Morris Claiborne: The Jets' defense has played well enough to take it away. in the 37-17 loss to the Vikings

The Jets returned to work Monday to correct what went wrong during Sunday's 37-17 loss to the Vikings at MetLife Stadium.

And, as you can imagine, they were still hurt by the result of the day before.

"It made me a bad taste to drop a game we should have won," said cornerback Morris Claiborne. "We feel we have played well enough to win and we let them down."

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"Good enough to win?"

A quick look at the scoreboard would seem to indicate that the Jets' defense was clearly not enough, given the 37 points allotted. But Claiborne apparently did not think that the score painted a faithful picture.

"I have the impression that we have sufficiently escaped the sensation," Claiborne said. "We played well enough as a defense that we had the opportunity to win the match, I do not say that we, as a defense, played a perfect match, but I feel we have enough well played to win. "

To a certain extent, Claiborne has a point; The Jets defense kept the Vikings 2-of-15 on the third downhill and only 1-of-3 in the red zone.

And the Jets had their chances – they were in both points for every second of the first three quarters, but the offense just did not start.

But at the same time, it is obvious that many mistakes have still occurred, otherwise the Vikings would not have scored seven times and posted 37 points.

The Jets also allowed six games over 20 yards. They gave up 210 yards and 27 points in the second half. Adam Thielen, the wide catcher, burned them for 110 yards. And they failed to record a single interception or fumble for the second time this season.

So, for its part, Jamal Adams 'safety had a different view of the Jets' defense effort.

"I mean, in the end, man, we did not win – it's the most important thing," Adams said. "The defense, we played coins, but we did not win the turnover battle and if we do not create turnovers, we will not be able to put our attack in an excellent position." , overall, the team did not play well as a team. "

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