I’m not sure if there’s a team I knew less about when entering a game week than the New York Jets.

Seemingly their entire roster is full of guys that I’ve either never heard of or whom I forgot were in the league. I had seven or eight “Ahh, that’s where that guy went” moments when researching this article.

Remember when Leonard Williams was a beloved jewel of draft analysts, touted as a versatile and disruptive force on the defensive line out of USC? He’s now a fourth-year pro and a solid player. He’s played in every one of the Jets’ 62 games since the 2015 draft.

Safety Jamal Adams and linebacker Darron Lee were a couple other favorites of mine from draft research who ended up on the Jets, although Lee has been suspended for four games for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy.

Then again, being one of the NFL’s most dysfunctional franchises does often lead to good draft position. The Jets have just one winning season in the last eight campaigns, and they’ve won their division exactly twice since the AFL-NFL merger.

On the bright side, their fans can spell.

The Jets last played on Saturday, giving them an extra day to prepare and heal for their matchup with the Packers. More importantly, Week 15’s close loss to the 10-4 Texans was perhaps Sam Darnold’s best game as a pro. The rookie quarterback led the Jets on a 15-play drive to take lead with five minutes remaining, but the defense couldn’t contain Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins in the end.

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Similar to how some Jets players fly under the radar for me, nearly every Jets result this season has gone unseen since they embarrassed the Lions in Week 1. The Jets had a game this season in which they rushed for 323 yards, one of the 35 best performances on the ground since the merger.

In a season highlighted by video-game passing, a 300-yard rushing game is incredible.

The bad news for the Jets is that their offensive line isn’t considered very good by the metrics, and they’ve had plenty of pedestrian rushing performances since. To make matters worse, the only running backs who received carries in the Week 5 ground-and-pound—Bilal Powell and Isaiah Crowell—are now on injured reserve. Elijah McGuire is now the Jets’ top running back.

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The Jets’ defense is allowing conversions on less than one-third of third downs this season, the second-best mark in the league. Third-down conversions have been problematic for the Packers all season long, and this should be an interesting test for what’s left of the Packers’ offense.

Another problem area for the Packers has been red zone offense, and the Jets prevent red zone touchdowns at the fourth-best rate in the NFL.

The Jets’ defense ranks in the 20s in yards and points per game, but a closer look shows it may be a good unit that’s been put in some tough game situations.

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The Jets have forced 13 turnovers in their four wins, compared to just six in their 10 losses. Turnovers are a pretty good predictor of winning for any team, but the Jets need turnovers to win. Their offense simply isn’t good enough to link together several long scoring drives consistently.

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One wild card for the Jets in this game is special teams weapon Andre Roberts, who leads the NFL at 14.9 yards per punt return. The league average is 8.5. The Packers are sixth-worst in yards per return, but rookie punter JK Scott has been tremendous at forcing returners to call fair catches. Scott’s performance will be key in preventing a momentum-swinging return.