2020 New York Jets season

The 2020 New York Jets season was be the franchise's 7th in the National Football League. The Jets entered the season as defending AFC Champions for the second consecutive season, though they lost in Super Bowl VI. The team made their third consecutive AFC Championship Game, but lost to the Raiders 20-37.
==Transactions==
===Arrivals===
* Rocky Kruse, Hunter Goodson, Brendan Mccurdy, and Matt Thomas signed on February 7.
===Departures===
* Charlie Bryson retired on January 1.
* Cyril Harris was cut on February 7.
* Brendan Mccurdy and Matt Thomas were cut prior to Week 1.
===Trades===
* The Jets traded T.J. Brumm to the Arizona Cardinals for a 2nd round selection (#42) and a 2021 conditional 6th round selection.
* The Jets traded their 5th round selection (#161) to the Seattle Seahawks for Raymond Kline.
===Free Agents===
Position	Player 	Free Agency tag	2020 team 	Contract/Notes
DE 	Charlie Bacon 	UFA 	- 	-
DE 	Karim Brown 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $0.6 million deal (100% guaranteed)
WR 	Ken Brown 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $1.2 million deal (100% guaranteed)
DE 	Sidney Burris 	UFA 	- 	-
WR 	Dennis Carr 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $0.5 million deal (0% guaranteed)
QB 	Raoul Gomez 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $0.5 million deal (0% guaranteed)
RB 	Brian Kiel 	UFA 	- 	-
OLB 	Tommy Leonard 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $1.9 million deal (100% guaranteed)
OG 	Tavon Logan 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 2 year, $1 million deal (50% guaranteed)
OT 	Joe McCord 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $2.7 million deal (100% guaranteed)
C 	Patrick Neville	UFA 	- 	-
OT 	Erik Russell 	UFA 	Green Bay Packers	Signed 1 year, $0.5 million deal
WR 	Jesse Scott 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 2 year, $1 million deal (50% guaranteed)
TE 	Charlie Wilson 	UFA 	Tennessee Titans 	Signed 2 year, $10 million deal (80% guaranteed)
SS 	Taz Tomlinson 	UFA 	Green Bay Packers	Signed 2 year, $1 million deal (50% guaranteed)
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==Draft==
 2020 New York Jets Draft
RD	Selection	Player 	Position	College 	Notes
1 	31 	Daquan Darcey 	OLB 	TCU 	
2 	49 	Nathaniel Woodworth	CB 	Miami (FL) 	
2 	53 	Aden Hastings 	C 	Iowa State 	
3 	95 	Sam Chapman 	RB 	Northern Iowa 	
4 	108 	Jesse Hutchins 	SS 	Air Force 	
5 	130 	Kristian Harvey 	CB 	Rutgers 	
5 	 	William Bouchard 	TE 	East Carolina 	
6 	197 	Eugene Sanders 	WR 	Texas Tech 	
7 	228 	Ousmane Green 	FB 	Eastern Michigan	
7 	 	Charles Anderson 	DE 	BYU 	
	Compensatory Selection
==2020 Season==
===Schedule===
====Preseason====
Week	Opponent 	Stadium 	Result 	Record	TV Broadcast
1 	at Philadelphia Eagles	Lincoln Financial Field	L 19-35 	0-1 	CBS
2 	New Orleans Saints 	MetLife Stadium 	W 35-28 	1-1 	NBC
3 	at Cleveland Browns 	FirstEnergy Stadium 	L 10-34 	1-2 	CBS
4 	San Francisco 49ers 	MetLife Stadium 	L 38-44 (OT)	1-3 	CBS
====Regular Season====
Week	Opponent 	Stadium 	Result 	Record	TV Broadcast
1 	Baltimore Ravens 	MetLife Stadium 	W 31-14 	1-0 	CBS
2 	at Buffalo Bills 	Ralph Wilson Stadium 	L 29-31 	1-1 	FOX
3 	Los Angeles Chargers 	MetLife Stadium 	W 21-6 	2-1 	CBS
4 	Kansas City Chiefs 	MetLife Stadium 	W 33-27 	3-1 	CBS
5 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye
6 	at New York Giants 	MetLife Stadium 	W 35-17 	4-1 	NBC
7 	New England Patriots 	MetLife Stadium 	W 34-31 	5-1 	CBS
8 	at Miami Dolphins 	Hard Rock Stadium 	W 27-21 	6-1 	NBC
9 	at Oakland Raiders 	Oakland-Alameda Stadium 	W 34-24 	7-1 	FOX
10 	Philadelphia Eagles 	MetLife Stadium 	L 24-37 	7-2 	CBS
11 	at New England Patriots	Gillette Stadium 	W 44-7 	8-2 	CBS
12 	Washington Redskins 	MetLife Stadium 	W 30-10 	9-2 	CBS
13 	at Indianapolis Colts 	Lucas Oil Stadium 	L 17-19 	9-3 	MNF
14 	at Denver Broncos 	Sports Authority Field at Mile High	W 37-31 	10-3 	FOX
15 	at Dallas Cowboys 	AT&T Stadium 	L 24-27 (OT)	10-4 	NBC
16 	Miami Dolphins 	MetLife Stadium 	L 28-30 	10-5 	CBS
17 	Buffalo Bills 	MetLife Stadium 	W 33-24 	11-5 	CBS
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
====Postseason====
Playoff round 	Opponent (seed) 	Result 	Record 	Game site 	 	
Wild Card 	First-round bye 	First-round bye	First-round bye	First-round bye	First-round bye	First-round bye
Divisional 	Baltimore Ravens (4)	W 35-10 	1–0 	MetLife Stadium	 	
AFC Championship	Oakland Raiders (6) 	L 20-37 	1-1 	MetLife Stadium	 	
===Standings===
====Division====
====Conference====
==Final Roster==