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Milestone Seasons Jets Players Can Achieve in 2024

Milestone seasons are not something generally thought about -- in terms of league-wide -- for Jets players. Franchise records are.

When it comes to the Jets, there are a lot of franchise records that fall short of league-wide milestone seasons. The only league-wide achievement the Jets ever had was the single-season sack record, and that’s since been broken twice.

The Jets do have one of the major offensive league-wide milestones seasons, however (which will be seen later), and it’s something that came in a season that just fell short of the playoffs. If they can achieve one of the league’s milestone seasons in 2024, they hope it will come with a playoff berth this time.

So what are achievable milestones for the Jets in 2024? Let’s dive in.

Milestone Seasons Jets Players Can Achieve in 2024

Players with 2,000+ yards from scrimmage and 20+ TD

No player in Jets history has amassed either 2,000 scrimmage yards or 20 touchdowns in a single season. The team record for scrimmage yards is held by Curtis Martin, with 1,942 in 2004. In 2008, Thomas Jones set the single-season Jets record for touchdowns from scrimmage with 15.

Breece Hall has a good combination of breakaway speed and power that can help him join this list. Aaron Rodgers also loves to throw to running backs, and he’s the best option on passing downs for the group of backs.

Player Year Yards from Scrimmage Scrimmage TD
O.J. Simpson 1975 2,243 23
Eric Dickerson 1983 2,212 20
Emmitt Smith 1995 2,185 25
Terrell Davis 1998 2,225 23
Marshall Faulk 2000 2,189 26
Marshall Faulk 2001 2,147 21
Priest Holmes 2002 2,287 24
Ahman Green 2003 2,250 20
Priest Holmes 2003 2,110 27
Larry Johnson 2005 2,093 21
LaDainian Tomlinson 2006 2,323 31
David Johnson 2016 2,118 20
Jonathan Taylor 2021 2,171 20
Christian McCaffrey 2023 2,023 21

Teammates with 1,000+ yards receiving and 10+ Touchdowns

Mike Williams and Garrett Wilson — with a healthy Williams — could be one of the best receiving duos in the NFL in 2024. With Williams’ ability as a downfield threat, Wilson’s all-around ability as a receiver, and the arm strength and accuracy of Rodgers, they could become the seventh duo in history to eclipse both in a single season. Additionally, the Jets could become the first team with two sets of teammates to achieve this feat. Eric Decker and Bradon Marshall set an NFL record in 2015, with eight games in which each had one touchdown.

Year Franchise Player Yards TD
1961
Oilers
Charley Hennigan 1,746 12
Bill Groman 1,175 17
1998
Vikings
Randy Moss 1,313 17
Cris Carter 1,011 12
2008
Cardinals
Larry Fitzgerald 1,431 12
Anquan Boldin 1,038 11
2014
Packers
Jordy Nelson 1,519 13
Randall Cobb 1,287 12
2015
Jets
Brandon Marshall 1,502 14
Eric Decker 1,027 12
2020
Chiefs
Tyreek Hill 1,276 15
Travis Kelce 1,416 11

4,000+ yards and 40+ TD passing in a season

In the history of the Jets only one quarterback (Joe Namath in 1967) has reached 4,000 yards, and only one quarterback (Ryan Fitzpatrick n 2015) has reach 30+ TD in a single season. In NFL history, only 10 different quarterbacks in 15 different seasons have reached both 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns in the same season.

The Jets have the weapons, and the right quarterback to have both milestones reached in 2024. If he were to accomplish this feat, Rodgers would break a tie with Tom Brady for most such occurrences in a career. They both currently have three.

Player Year Yds TD
Dan Marino 1984 5,084 48
Dan Marino 1986 4,746 44
Kurt Warner 1999 4,353 41
Peyton Manning 2004 4,557 49
Tom Brady 2007 4,806 50
Aaron Rodgers 2011 4,643 45
Drew Brees 2011 5,476 46
Matthew Stafford 2011 5,038 41
Drew Brees 2012 5,177 43
Peyton Manning 2013 5,477 55
Andrew Luck 2014 4,761 40
Russell Wilson 2015 4,212 40
Aaron Rodgers 2016 4,428 40
Patrick Mahomes 2018 5,097 50
Tom Brady 2020 4,633 40
Aaron Rodgers 2020 4,299 48
Tom Brady 2021 5,316 43
Matthew Stafford 2021 4,886 41
Patrick Mahomes 2022 5,250 41

The success for the Jets, like all NFL teams, but more for them, given their recent additions’ injury history, will come down to health. However, they’re more than capable of achieving one of those milestones. Time will tell whether or not they will, though.

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