2018 New York Jets season

The 2018 season was the New York Jets' 49th in the National Football League (NFL), their 59th overall and their fourth and final under head coach Todd Bowles. Despite starting 3–3, they lost 9 of their last 10 games. In Week 3, the Jets lost to the Browns by a score of 21–17, becoming the first team to lose to the Browns since the Chargers lost 20–17 on Christmas Eve 2016. The win by the Browns ended a 19-game winless streak. Week 6 marked the first season the Jets have scored 40+ points in multiple games since the 2008 season. They were officially mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the 8th consecutive season after the Titans defeated the Jaguars 30–9 in Week 14. The Jets failed to improve on their 5–11 record from the previous season with a 38–3 blowout loss in Week 17 to the New England Patriots, finishing at last place in the AFC East with a 4–12 record. Following the season finale, the Jets fired Bowles.

Draft trades

• The Jets traded their first-round selection (6th overall), two second-round selections (37th and 49th overall) and a second-round selection in 2019 to Indianapolis in exchange for Indianapolis's first-round selection (3rd overall).
• The Jets traded their seventh-round selection (226th overall) and defensive end Sheldon Richardson to Seattle in exchange for Seattle's second- and seventh-round selections (49th and 235th overall) and wide receiver Jermaine Kearse.
• The Jets traded their fifth-round selection (143rd overall) to San Francisco in exchange for cornerback Rashard Robinson.
• The Jets traded their sixth-round selection in 2017 (191st overall) to Dallas in exchange for Dallas's fifth-round selection (157th overall).

Owner – Woody Johnson Chairman/CEO – Christopher Johnson President – Neil Glat General manager – Mike Maccagnan Director of football administration – Jacqueline Davidson Director of player personnel – Brian Heimerdinger Director of college scouting – Matt Bazirgan Head coaches

Head coach – Todd Bowles Assistant head coach/inside linebackers – Mike Caldwell Offensive coaches

Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Jeremy Bates Running backs – Stump Mitchell Wide receivers – Karl Dorrell Tight ends – Jimmie Johnson Offensive line/run game coordinator – Rick Dennison Assistant offensive line – David Diaz-Infante Offensive assistant/assistant quarterbacks – Mick Lombardi Offensive assistant – Jason Vrable | | | Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Kacy Rodgers Defensive line – Robert Nunn Assistant defensive line – La'Roi Glover Outside linebackers – Kevin Greene Defensive backs – Dennard Wilson Assistant defensive backs – Steve Jackson Defensive assistant – Robby Brown Defensive quality control – Tim Atkins Special teams coaches

Special teams coordinator – Brant Boyer Special teams assistant – Jeff Hammerschmidt Strength and conditioning

Head strength and conditioning – Justus Galac Assistant strength and conditioning – Aaron McLaurin Assistant strength and conditioning – Joe Giacobbe |

40 Trenton Cannon 35 De'Angelo Henderson 25 Elijah McGuire Wide receivers (WR)

11 Robby Anderson 18 Deontay Burnett 84 J. J. Jones 10 Jermaine Kearse 17 Charone Peake 19 Andre Roberts Tight ends (TE)

89 Chris Herndon 86 Jordan Leggett 87 Clive Walford | | Offensive linemen (OL) 68 Kelvin Beachum T 69 Ben Braden G 70 Dakota Dozier G 78 Jonotthan Harrison C 61 Spencer Long C 79 Brent Qvale T 65 Eric Smith T 67 Brian Winters G Defensive linemen (DL)

96 Henry Anderson DE 94 Folorunso Fatukasi DE 99 Steve McLendon NT 98 Mike Pennel NT 97 Nathan Shepherd DE 75 Destiny Vaeao DE 92 Leonard Williams DE | | Linebackers (LB) 93 Tarell Basham OLB 51 Brandon Copeland OLB 46 Neville Hewitt ILB 48 Jordan Jenkins OLB 91 Bronson Kaufusi OLB 57 Emmanuel Lamur OLB 50 Frankie Luvu OLB 54 Avery Williamson ILB 52 Anthony Wint ILB Defensive backs (DB)

33 Jamal Adams SS 23 Terrence Brooks SS 38 Brandon Bryant FS 34 Jeremy Clark CB 22 Trumaine Johnson CB 31 Derrick Jones CB 45 Rontez Miles FS 43 Parry Nickerson CB 27 Darryl Roberts CB 30 Rashard Robinson CB 41 Buster Skrine CB Special teams (ST)

 4 Lac Edwards P 42 Thomas Hennessy LS  2 Jason Myers K | | Practice squad 44 Joel Bouagnon FB 53 Jonathan Celestin ILB 76 Dieugot Joseph T 44 Harvey Langi OLB (IR) 47 Charlie Miller FS 37 Mark Thompson RB 64 Jon Toth C 16 DeAngelo Yancey WR Reserve

55 Jeremiah Attaochu OLB (IR) 77 James Carpenter G (IR) 21 Morris Claiborne CB (IR) 20 Isaiah Crowell RB (IR) 81 Quincy Enunwa WR (IR) 71 Ben Ijalana T (IR) 58 Darron Lee ILB (Susp.) 95 Josh Martin OLB (IR) 82 Rishard Matthews WR (IR) 26 Marcus Maye FS (IR) 36 Doug Middleton FS (IR) 56 Kevin Pierre-Louis ILB (IR) 29 Bilal Powell RB (IR) 72 Brandon Shell T (IR) 85 Neal Sterling TE (IR) 83 Eric Tomlinson TE (IR) Rookies in italics 53 active, 17 reserve, 7 practice squad |

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

In their first game of the season, the Jets overcame a nightmarish start by outscoring the Lions 48-10 after Sam Darnold threw a pick 6 on his first career pass.

With the loss, the Jets fell to 1-2 and ended the Browns 19-game winless streak.

The Jets recorded their first-ever home loss to the Vikings, ending a five-game home winning streak against them.

With the loss, the Jets dropped to 3-9, and were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the eighth consecutive season after the Titans defeated the Jaguars the following Thursday night.

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