The 2022 season was the New York Jets' 53rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 63rd overall, their fourth under general manager Joe Douglas and their second under head coach Robert Saleh.
The team raced out to a strong start, and with a Week 7 victory over the Denver Broncos, they improved on their 4–13 record from 2021. However, despite starting 7–4 on the year, the Jets suffered a late-season collapse. Their playoff hopes were dashed as none of the quarterbacks could keep up and they fell into a brutal six-game losing streak, while also failing to score a touchdown in their final three games, and were eliminated from playoff contention for the 12th consecutive season after a Week 17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks as well as clinching their seventh consecutive losing season. A loss to the Miami Dolphins the following week led to the Jets finishing with a 7–10 record, which clinched New York's third consecutive season with double-digit losses.
Despite poor offensive performances led by quarterback Zach Wilson and scoring less than 7 points in each of their final three games of the season, the defense made major improvements, ranking fourth in defense in terms of both scoring and yardage, allowing a total of only 316 points and total of 5,288 yards (3,220 passing, 2,068 rushing). The Jets also became the third team to win both Offensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Rookie of the Year in the same season, with first-round picks Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner respectively achieving the awards.
Draft
2022 New York Jets Draft Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 4 Sauce Gardner CB Cincinnati 10 Garrett Wilson WR Ohio State from Seattle 26 Jermaine Johnson II DE Florida State from Tennessee 2 35 Traded to Tennessee 36 Breece Hall RB Iowa State from NY Giants 38 Traded to the New York Giants from Carolina 3 69 Traded to Tennessee 101 Jeremy Ruckert TE Ohio State 2020 Resolution JC-2A selection; from New Orleans via Philadelphia and Tennessee 4 109 Traded to Seattle 111 Max Mitchell OT Louisiana from Carolina 117 Micheal Clemons DE Texas A&M from Minnesota 5 146 Traded to the New York Giants 163 Traded to Tennessee from Pittsburgh 6 184 Traded to Minnesota 206 Traded to Philadelphia from Tampa Bay 207 Traded to Houston from San Francisco 7 225 Traded to Pittsburgh Draft trades
+ 2022 New York Jets undrafted free agents Name Position College Ref. Keshunn Abram WR Kent State Tony Adams SIllinois Irvin Charles WR IUP Calvin Jackson Washington State Zonovan Knight RB NC State DQ Thomas LB Middle Tennessee
Staff
Final roster
Preseason The Jets' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on May 12.
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 at Philadelphia Eagles W 24–21 1–0 Lincoln Financial Field Recap 2 Atlanta Falcons W 24–16 2–0 MetLife Stadium Recap 3 August 28 New York Giants W 31–27 3–0 MetLife Stadium Recap
Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 11 Baltimore Ravens L 9–24 0–1 MetLife Stadium Recap 2 September 18 at Cleveland Browns W 31–30 1–1 FirstEnergy Stadium Recap 3 September 25 Cincinnati Bengals L 12–27 1–2 MetLife Stadium Recap 4 October 2 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–20 2–2 Acrisure Stadium Recap 5 October 9 Miami Dolphins W 40–17 3–2 MetLife Stadium Recap 6 October 16 at Green Bay Packers W 27–10 4–2 Lambeau Field Recap 7 October 23 at Denver Broncos W 16–9 5–2 Empower Field at Mile High Recap 8 October 30 New England Patriots L 17–22 5–3 MetLife Stadium Recap 9 November 6 Buffalo Bills W 20–17 6–3 MetLife Stadium Recap 10Bye 11 November 20 at New England Patriots L 3–10 6–4 Gillette Stadium Recap 12 November 27 Chicago Bears W 31–10 7–4 MetLife Stadium Recap 13 December 4 at Minnesota Vikings L 22–27 7–5 U.S. Bank Stadium Recap 14 December 11 at Buffalo Bills L 12–20 7–6 Highmark Stadium Recap 15 December 18 Detroit Lions L 17–20 7–7 MetLife Stadium Recap 16 Jacksonville Jaguars L 3–19 7–8 MetLife Stadium Recap 17 January 1 at Seattle Seahawks L 6–23 7–9 Lumen Field Recap 18 January 8 at Miami Dolphins L 6–11 7–10 Hard Rock Stadium Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens
After a somewhat slow start, the Ravens outscored the Jets, who were led by former Ravens QB Joe Flacco, 21–3 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters en route to a 24–9 season opening victory. Lamar Jackson threw for 213 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception; the first two touchdowns went to Devin Duvernay while the third one was caught by Rashod Bateman. Flacco threw for 307 yards, a touchdown, and an interception in a losing effort. This was Jets' fourth straight season opening loss.
Week 2: at Cleveland Browns
Nick Chubb scored a touchdown with 1:55 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Jets didn't have any timeouts. The Browns had a 99.9% chance of winning at that point. Two plays later Joe Flacco connected with a wide open Corey Davis to cut the lead to 6 points. The Jets recovered the onside kick and scored the game winning touchdown 9 plays later and won 31–30.
Garrett Wilson scored 2 touchdowns, including the game winner, in his NFL debut.
Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Joe Burrow threw for 3 touchdowns as the Bengals won 27–12.
Week 4: at Pittsburgh Steelers
In Zach Wilson's return after a preseason meniscus injury, the Jets went up 10–0 on Pittsburgh, before falling behind 20–10 after Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky was benched for rookie Kenny Pickett; however, the Jets would mount two touchdown drives late in the fourth quarter, with Pickett throwing two interceptions, to take a 24–20 comeback victory.
This was the Jets' second-ever win in the state of Pennsylvania, having previously gone a combined 1–16 against the Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles.
Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins
The Jets scored 40 points for the first time since Week 1 of 2018 and just the third time in the past decade, and snapped a 12-game losing streak against divisional opponents dating back to Week 17 of the 2019 season.
This win also marked the first time the Jets recorded a winning percentage over .500 since week 1 of 2018.
Week 6: at Green Bay Packers
This win marked the first time the Jets had defeated the Packers led by Aaron Rodgers (having previously been 0–3), and was their first victory over Green Bay since 2006.
Week 7: at Denver Broncos
Rookie RB Breece Hall left the game with a knee injury which turned out to be an ACL tear which lead him to miss the rest of the season.
Week 8: vs. New England Patriots
Zach Wilson threw a career high 355 passing yards and 2 touchdowns, but threw 3 picks and ended the Jets 4 game winning streak. It also extended the Jets losing streak against the Patriots to 13 games.
Week 9: vs. Buffalo Bills
The Jets defense intercepted Josh Allen twice, one by Sauce Gardner and the Jets went into their bye-week with a 6–3 record.
Week 11: at New England Patriots
There were 0 touchdowns for 59 minutes until Marcus Jones returned a punt 84-yards for a touchdown with only a few seconds left resulting in the Jets 14th consecutive loss to New England. Zach Wilson had a poor performance, completing only 9 out of 22 for 77 yards. After refusing to accept responsibility for the loss in a postgame press conference, Jets head coach Robert Saleh benched Wilson for Mike White for Week 12.
Week 12: vs. Chicago Bears
Mike White threw 3 touchdowns as the Jets routed the Bears.
Week 13: at Minnesota Vikings
Despite the late rally, the Jets could not comeback after a 20–6 deficit in the first half.
Week 14: at Buffalo Bills
Mike White injured his ribs during the loss so Zach Wilson will start next week against the Detroit Lions.
Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions
Greg Zuerlein missed a game-tying 58-yard field goal which would have sent the game into overtime.
Week 16: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Zach Wilson struggled again after completing 9 out of 18 for 92 yards and an interception. After the first half, he was benched and replaced by Chris Streveler who sparked some hope but the Jaguars defense proved to be too much for Jets to overcome and they lost 3–19. The Jets fell to 7–8, dropping them below .500 for the first time since Week 3.
Week 17: at Seattle Seahawks
Mike White was cleared to start again but struggled and was injured again. Geno Smith, who played for the Jets from 2013 to 2014, finished his revenge tour with a decisive victory and eliminated the Jets from playoff contention for the 12th straight year.
Week 18: at Miami Dolphins
Neither team scored a touchdown, and the Jets had failed to score a touchdown in their last 3 games and had their 3rd straight double digit losing season, and 7th straight losing season.
Standings Division
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