Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith played well down the stretch, accounting for seven touchdowns against two turnovers in the final four games. The difference was that New York increasingly used the shotgun.
"We found what worked for us and stayed the course with it," running back Chris Ivory told The Star-Ledger.
Smith worked almost exclusively out of the shotgun in college. In Week 16 against the Browns, with Smith in the shotgun, the Jets produced four scoring drives of at least 79 yards for the first time in 40 years.