1 reason every NFL team can win the Super Bowl

New York Jets

The New York Jets have always had a strong defense. Even with last season’s dip in production and complete lack of production from the corners for a portion of the season, this team has always been tough to get yards and points against.

It’s the offense which has been a tragedy, really. For years under Rex Ryan, the offense continually released players which hampered the already slow (almost negligible) progress at the quarterback position. While Mark Sanchez was never all that great, how can you know you got the most out of him when you released receivers almost every year and his one constant was Santonio Holmes, whose best contribution was being a pain in the ‘we’d better not say’.

So given the Jets have actually improved upon the No. 6 defense from 2014, it’s all on that offense. If the offense gels, this is a team which could have a shot at the Super Bowl.

That could be a tall order as there are a lot of new and moving parts.

Eric Decker, Jace Amaro and Jeremy Kerley are all weapons remaining from last season, while Brandon Marshall and rooke Devin Smith are the new receivers. All are very potent weapons in the passing game.

The Jets could feature quite a solid run game as well, as Zac Stacy and Stevan Ridley join Chris Ivory and Bilal Powell in the backfield. How the team portions out the carries is hard to say, but there are several combinations which would give the Jets a lot of yards on the ground.

Of course, the big question mark is, do they have a quarterback who can take advantage of the weapons the offense has? Can Geno Smith step up? Or can Ryan Fitzpatrick do enough to keep the Jets competitive?

Can this offense produce? If it can, between it and the defense, this team could make a run.

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