Cornerback · New York Jets

Brandon Stephens

No. 21 · 6th season

No interceptions all season, and the Jets are taking it personally

Fifteen years without a playoff appearance is a long time. Losing every game but three in a single season makes it longer. The New York Jets finished 2025 at 3 and 14, and somewhere in that stretch they went the entire year without a single defensive interception — a fact that cornerback Brandon Stephens said is hard to even believe.

Stephens has been in the secondary long enough to know what that kind of season feels like from the inside. On a team built around defenders, going a full year without taking the ball away stings in a specific way. It is the kind of failure that follows you into the offseason.

What came through when Stephens talked about it was not resignation. He said the team is taking it personally. That is a small thing, but it is the right thing — the difference between a group that accepts its situation and one that is still bothered enough to do something about it.

Fifteen years is a long wait for Jets fans. The question heading into next year is whether that personal anger is enough fuel to start closing the gap.

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