposition to the highest passing offenses on any given week. Given the NFL has moved to a extra pass-heavy strategy, this bodes effectively for the 2023 success of the New York Jets.

2. Edge Rushers

For the reason that arrival of Head Coach Robert Saleh, the New York Jets have invested a substantial quantity into edge rushers, together with back-to-back first spherical picks and a participant who obtained a 3-year, 45-million greenback contract. Whereas I view the cornerback group as a power due to the highest gamers on the depth chart, I view the sting rusher group as a power due to their depth. Aligning with the Jets emphasis on rotating defensive lineman to maintain them contemporary, the Jets at present have 5 edge rushers that I view as beginning high quality (within the sense that they’d begin on at the least another groups):

• John Franklin-Myers (Professional Soccer Focus’ 18th highest graded edge rusher in 2022)
• Carl Lawson (Professional Soccer Focus’ 52nd highest graded edge rusher and thirtieth highest graded go dashing edge rusher in 2022)
• Jermaine Johnson II (2022 1st spherical decide)
• Will McDonald IV (2023 1st spherical decide)
• Bryce Huff (performed in a situational go rusher position, however had the best strain charge amongst edge rushers who had 100 snaps in 2022)

Total, this leaves the Jets with at the least two “beginning” edge rushers that gained’t be on the sphere on a given play, which is the definition of embarrassment of riches in a league that values edge rushers as a lot as any non-quarterback place. To say that the Jets have adequate depth at this place is to place it evenly.

3. Quarterbacks

Whereas the earlier teams that I listed have been named because of the presence of a number of gamers, this group actually begins and ends with Aaron Rodgers. To place it evenly, Rodgers is prone to be the Jets finest quarterback in at the least a decade, if not longer. Given the beginning quarterback is usually thought of crucial on the sphere, having a first-ballot Corridor of Famer who is barely a season faraway from back-to-back MVP awards on the high of the depth chart is sufficient to listing this group as a transparent power for me… particularly given the standard of play the Jets obtained from this place in 2022 that Rodgers is changing.