How Robert Saleh (and Sauce Gardner) fixed the Jets defense

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New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh has done a great job turning his defense around over his first two seasons in charge. With help from cornerback Sauce Gardner, and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, here's how Saleh has made the Jets defense dominant.
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[@reysteffani9619]

Let me correct you. It was Saleh, Sauce, DJ Reed and lets not forget Michael Carter 2. Carter 2 doesn't get much love, but the kid is a baller as well.

[@chrisschiavone1245]

YESSS I LOVE THE MC2 Love

[@badgerden7080]

I always give MC II love. That guy is totally underrated.

[@joshuamitchell4343]

FACTS!! carter is a big reason Him n dj reed make it so a qb has nobody to pick on. So just avoiding sauce doesn’t even help the opposition. With our other good players it kinda makes it even easier to figure a offense out lol

[@Big_Miks]

Mc2 is constantly bbq chkn fam

[@bellzsturdy824]

Absolutely right! That man didn’t give up a single TD in slot coverage. That’s extremely hard to do. He’s a quiet storm.

[@whambam21]

Sauce is pretty much the embodiment of his own name. Sure the meal may be good but with the right sauce it’s amazing

[@AJAE_2002]

49ers fan here, but coach Saleh is the reason why our defense finally turned around and became Elite Again!!! Jet's fans have an amazing Coach and Person!!!! Good luck To Y'all this Year!!!!

[@traegant449]

Michael Carter in the slot is sooo underrated

[@ssny20001]

Carter got burned all the time on crossing routes he is okay

[@bellzsturdy824]

@@ssny20001 no he’s didn’t you saying anything 😂 that man gave up about 4 catches all year! Zero TDs given up! Stop hating

[@getskraighttoit]

@@ssny20001 you spewing complete nonsense for no reason🤣

[@QuentonStein-oy6nk]

Sauce is hella good shutdown corner man AND zone.

[@carmine_]

Not even just talent with the players the jets drafted + brought in but its also there personality.. they brought in dawgs with so much passion.. even last years draft class, it was so easy to tell how good they were going to be, after hearing them talk.. ppl think its mostly talent (which they have a lot of) but man brains and personality is so much more important and goes a long long long way and thats how u change the culture/franchise

[@JetsMediaRichie]

Great breakdown man. Enjoyed this in depth analysis of the Jets Defense. Ready to see what Saleh & company has in store for year 3 in the scheme

[@reysteffani9619]

I agree 100% with you. From where we were before JD and coach Saleh to where we are now, I also can't wait to see what Hackett and Saleh have in store for us in yr 3.

[@mrpotential11]

You need to blow up. Your easily one of if not the best film analysis channel on here. How you only have 41k subs baffles me

[@bnashtay2278]

Why are you not coaching? You make everything so understandable the way you explain things.

[@PlaySA]

Before Sauce was even drafted I was telling people that he was going to be the best corner in the league eventually, and if things broke right maybe among the best DBs the game has ever seen. Just an extremely, extremely rare combination of size, speed, craft, athleticism and intelligence. I remember I saw his field drills at the combine, and the absolutely ridiculous way he could flip his hips plus his incredible foot speed. He is a special, special player and I can't believe the Texans passed on him for Stingley. Who I have nothing against but he just doesn't have it like Sauce

[@dweez4703]

I still can't see how Coby Bryant won the Thorpe Award playing opposite Sauce in college. insane

[@jimlebeux8730]

​@dweez4703 he was a good player as a rookie 2. Seattle got 2 good corners

[@GameMaster-nr9eq]

First Jersey I have brought, is Mr. Sauces!

[@badgerden7080]

For those who didn't like the Will McDonald pick, now can you understand why they selected a player like him in the draft? Hey Billy, please speak about the improvement of the Jets offense aside from the disaster that is Zach Wilson.

[@JohnAC4]

The problem with a the pick is Nolan smith is a considerably better prospect who’s also younger

[@nlmb150dt3]

@@JohnAC4 nah Nolan smith is better equipped for a 3-4 scheme.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

@@JohnAC4 and you heard that from who?

[@noelv1976]

We already know the offense has improved drastically with Rodgers. Don’t needed a 15 minute on that

[@tristanwarren1377]

So y'all brought in the MVP of LSD, y'all still getting swept by the Pats with the Patriots defense having at least 2 pick 6s off A A Ron

[@jamfd3s788]

Don’t forget now with a capable offense the defense should get even better simply from being on the field less and getting more rest, not to mention the motivation of actually being in games

[@aulex4822]

Would argue Quinnen Willams had the biggest impact on the team. Show me a defense that got to the qb with 4 better than us, being led by Q

[@mickalvelez6572]

Well we will playing with leads so defenses won't just have the easy 4Q finishes

[@omgiownk]

Great stuff as always

[@cartl1907]

Earned a sub. Great video man!

[@shawnm7614]

I saw Sauce play in college I knew he was special.

[@serendipitousslim1529]

Great job on this video man, super interesting stuff to watch as a Jets fan. I too noticed the man coverage, and honestly still don’t think we run it enough on those third and shorts! Love what Saleh and JD have done with this team, I know we have a tougher schedule this year, but you can’t be one of the best if you don’t beat them. Hoping the O-line stays healthy, the defense stays out of its mind, Breece can come back quickly and Rodgers comes swinging out the gate. If all those things could happen, the Jets will rise to the occasion and be a tough team to beat this year.

[@glarris1]

Brilliant video. Thanks!

[@alovinsky86]

Great job breaking it down

[@kevinluebke338]

Sauce has a chance to be one of the best ever CBs in the history of the NFL.

[@dylanstack8710]

Awesome breakdown please keep the Jets breakdowns coming. We are starting to look like a real contending football team.

[@TheTEN24]

Awesome breakdown on the jets huge turnaround to becoming a relevant franchise again

[@kingchino4990]

Masterpiece 💪🏾💪🏾

[@bellzsturdy824]

This goes to show everybody can stop saying we wasn’t playing man coverage last year. We just them guys 🛩️ 💚

[@imreallyagoat]

Fr ✈️

[@Jackson-zu5ny]

Great vid, I’d love a vid on the Pats defense and how they are always so dominant

[@BillyStephens]

Thanks! The short answer is Belichick is a genius when it comes to scheming up pressure. He gets himself corners who can hold up in man and exploits pass protection calls with DL stunts/blitzes. Good idea for a video, I just won't get to it any time soon.

[@andrewfung8591]

Or the Ravens defense the difference from Wink to Mac McDonald

[@urologydoctor]

Great video

[@tommythompson7941]

Thanks uploader J!! E!! T!! S!!

[@VivaLaBurns]

This is art

[@giovannygallardo692]

Man jets defense was terrible Saleh first year But boy did he change that The 4 things I think help us dj reed, Sauce Gardner,Quienen Williams and when we slowed down the blitzing changed everything

[@anujsingh333]

Really impressive stuff by Sauce in some of the later clips you showed - also, i know it's not just this simple, but a general point you seemed to make is that the two high shell allows for more disguised coverages instead of heavier boxes, so...what exactly prevented Saleh from doing that year one? Was it just personnel, or the aggressive style of defense that prioritized run stops? Eager to see your takes on the incoming draft prospects, too! Keep up the good work

[@BillyStephens]

The way I see it is personnel forced Saleh and his staff into the tendencies. I think it's tough to say whether or not the `22 tendencies would have improved the performance in `21 because the personnel was so much worse.

[@jetsmachine6516]

In 2021 the jets CB and really the whole DB room was a bunch of UFA/6th round drafts picks, except for CJ Mosley and the DL room had some significant injuries especially Carl Lawson their projected main edge rusher

[@Centipedestyle89]

Also can the williams brothers get some credit they were fantastic last season

[@billjoyce5103]

Can you explain why this defense is still susceptible to giving up chunk yardage to mediocre tight ends?

[@your_fathershome]

I understand and heard the hesitation, but would you say the NJ Giants? Lol. We are the NY Jets.

[@jaseasmussen4710]

lets go sauce!

[@jlpsaxophonist6119]

Where do you get this film from? I want to watch more film but i never know where to start in terms of getting a hold of it

[@lukesly14]

are there any good defenses currently that run a single high/gapped out defense?

[@shiqialexshen8464]

sadly the offense and ST really let the team down last year.

[@sarpgurdogan7667]

Happily we have qb now

[@eugenepoon]

Hey Billy, Q from 7:00 The Jets MOFC and MOFO rates never add up to 100%, am I to assume the 15% remainders are cover 0 blitzes?

[@BillyStephens]

Not necessarily. 0-blitzes are only part of the picture. It can be difficult to differentiate between MOFO and MOFC on some hard play action/RPO/screen concepts, so some of those plays may be in their own category. I gathered those stats from Sports Info Solutions and I'm not an expert in the tracking process, so I could be wrong.

[@eugenepoon]

@@BillyStephens Ah okay, thanks alot! Yea I was just surprised that they added up quite a bit below 100%, didn't think anyone would be running 0 that much! Makes sense that there'd be a bunch of "not classifiable" snaps

[@tylertorrez7772]

No fly is already taken as a nickname

[@charleyscofield3019]

Lets not forget about DJ and the rest of the defense.

[@nolimitmano2976]

How much do you think the lion’s defense will improve this season if they do at all

[@TheyCallHimMarvelous]

I’m trying to figure out how the jets ran quarters coverage successfully and the safeties aren’t that good in coverage

[@Tyler-rw1ij]

Let’s hope that Flores is the catalyst that the Vikings need so that they can improve like the jets.

[@hasa8177]

The no fly zone is the broncos 2015 secondary.

[@carmine_]

New York jets ALLLLLL day!!! Legooo

[@PapaSwisha]

Basically he went and got players who can play the cover 6 defense 🤷🏾

[@supanova4126]

Defense is pretty simple tbh every great defense wins up front. Duh. If you can generate pressure on the QB with 4 down lineman you can win with that.

[@julianizquierdo3547]

Sauce, if he can stop holding definitely Revis 2.0

[@yangthao1795]

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[@Elijah1312]

I love seeing great defenses

[@duel2803]

you sound exactly like bret kollmann😭 it’s kinda insane

[@RoccoGuyBoiThing]

I mean, let's see it happen 2 years in a decade before we heap too much praise on anybody

[@DjChrisChip]

Do you think that the jets will be a playoff contender. I just can't see them getting in front of the bills and dolphins and I expect the patriots to have a mediocre season as well at .500. Stacked division will be the thing that gets them

[@stevenvicijan4338]

Rich Eisen is happy

[@jackberling8060]

They played about 8 backup Qbs last season. You think that had anything to do with it?

[@jamesdean5809]

forgetting quinnen had his best year ?

[@THE303CITY]

Sauce is a very good corner, but PS2 is better. I think the NFL has entered another period of great corners, and PS2 an Sauce are a level above, but there's some great corners in the NFL

[@James-hs3tu]

Jets win opener. Just because it looks good. And tv ratings. If they lose. All Jets fan. Will say. Same old Jets. R.S. will be out this year or next

[@Black_BoyJayden]

May you cover the cowboys defense at the end of this season

[@carloscolon3331]

Is the Jets defense elite

[@THE303CITY]

The name "No Fly Zone" was already taken by Denver, and their 2015 secondary that even on its best day the current Jets secondary can't touch. Find a new name. Only one Legion of Boom, and No Fly Zone

[@69corona13]

Stop it lol

[@bricethompson1922]

What😂

[@WatermanViolinStudio]

Yet they still lost to the toothless pats this year. Analyze it if you can.

[@ahuxley123]

Be real please, and when their defense isn't as you call it "The best in the league" makes a 7-10 record, and don't give me all the loses were close otherwise everyone else would've had a better record....

[@seanmichaeltan5184]

Still overrated af

[@jscott20002278]

this channel is just a guy ripping off all the hard work Brett Koleman does....all he is doing is cutting it up differently.....but its all Bretts stuff from his other videos

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

The First year the Jets had NO players because of the last GM. Joe Douglas and Robert Saleh are trending up.

[@dumpytreefrog3797]

Overrated. Got cooked by Jags and Seahawks

[@eerreennee]

Playoff Football Back to NEW YORK.

[@joedimaggio3687]

Don't set yourself up for disappointment. Remember that this is the NY Jets we are talking about.

[@blackbusiness7]

I wonder how many caught that.

[@Michael-kj7vs]

the jets defense clearly sucked in 2021, but that first play you broke down against the eagles was in the preseason...