4 interesting stats from the Jets’ Week 17 win over Bills

In Sunday’s win over the Bills, the Jets hung onto an ugly one and ended their season on a high note, finishing 6-2 after a 1-7 start.

A win is a win.

The Jets proved that with Sunday’s ugly 13-6 takedown of the Bills in Buffalo. With the Bills already locked into the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoffs, they held out mutiple starters and only played starting quarterback Josh Allen for two series.

From there it was the Matt Barkley show. In the pouring rain, the Bills backup quarterback was erratic, throwing two interceptions and fumbling once. Gregg Williams’ defensive unit held the Bills without a touchdown, while Adam Gase’s offense did just enough to win, despite two missed field goals from Sam Ficken.

Let’s take a look at some interesting stats from New York’s conclusion to the 2019 season.

NFL History

With Sunday’s 13-6 win over the Bills, the Jets became the eighth team in NFL history to start 1-7 and finish 7-9 or better, according to the team’s website.

Since the start of 16-game schedules in 1978 (not including the strike-shortened 1982 campaign), 111 teams had started 1-7 or worse and only six teams finished 7-9 or better (5.4%).

The second half of the 2019 season marked the Jets’ best second-half finish since 2006.

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Jets vs. Bills: Game info, where to watch, notes

Here’s everything you need to know for the Jets’ season finale with the Bills.

The Jets will look to close their season out on a high note when they take on the Bills on Sunday.

These two teams last faced off in Week 1. The Jets jumped out in front early, but blew a 16-point lead and fell by a final score of 17-16. A lot has changed since then, as the Jets have been hampered by injuries and are not heading to the playoffs, while the Bills have clinched the No. 5 seed in the AFC.

If the Jets are going to secure their seventh win of the year, they’ll have to take advantage of the Bills backups. With Buffalo locked into the No. 5 seed, Sean McDermott won’t play his starters too long. When the backups come in the Jets will have to pounce on them.

The Jets will still have to do their part in spite of the Bills’ backups. They still need to go out and play a clean football game by not turning over the football and playing smart defensively. Given everything that has happened to the Jets this season, seven wins would be a step in the right direction for this team.

Here’s everything you need to know for Sunday’s season finale:

Who: New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills
When: 1:00 p.m. ET, Sunday, December 29, 2019
Where: New Era Field, Orchard Park, New York
TV/Radio: CBS, ESPN 98.7 F.M. For a Spanish broadcast check out 1050 AM ESPN
Livestream: fuboTV (try it free)
Line: Bills -1