Jets are first team since at least 1933 with no takeaways through five games

The Jets were the only team in the NFL without a takeaway heading into Week 5 and they are the only team without one heading into Week 6.

That run has earned them a place in league history. PFT noted last week that turnovers began being tracked as a statistic in 1933 and no team had ever gone without a takeaway through the first five games of a season. The Jets now stand alone on that front.

“That’s true. Well, I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I just know this, that we haven’t taken the ball away,” head coach Aaron Glenn said, via a transcript from the team. “That’s one of the things you guys are going to hear me say, it’s not giveaways, it’s not turnovers, you have to take the ball away. That’s what you do as a defense. That has to be the mentality of the defense, that we have