2016_New_York_Jets_season

2016 New York Jets season

2016 New York Jets season

2016 season of NFL team New York Jets


The 2016 New York Jets season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and the second under head coach Todd Bowles. The team failed to improve on their 10–6 record from 2015, and missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, instead finishing 5–11 and last in their division.

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Transactions

Coaching staff and personnel changes

  • Special teams coordinator Bobby April, special teams assistant coach Steve Hagen and assistant offensive line coach Ron Heller were fired on January 6, 2016.[1]
  • Brant Boyer was named the special teams coordinator on February 3, 2016.[2]
  • Jeff Hammerschmidt was named assistant special teams coach on February 5, 2016.[3]
  • David Diaz-Infante was named assistant offensive line coach, Tim Atkins was named defensive quality control coach and John Scott, Jr. was promoted to assistant defensive line coach on February 9, 2016.[4]

Players

Arrivals

Departures

Trades

To Jets

Practice squad

Arrivals
Departures

Free agents

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RFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent, FT: Franchise tag. The * denotes that the "2016 team" is the team that signed a player first after departing the Jets. It does not take into account additional transactions that may occur through the season.

Draft

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Notes

Preseason

Schedule

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Regular season

Schedule

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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Division

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Conference

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Staff

2016 New York Jets staff

Front office

  • Chairman/CEO – Woody Johnson
  • President – Neil Glat
  • General manager – Mike Maccagnan
  • Director of football administration – Jacqueline Davidson
  • Director of player personnel – Brian Heimerdinger
  • Senior director of college scouting – Rex Hogan
  • Director of pro scouting – Matt Bazirgan

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Brant Boyer
  • Special teams assistant – Jeff Hammerschmidt

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Justus Galac
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Kavan Latham
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Aaron McLaurin

Final roster

2016 New York Jets final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
53 active, 19 inactive, 9 practice squad

Regular season results

Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

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Week One: Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets – Game summary

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

The Jets held a 22–20 lead going into the final minute, but Mike Nugent kicked the game-winning field goal for the Bengals with 54 seconds remaining. With the loss, the Jets started 0–1. This was also their first home loss to the Bengals since 1981.

Week 2: at Buffalo Bills

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Week Two: New York Jets at Buffalo Bills – Game summary

at New Era Field, Orchard Park, New York

  • Date: September 15
  • Game time: 8:25 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C), partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 70,256
  • Referee: Ed Hochuli
  • TV announcers (CBS/NFLN/Twitter): Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Tracy Wolfson
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The Jets broke their five-game losing streak against the Bills as well as their losing streak on Thursday Night Football. The win was also the 400th career win in the franchise's history.[78]

Week 3: at Kansas City Chiefs

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Week Three: New York Jets at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a season high six interceptions in the loss. The Jets turned the ball over eight times as a team total. This was the first time the Jets turned it over 6+ times since 1976 against the Bengals.

Week 4: vs. Seattle Seahawks

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Week Four: Seattle Seahawks at New York Jets – Game summary

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

With the loss, the Jets fell to 1-3.

Week 5: at Pittsburgh Steelers

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Week Five: New York Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals

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Week Six: New York Jets at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary

at University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

Ryan Fitzpatrick was benched midway through the fourth quarter in favor of Geno Smith as the Jets fell to 1–5 on the season. This was the Jets' first loss to the Cardinals since 1975, when the Cardinals were based in St. Louis.

Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens

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Week Seven: Baltimore Ravens at New York Jets – Game summary

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: October 23
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C), clear
  • Game attendance: 78,160
  • Referee: Walt Anderson
  • TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle, Rich Gannon and Evan Washburn
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With the win, the Jets went to 2-5 and picked up their first home win of 2016.

Week 8: at Cleveland Browns

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Week Eight: New York Jets at Cleveland Browns – Game summary

at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: October 30
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), rain
  • Game attendance: 67,431
  • Referee: Pete Morelli
  • TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
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With the comeback win, the Jets improved to 3-5.

Week 9: at Miami Dolphins

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Week Nine: New York Jets at Miami Dolphins – Game summary

at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

  • Date: November 6
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), cloudy
  • Game attendance: 65,722
  • Referee: Walt Coleman
  • TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
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With the loss, the Jets fell to 3-6 and lost at Miami for the first time since 2011.

Week 10: vs. Los Angeles Rams

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Week Ten: Los Angeles Rams at New York Jets – Game summary

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

In a game that involved one touchdown (which was the Jets' only score, with the failed PAT) and 3 field goals (all by the Rams), the Jets fell to 3–7 in their first meeting with the Rams as a Los Angeles team since 1992.

Week 12: vs. New England Patriots

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Week Twelve: New England Patriots at New York Jets – Game summary

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: November 27
  • Game time: 4:25 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C), partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 78,160
  • Referee: Brad Allen
  • TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
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With the heartbreaking loss, the Jets fell to 3-8.

Week 13: vs. Indianapolis Colts

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Week Thirteen: Indianapolis Colts at New York Jets – Game summary

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: December 5
  • Game time: 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C), clear
  • Game attendance: 78,160
  • Referee: Ronald Torbert
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters
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With the huge loss, the Jets fell to 3–9, and were mathematically eliminated from postseason contention for the sixth consecutive season. It was the Jets' first loss to the Colts since the 2009 AFC Championship game.

Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers

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Week Fourteen: New York Jets at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary

at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California

  • Date: December 11
  • Game time: 4:05 p.m. EST/1:05 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), mostly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 70,178
  • Referee: Craig Wrolstad
  • TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
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With the win, the Jets improved to 4-9. They also improved to 3-10 all time against the 49ers.

Week 15: vs. Miami Dolphins

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Week Fifteen: Miami Dolphins at New York Jets – Game summary

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

With the loss, the Jets fell to 4–10 and were swept by the Dolphins for the first time since 2009.

Week 16: at New England Patriots

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Week Sixteen: New York Jets at New England Patriots – Game summary

at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

  • Date: December 24
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 40 °F (4 °C), rain
  • Game attendance: 66,289
  • Referee: Gene Steratore
  • TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts and Evan Washburn
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With the loss, the Jets fell to 4–11. They were also given their worst defeat since losing 49–9 to Cincinnati in 2013 and their worst loss to the Patriots since 2012.

Week 17: vs. Buffalo Bills

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Week Seventeen: Buffalo Bills at New York Jets – Game summary

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

With the win, the Jets finished their season at 5-11, and swept Buffalo for the first time since 2011.

In the fourth quarter, the Bills botched a kickoff return, which resulted in a unique touchdown for the Jets when special teamer Doug Middleton recovered the live kick in the Bills' end zone.


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