Football being the imperfectly perfect team sport that it is, some units rise up while others fall back from week to week. Complementary can be hard.

Sunday in North London, it was the Jets defense's turn to roar back from a rough home showing against Dallas to perform inspirationally on the London stage against the Denver Broncos. But it wasn't enough to prevent the Jets' agonizing 13-11 loss at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

"We played as a unit today," said MLB Jamien Sherwood , one of the main cogs in the defense with a season-high 13 tackles, not to mention a third-down over-the-middle pass breakup, all of which helped tie the Broncos down to one first-quarter TD drive and 246 yards of offense. "We got some key pieces back. Everybody was more comfortable. We eliminated gray areas in o

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