One of the sure signs that a team is flailing is a players-only meeting. They’re almost always a last resort, and they signal to the outside world that things are getting desperate. That’s definitely the case for the New York Jets defense, which has just done something we’ve never seen before. 

The NFL has been tracking turnovers since 1933, and no team has gone five games without forcing one. 

Except the Jets this year. 

Rich Cimini of ESPN.com reported on this issue via an article in Pro Football Talk by Mike Florio, and he took his quote from defensive end Jermaine Johnson, who revealed that the meeting happened during a Friday media session before they boarded a plane to London to play the Denver Broncos.  

“Everybody was on the same page,” Johnson said, per Cimini. “We have to be better. We can’t be the reason we lose. That can’t happen. We have too much talent.

“Coach [Aaron Glenn] has had our back as far as how he runs this thing, instilling a certain culture in here. We have to have his back by putting a good product out there. That’s our job. We definitely take full accountability.”

Johnson isn’t the only one talking about accountability. Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams has been on some very good defenses with the Jets, but he knows that this year’s version isn’t one of them.

“We’re 0-5 and the defense has been the problem, the reason why we’re 0-5,” Williams said, per Cimini, adding that the Jets have “probably the worst defense in the league.”

That raises issues about defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, and he’s owning up to his role in this. 

“Everything is on me,” Wilks said this week, via Cimini.

From the Denver side of things, the Bo Nix and company have to be loving what the Jets are putting on tape. The Jets loss last week looked respectable with a final score of 37-22, but New York trailed 30-3 at the end of the third quarter, which means the fourth quarter was basically the NFL equivalent of garbage time.  

Rumors have already surfaced that Glenn, could be a one-and-done. So far those rumors are just that, but the blame game has already started after just five games.  

Sean Payton is probably taking all of this with the proverbial grain of salt. He’s seen his share of London craziness with these overseas games, and Payton has been billing this game as “strictly a business trip.” The coach knows this is a classic trap game, and his job is to keep the Broncos from falling into that trap.