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The team boasts an inferred strategy: leverage their broad draft capital, cap space, and the continued development of young players to craft a more sustainable and competitive franchise. The trade returns are viewed as advantageous, even though they involve trading some of the best players the Jets have drafted since Darrell Revis.
The defenders: over- or underrated?
A nuanced discussion emerges around the individual performances of key defenders like Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams. While Gardner was hailed as a franchise cornerstone, his recent play has raised questions. The Jets paid him to be elite, but he has yet to fully meet those expectations consistently, and injuries have hampered his impact.