Jets hold players-only meeting as Jermaine Johnson returns for London game

The New York Jets arrived successful London searching for a spark and settled archetypal connected honesty. After a players-only meeting, prima tackle Quinnen Williams called the portion “probably the worst defence successful the league,” adding, “We’re 0-5 and the defence has been the problem.” The numbers backmost him up: zero takeaways done 5 games, 31.4 points allowed per game, and a walk unreserved that has produced lone 3 sacks implicit the past 4 weeks. Veteran coordinator Steve Wilks did not dodge responsibility. “Everything is connected me,” helium said.

Edge rusher Jermaine Johnson, retired 3 games with an ankle injury, said the gathering acceptable a caller code earlier Sunday’s crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. “Everybody was connected the aforesaid page,” helium told reporters. “We person to beryllium better. We can’t beryllium the crushed we lose… We decidedly instrumentality afloat accountability.”

Coaches look scrutiny arsenic locker country takes ownership

First-year caput manager Aaron Glenn acknowledged the 0-5 commencement but insisted the groundwork is sound. “There’s immoderate foundational things that I spot america gathering close present that nary 1 other sees… That’s going to change,” helium said. Glenn and Wilks volition invited Johnson backmost into a beforehand that has sagged since Week 1. Johnson posted 7.5 sacks successful 2023 earlier an Achilles teardrop ended his season; helium returned this twelvemonth lone to rotation an ankle successful Week 2. Rust is expected, yet the unit believes his “edge” and velocity tin assistance against Bo Nix, who has been sacked conscionable 5 times.

Special teams get a boost arsenic good with returner Kene Nwangwu cleared from a hamstring wounded aft a revolving formed tried to regenerate him. The hostile is nary brushed landing, however. Denver has protected the backmost and leaned connected mistake-free drives, a atrocious lucifer for a defence that has missed tackles and beaten itself with penalties. The Jets accidental they are done with excuses. London volition amusement whether accountability tin travel.