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Notebook | Jets Carrying O-Line Continuity into Week 18 Matchup 

OL Armand Membou and S Malachi Moore Aiming to Close Out Impressive Rookie Seasons  

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Ahead of a Week 18 matchup with the Buffalo Bills, HC Aaron Glenn ruled out TE Mason Taylor, OL Xavier Newman, RB Isaiah Davis, CB Qwan'tez Stiggers, DL Micheal Clemons and TE Jelani Woods.

Though the Jets have been battered by injuries throughout the 2025 season, the O-line has been the definition of consistency for the Green & White. On Sunday in Buffalo, the Jets will line up the same offensive line for the 17th consecutive game.

"You don't see that too often, to where you have five guys have that continuity game after game, improving, getting better week after week and not one of them go down," HC Aaron Glenn said. "So, that's a credit to those guys, too. Taking care of their bodies and understanding what they need to go out and compete every week."

Green & White Serving Youth
The Jets (3-13) will wrap up their regular season Sunday against the Bills (11-5) with one of their youngest rosters ever.

Entering Week 18, the Jets lead the NFL in snaps by first- and second-year players, totaling 9,593. The snap count is the most in franchise history since TruMedia began tracking in 2007.

The Jets' 53-man roster features five undrafted rookie free agents in starting QB Brady Cook, nickel CB Jordan Clark, S Dean Clark, DT Payton Page and WR Quentin Skinner. At the beginning of the week, the roster included 16 players that were not with the team prior to Aug. 19 and 11 of those players were acquired by GM Darren Mougey after Week 1. There were also 10 players on the active roster who were originally signed to the practice squad including Team MVP Isaiah Williams.

Last week against the Patriots, the Jets lined up with 21 players (40% of the active roster) who were not on the roster in Week 1.

The Mentality of Membou
Last week against the Patriots, rookie RT Armand Membou allowed just one pressure according to Pro Football Focus. It marked the eighth game this season that Membou allowed 1 or fewer pressures. With one game left to play, Membou is already one of seven rookie tackles over the past five seasons to allow 1 or fewer pressures in at least eight games.

"I like that he is willing to work and get better every single day, and we see improvement consistently throughout the year with him," said OC Tanner Engstrand. "I can see the development of the whole body of work starting to come into play with some of the pass protection stuff, and then the run game stuff. And I think we're starting to see a little bit of a tenacity and an attitude starting to come out just a little bit more than maybe you would have saw at the beginning of the year or even going into the spring."

At Buffalo, the Jets will line up the same starting offensive line for the 17th straight time in Buffalo. Membou has been a key piece of a consistent O-line that has opened holes for the NFL's seventh-ranked rush attack (126.7 per).

Moore Growth
Amidst a Jets secondary where change has been the constant, rookie safety Malachi Moore has become a consistent force.

Moore posted 7 tackles in last Sunday's loss vs. the Patriots, recording his fifth straight game with 7-plus tackles, which is the second-longest streak by a rookie behind only Browns LB Carson Schwesinger. Since 2000, Moore's 85 tackles rank as the sixth most by a Jets rookie defender, only 4 shy of surpassing Darrelle Revis and Erik Coleman for the fourth most.

"Malachi's been doing a good job," said DC Chris Harris. "He's still a rookie; he's still growing, and I think the process has been good for him, the maturation from the time he got here as a rookie to where he is now. He's light-years ahead of where he was when he started, so I'm excited about Malachi and the things that he can do coming up in the future."

Check out the best photos from the Jets' final regular season week of practice at 1JD.

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