Seahawks
This is still the best secondary in the league, bar none. With or without Byron Maxwell, the unit nicknamed the “legion of boom” still boasts three all-Pros: Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, and Earl Thomas. Slated to replace Maxwell is Cary Williams, formerly of the Eagles. Obviously Williams is more of a pedestrian player and pales in comparison to the big names on his unit, which leads some to believe that he could be picked on quite a bit as a weak spot in the Hawks secondary. But at the end of the day, Williams is a viable CB2 for most teams in the league. Williams does have a tendency to get beat over the top, but covering for that deficiency is what Earl Thomas and Karl Chancellor are for. So as a whole, this secondary will still be very difficult to exploit.
Jets
The stock of the Jets secondary shot straight up after they basically signed all of the top corner prospects in this year’s free agency at once. Darrelle Revis, arguably the best cornerback in the NFL, was made the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history with a 5-year $70 million contract. Antonio Cromartie and Buster Skrine are also both top-flight corners. In New York, Revis and Cromartie will play on the edges while Skrine mans the slot. So the Jets are set at corner, save for the fact that Revis and Cromartie are getting a little older (Revis 30, Cromartie 31).
But the primary reason why the Jets secondary still cannot match up with that of the Seahawks is their safeties - both Calvin Pryor and Marcus Gilchrist are average players at best. Some also consider team chemistry an issue in that virtually all of the starting secondary is coming from other teams(Gilchrist was also signed from the Chargers). It is well known however, that Revis and Cromartie played together on the Jets from 2010-2012.
