DE: Gholston - Completely undersized, was moved because he busted at OLB
NT: Pouha - Played very well filling in for Jenkins
OLB: Taylor - 35 years old, not good option on early downs
or Westermann - Undrafted in 2009, played 105 snaps
ILB: Cummings - Undrafted in 2009, no defense game experience
or Laury - Entering 5th year, played 1 defensive snap last season
CB: Wilson - 1st round rookie
/ Lowery - 3rd year player, played 566 defensive snaps last season
S: Smith - 5th year, played 424 snaps
/ Ihedigbo (Dig) - 50 regular season snaps, very few in coverage
/ Lowery
DE: Mike Wright - 9 starts, 587 snaps, 5 sacks
NT: Ron Brace - 55 snaps, was not pretty
OLB: Jermaine Cunningham - 2nd round rookie
or Rob Ninkovich - 5th round pick in 2006, 127 snaps last season
ILB: Gary Guyton - 844 snaps last season
or Tyrone McKenzie - 3rd round pick in 2009, spent all of season on IR
CB: Devin McCourty - 1st round draft pick
S: Brandon McGowan - 11 starts last season, 720 snaps
or James Sanders - 5 starts last season, 51 career starts
Summary:
Jets have 2nd year undrafted players with very little experience as primary backups, along with one high 2010 pick, a huge bust, a 35 year old, a surprisingly good fill-in last season, and a player with plenty of starting experience that may need to switch positions to see the field now.
The Patriots have a combination of players with starting experience in the past, along with 4 top-3 round picks over the last two drafts.
Basically, Patriots have high picks with no experience, Jets have undrafted players with no experience.