Sometimes you just get lucky. The Giants might be experiencing that soon, with the firing of John Harbaugh. And while New York Jets fans had to endure the misery that was Steve Wilks' 2025 defense, they may be about to experience a little luck of their own.
There are several reasons why the Jets' defense struggled. They weren't exactly loaded with high-end talent coming into the year, despite a small handful of stars. Sauce Gardner underperformed, got hurt, and ultimately got traded. As did Quinnen Williams.
And there's no doubt that the final numbers weren't helped by the last few weeks of the season, where the Jets were clearly tanking — I mean, cough, struggling to compete, cough.