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While not the sole reason for the New York Jets’ disastrous 2025-26 season, it certainly didn’t help that the franchise’s defense failed to generate turnovers at a high rate.
Struggling offenses typically need a much-needed boost on the other side of the ball to have any chance of succeeding. Unfortunately for New York, that’s far from how things played out for the AFC East franchise, resulting in an abysmal 3-14 finish.
In NFL.com’s Matt Okada’s mind, bringing a former Dallas Cowboys star defender who recorded 11 interceptions in 2021-22 on board is a smart idea.
“I used to be a researcher here at the NFL, so I’ve seen every mind-boggling statistic you can imagine,” Okada wrote Wednesday. That the New York Jets managed zero interceptions over the entirety of the 2025 season remains one of the most absurd facts I’ve ever encountered. It’s unconscionable.”
“So let’s fix it. Diggs’ 11 interceptions in 2021 remain the most by any player in a season in the last 40 years. He also had three in 12 games as a rookie in 2020 and three in 2022; then a rash of injuries derailed each of his last three seasons.
“Diggs is the perfect low-cost, low-risk, high-reward signing for a team like the Jets. If he can’t rediscover his early upside, then no harm, no foul; the team signed Nahshon Wright and drafted D’Angelo Ponds at the position.”
Diggs’s tendency to take significant gambles paid dividends during his second NFL season, as his double-digit interception campaign helped put him on the map and led the Cowboys to the postseason.
However, injuries and opposing wide receivers’ commitment to executing double moves ultimately left Dallas no choice but to waive the former second-round pick last December.
Despite his recent struggles, Diggs is still a respectable player who would instantly make the Jets’ defense more formidable next season. It’ll be up to New York to arrive at that conclusion on its own, though.
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