{"id":23477,"date":"2022-08-31T20:54:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T00:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=23477"},"modified":"2022-08-31T20:54:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T00:54:19","slug":"new-york-jets-2022-win-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/ncaaf\/new-york-jets-2022-win-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW YORK JETS 2022 WIN PREDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Saleh was one of the most coveted head coaching prospects heading into the 2021 season and the New York Jets nabbed him. They made sure they got their guy and it was, without a doubt, the high point of the season. Because everything went downhill from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the No. 2 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and every quarterback except Trevor Lawrence still available to them, New York turned in the card with Zach Wilson\u2019s name on it and he went on to have the worst season out of any of the rookie starters in the NFL. And that includes third rounder Davis Mills out of Stanford who landed with the hapless Houston Texans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, my pick for the second best QB in that class was Justin Fields, but there\u2019s no way to know if it would have made a difference as this roster was in such bad shape there was no realistic way Saleh could do much with it. Still, it\u2019s New York and that market won\u2019t settle for a loser, even one that hasn\u2019t made the playoffs in 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, the campaign went off the rails from the start. The team started 1-5, with their only victory coming in a shocking 27-24 upset in overtime over the Tennessee Titans. Win two would be even more surprising as they took out the eventual AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals 34-21 three weeks later. Their other two wins would come over the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars, ensuring that the Jags would once again claim the No. 1 overall pick. Even when the Jets won, they lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilson couldn\u2019t even stay healthy all year, giving Mike White one epic start in that Bengals win that he, of course, never matched again. Wilson finished the year with a 55.6 completion percentage for 2,334 yards, nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He added four touchdowns on the ground. Michael Carter rushed for 639 yards and four touchdowns while hauling in 36 passes for 325 yards. Elijah Moore caught 43 passes for 538 yards and five touchdowns to lead the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defense was the absolute worst in the league, finishing No. 32 in points allowed and yards allowed. Quinnen Williams and John Franklin-Meyers co-led the team with six sacks apiece. No other Jet had more than three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW YORK JETS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season<\/strong>: 4-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Odds:<\/strong> Over 5.5 wins (-160), 5.5 wins (+125)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 NFL Draft:<\/strong> Sauce Gardner, CB, Cincinnati (Round 1), Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State (Round 1), Jermaine Johnson II, DE, Florida State (Round 1), Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State (Round 2), Jeremy Ruckert, TE, Ohio State (Round 3), Max Mitchell, OT, Louisiana (Round 4), Michael Clemons, DE, Texas A&M (Round 4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 Additions:<\/strong> Laken Tomlinson, OG (free agent), DJ Reed, Safety (free agent), CJ Uzomah, TE (free agent), Tyler Conklin, TE (free agent), Duan Brown, LT (free agent), Jordan Whitehead, Safety (free agent), Jake Martin, OLB (free agent), Solomon Thomas, DT (free agent), Greg Zuerlein, Kicker (free agent), Kwon Alexander, ILB (free agent), Marcell Harris, Safety (free agent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projected Starters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QB:<\/strong> Zach Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB:<\/strong> Breece Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Elijah Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Corey Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Garrett Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TE:<\/strong> Tyler Conklin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FB:<\/strong> Nick Bawden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LT:<\/strong> Duan Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LG:<\/strong> Laken Tomlinson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C:<\/strong> Connor McGovern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RG:<\/strong> Alijah Vera-Tucker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT:<\/strong> George Fant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDE:<\/strong> Carl Lawson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDT:<\/strong> Solomon Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDT:<\/strong> Quinnen Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDE:<\/strong> John Franklin-Myers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLB:<\/strong> Marcell Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLB: <\/strong>CJ Mosley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SLB:<\/strong> Quincy Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Sauce Gardner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> DJ Reed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SS:<\/strong> Jordan Whitehead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FS:<\/strong> Lamarcus Joyner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PK:<\/strong> Greg Zuerlein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P:<\/strong> Braden Mann<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PR:<\/strong> Braxton Berrios<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KR:<\/strong> Braxton Berrios<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PREVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of all the stupid ways to mess up your year before it even begins, getting your \u201cfranchise\u201d quarterback hurt in the preseason is the dumbest and most preventable. Now, it\u2019s not like Zach Wilson didn\u2019t need the work. But he should have been getting that in practice and not put in harm\u2019s way against a bunch of other scrub players just trying to scrape their way onto a roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilson won\u2019t be out for the season, but he missed the entirety of the preseason and is, as of this writing, questionable for the opener. The Jets do have a solid back up in Joe Flacco who, in an open competition, would eat Wilson\u2019s lunch and pop the bag in his face. But that\u2019s not what New York wants. They want the second QB they\u2019ve taken in the Top Three of the draft over the last six years to actually pan out this time. They killed themselves when they took Wilson, sure, but that\u2019s their scouting and general manager\u2019s problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY has improved its roster this offseason, but this is still one of the three worst teams in the league and I can\u2019t see a game on their schedule in which they\u2019ll be favored. Normally, this is where I\u2019d run through their game list and pick wins and losses, but all of these look like losses. So, instead, I\u2019ll be picking potential wins. Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first I see on the schedule literally doesn\u2019t show up until Nov. 27 when they host the Chicago Bears. After that, they bring in the Detroit Lions on Dec. 18 followed by the Jacksonville Jaguars in New York then a road game at the sure to be awful Seattle Seahawks. Can they win all four? Probably not. Will they possibly steal a win or two from the opponents that seriously outclass them in their other 13 games? Sure. It almost always happens. Otherwise the Jets would have gone 0-17 a year ago instead of not even locking down the No. 1 pick in the draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s going to be a long season, one that might all but spell the end of Wilson as a presumed franchise quarterback. Worse, for head coach Robert Saleh, another losing campaign, and certainly a worse record than in 2021, will probably cost him his job. On the bright side, another team will land a hell of a defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final record prediction:<\/strong> 3-14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow Adam Greene on Twitter <\/em>@TheFirstMan<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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