TAMPA — “Same old Jets” has been a phrase followers have used for years.
However it’s one Aaron Glenn is bored with listening to.
“We aren’t the identical staff as with everybody saying, ‘same old Jets,’ Glenn stated. “These guys are going to struggle it doesn’t matter what the scenario is. There’s no surrender in them.
“I hate that time period. I actually don’t know what that time period means, however I do know this, they aren’t the identical previous Jets. These guys are fighters, I really like these guys and pay attention, we all know we have now work to do.
“I’ve said this before, this is not an instant coffee team. This is a team that’s going to continue to keep stacking until we get to where we need to get to where we can consistently win these games. I like where we are at, but I know we have a lot of work to do.”
Sunday definitely didn’t appear to be the identical previous Jets. Effectively, perhaps through the first 45 minutes of recreation motion, maybe they did.
The Jets’ protection had hassle stopping Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers’ offense after permitting 135 yards and 20 factors on the break. Tyrod Taylor, who began for Justin Fields, who was out on account of a concussion he suffered towards the Payments in Week 2, was additionally ineffective after finishing 10-for-16 passes for 55 yards with an interception and a misplaced fumble.
Once they have been down 23-6 getting into the fourth quarter, many groups may need simply rolled over and accepted their destiny.
However through the fourth quarter, Taylor led the Jets again from a 17-point deficit. First, he accomplished an 11-yard landing go to Garrett Wilson with 10:16 remaining. Then, it was Taylor’s four-yard go on fourth and purpose that minimize Tampa Bay’s result in 26-20 with 3:46 remaining.
The Buccaneers had an opportunity to increase their result in 29-20. However Will McDonald IV blocked a Chase McLaughlin 43-yard discipline purpose try after which recovered the ball and ran it for a 50-yard landing, which gave the Jets a 27-26 lead with 1:49 remaining.
However that was sufficient time for Mayfield and Tampa Bay’s offense to march down the sector and arrange McLaughlin’s 36-yard game-winning discipline purpose as time expired.
Taylor completed the sport finishing 26-of-36 passes with two touchdowns and an interception within the loss.
“It’s tough, it’s frustrating,” Taylor stated. “Clearly, as gamers, you set your cleats and your helmet, shoulder pads, you strap up, day in and day trip, to place within the work to go on the market and win. You wish to see these rewards.
“By no means are moral victories something that we accept in our locker room, but this is a young team and we’re changing in a good way. Although that was a loss today, that was a lot for us to learn from as a team as we continue to keep shifting where this Jets team is going.”
There aren’t any ethical victories within the NFL and the Jets are what their report says they’re. Gang Inexperienced is 0-3 for the third time in six seasons, and Glenn continues to be looking for his first win as a coach.
Since 1990, solely 4 groups out of 162 have made the postseason after beginning a season 0-3. That’s solely a 2.4% success fee. It’s price noting that no 0-3 staff has made the playoffs because the NFL expanded its common season to 17 video games in 2021 and added a seventh playoff staff in every convention.
However Glenn is aware of that is concerning the lengthy recreation with the Jets. Many followers have been impatiently ready for the staff to return to the playoffs for the primary time since 2010, which is the longest drought in North American sports activities.
That is concerning the Jets sustaining success yr to yr, and Glenn is just three video games into his tenure as Jets coach. Nevertheless, there have been occasions the Jets have been severely outcoached through the first 45 minutes of the sport, which led to the big deficit.
Historical past says the Jets’ playoff drought will doubtless lengthen to fifteen seasons after Sunday’s loss. However don’t inform that to the gamers, who stay assured they’ll flip the season round starting towards the additionally winless Dolphins in Week 4.
“It’s the beginning of the season,” Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner stated. “Clearly, this isn’t what we would like, this isn’t what the followers need and it shouldn’t be the case.
“But, we are staying positive about it. We would love for everybody else to stay positive about it. It’s 0-3, we got a lot more games left, and things can change in the snap of a finger, and they start coming in.”
