Under Steve Wilks, the Jets will hugely improve both defensive scoring and takeaways in 2025.

“The defense needs to score and get turnovers. I think you will see a huge improvement in both of these areas under Wilkes. Ulbrich was just so damn conservative, it was pathetic.”

What we’re scoring

The compound future improvement in defensive scoring and takeaways is falsified by a decline in takeaways. No arbitrary huge-improvement threshold is required when the direction itself fails.

The ruling

NFL final 2025 statistics list four Jets fumble recoveries. The interceptions table lists zero: https://www.nfl.com/stats/team-stats/defense/interceptions/2025/reg/all . The Jets 2024 statistics list seven interceptions alone: https://www.newyorkjets.com/team/stats/2024/reg . Four total 2025 takeaways is below even the 2024 interception subtotal, so the required improvement in both areas fails irrespective of how huge is defined. No claim that defensive scoring means only touchdowns is necessary.

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