2018 New York Jets season

The 2018 New York Jets season was the franchise's 5th season in the National Football League, their 4th under head coach grv413. They finished with the best record in franchise history at 13-3, won their first AFC East title, and won their first #1 seed and first bye playoffs. It was the 4th time the team qualified for the playoffs and the 3rd straight season in which they qualified. This season was also notable as the first time the rival Miami Dolphins did not win the AFC East. The Jets clinched their title in Week 17 with a 34-31 win over the Buffalo Bills on a touchdown pass from Erik Wegert to Paul Howell with under a minute to go; if the Jets had lost this game, the Dolphins would have won the division. 
The Jets would go on to win their first playoff game in franchise history before eventually losing Super Bowl V to the Dallas Cowboys.
==Transactions==
===Arrivals===
* The Jets signed Herbert Cochran, Johnny Kuehl, and Ray Scifres on January 11.
===Departures===
* The Jets released Jeffrey Powers, John Cooke, Ronald Jagade, and David Koenig on October 11.
===Trades===
* The Jets traded Ray McBride to Cleveland for the #40 overall selection in the 2018 NFLHC Draft on October 13.
* The Jets traded Rich Barker to Green Bay for a 2019 5th round selection on October 14.
* The Jets traded Kris Lewis and a 2018 fifth round selection (150th) to Washington for James Dale and a 2018 sixth round selection (173rd) on October 23.
* The Jets traded Michael Potts, Daniel Scott, and a 2018 second round selection (54th) to Baltimore for Paul Howell and a 2018 seventh round selection (229th) on October 23.
* The Jets traded their 2018 third and sixth round selections (86th & 173rd) to Green Bay for their 2018 third round selection (69th).
* The Jets traded Jim Umenyiora to Seattle for Ken Brown on January 6.
===Free Agents===
Position	Player 	Free Agency tag	2017 team 	Contract/Notes
DT 	Bob Ballard 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 4 year, $28 million deal
CB 	Pervis Branch 	UFA 	Tennessee Titans 	Signed 1 year, $1 million deal
TE 	Charlie Bryson 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 2 year, $1.4 million deal
DE 	Sidney Burris 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $0.6 million deal
WR 	Dennis Carr 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $0.5 million deal
OT 	Don Fontenot 	UFA 	Tennessee Titans 	Signed 1 year, $3 million deal
ILB 	De'Mond Goode 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $0.5 million deal
OLB 	Clarence Harris	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 2 year, $1.2 million deal
SS 	Tony Henningan 	UFA 	Denver Broncos 	Signed 1 year, $1 million deal
OLB 	Tommy Leonard 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 2 year, $3.8 million deal
P 	John Maslowski 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 4 year, $10 million deal
G 	Ian Meyer 	UFA 	New England Patriots	Signed 1 year, $0.5 million deal
TE 	Robert Miller 	UFA 	New England Patriots	Signed 1 year, $0.5 million deal
WR 	Charlie Paul 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 3 year, $15.6 million deal
OT 	Erik Russell 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 1 year, $0.6 million deal
SS 	Taz Tomlinson 	UFA 	New York Jets 	Signed 2 year, $2 million deal
DT 	Travis Williams	UFA 	Indianapolis Colts 	Signed 1 year, $0.5 million deal
				
==Draft==
 2017 New York Jets Draft
RD	Selection	Player 	Position	College 	Notes
1 	22 	Darnerien Sohn 	OT 	Miami (FL) 	
2 	40 	Reshad Jenkins 	FS 	Houston 	
2 	54 	 	 	 	
3 	69 	Sebastian Vaughn 	SS 	Penn State 	
4 	118 	James Arnold 	DT 	Cincinnati 	
5 	150 	 	 	 	
6 	173 	 	 	 	
6 	183 	Marvin Washington	RB 	California 	
6 	 	Chris James 	DT 	North Carolina	
7 	222 	Rolando Olafson 	CB 	Notre Dame 	
7 	229 	Matt Okoye 	OLB 	Florida State 	
	Compensatory Selection
==2018 Season==
===Schedule===
====Preseason====
Week	Opponent 	Stadium 	Result 	Record	TV Broadcast
1 	at Green Bay Packers 	Lambeau Field	W 19-15	1-0 	ESPN
2 	at Washington Redskins	FedEx Field 	W 28-17	2-0 	CBS
====Regular Season====
Week	Opponent 	Stadium 	Result 	Record	TV Broadcast
1 	New England Patriots 	MetLife Stadium 	W 35-17 	1-0 	CBS
2 	Cleveland Browns 	MetLife Stadium 	W 27-20 	2-0 	CBS
3 	Miami Dolphins 	MetLife Stadium 	W 27-24 (OT)	3-0 	ESPN
4 	Detroit Lions 	MetLife Stadium 	W 19-16 	4-0 	FOX
5 	at Cincinnati Bengals 	Paul Brown Stadium 	W 19-3 	5-0 	NBC
6 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye 	Bye
7 	at Minnesota Vikings 	Wembley Stadium (London, UK)	W 22-20 	6-0 	FOX
8 	at New England Patriots	Gillette Stadium 	W 20-17 	7-0 	NFLN
9 	at Green Bay Packers 	Lambeau Field 	W 14-3 	8-0 	CBS
10 	Oakland Raiders 	MetLife Stadium 	W 20-10 	9-0 	ESPN
11 	at Buffalo Bills 	Ralph Wilson Stadium 	W 28-14 	10-0 	CBS
12 	Baltimore Ravens 	MetLife Stadium 	W 13-9 	11-0 	CBS
13 	Chicago Bears 	MetLife Stadium 	L 10-23 	11-1 	CBS
14 	at Miami Dolphins 	Sun Life Stadium 	L 10-19 	11-2 	NFLN
15 	at Tennessee Titans 	Nissan Stadium 	L 17-24 	11-3 	ESPN
16 	at Pittsburgh Steelers 	Heinz Field 	W 30-19 	12-3 	CBS
17 	Buffalo Bills 	MetLife Stadium 	W 34-31 	13-3 	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 	Miami Dolphins (5)	W 19-17 	1–0 	MetLife Stadium 	 	
AFC Championship	Denver Broncos (3)	W 26-14 	2-0 	MetLife Stadium 	 	
Super Bowl V 	Dallas Cowboys (4)	L 20-31 	2-1 	Sun Life Stadium (Miami, FL)	 	
===Standings===
====Division====
====Conference====
==Final Roster==