All-Time Greatest Jet: Thomas Jones vs. Vinny Testaverde

[Edgy MD]

Two journeymen players who came to the Jets late in their careers but surprisingly gave New York some of their best football.

Thomas Jones	Vinny Testaverde
RB	QB
2007–2009	1998–2003, 2009
Pro-Bowler (2008). Cleared 1,100, 1,300, and 1,400 yards rushing in his three seasons, accounting for the fourth-, sixth-, and 11th- best rushing seasons in team history. While that makes him seventh in total rushing yards in team history, his per-carry average was higher than all but two guys ahead of him. He was also totally stingy, fumbling only six times in 931 Jetly carries.	Pro-Bowler (1998). Seventh in voting for AP Offensive Player of the Year (1998). Two-time third-place finisher for AP Comeback Player of the Year (1998, 2000). Holds team records or most fourth-quarter comeback wins in a single season (5, 2001), and most game- winning drives in a single season (also 5, also 2001), which I guess kind of makes him the Jets' Roger Staubach. Won one Jets post- season game at quarterback and led the team in the famed "Monday Night Miracle" win, coming back from 30–7 in the fourth quarter of a 2000 game against Miami, to win 40–37.
Acting under the name Thomas Q. Jones, his credits include 2015's Straight Outta Compton and a recurring role in the Luke Cage series, making him perhaps the only Jet that is part of the Marvel universe.	Has thrown for more yards and touchdowns in the NFL than any other eligible quarterback who is not in the Hall of Fame. This may be a mixed distinction, but it's his.

[nymr83]

Wait, Jones is in Luke Cage??

[Edgy MD]

I'm all about the truth.