The New York Jets made the AFC Conference Championship Game in two of Rex Ryan’s three seasons, and the third was considered an outright disaster but still finished with an 8-8 record.

Mike Tannenbaum has been general manager of the Jets since 2006 and is well entrenched in the position

RealGM has been using a statistic called the Trench Counter to rank NFL teams since the 2007 season

The Trench Counter accounts for average yards per pass, yards per carry, penalty yards, first downs and turnovers to determine how well teams control the game in the most meaningful ways.

The Jets rank 13th in Trench Counter from the 2007 season through 2011.

Below are their season-by-season rankings, Trench Counter totals and actual record in parentheses.

2007: 20th, -2.4 (4-12)
2008: 12th, +2.1 (9-7)
2009: 11th, +3.3 (9-7)
2010: 7th, +4.8 (11-5)
2011: 15th, +0.6 (8-8)