The yr 2010 was the yr of the primary iPad, the rise of social media and the Jets’ final playoff look.
Gang Inexperienced was as soon as once more eradicated from postseason competition following its 34-10 loss on Sunday to Miami.
The sport was principally over after the Jets fell behind 21-0 with 3:39 remaining within the first quarter in a sport they wanted to maintain their slim playoff hopes alive.
“Get better, that’s how I process it,” Jets coach Aaron Glenn mentioned. “The one factor that we will do is enhance and get higher. Earlier than you can begin to constantly win, you need to enhance in all areas. That features us as coaches. All of us have to enhance.
“If we want to consistently win in this league, we’ve got to get better.”
The Jets weren’t anticipated to contend for a playoff spot in Glenn’s first season as coach. However they had been out of the playoff hunt earlier than the calendar hit Halloween.
“It’s s–tty,” Jets move rusher Jermaine Johnson mentioned. “No person likes shedding. I really like the Jets and I wish to do every thing in my energy to vary this factor round.
“We gotta dig deep and we figure out how to do this thing.”
Gang Inexperienced started this season 0-7, and its offense and protection had been each dreadful. It additionally didn’t assist that their largest offseason signing was an entire bust.
The Jets signed Justin Fields, hoping he might be the subsequent quarterback to show round his profession with a distinct group that drafted him after signing him to a two-year, $40 million contract in March. However all of the Jets received in return was the worst passing assault within the NFL and a quarterback who refused to throw downfield.
Fields led the Jets to only two wins this season earlier than he was benched for Tyrod Taylor forward of their loss to the Ravens in Week 12. In 9 begins (2-7), Fields threw for 1,259 yards, seven touchdowns, and one interception. Nevertheless, Fields by no means displayed sufficient consistency to warrant him sustaining his beginning spot, which can also be what occurred when he was the beginning quarterback with the Bears and the Steelers.
Fields’ play was so horrific, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson criticized him on the annual Fall League Conferences in Manhattan in October. Taylor began in Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins, however he injured his groin within the first quarter and didn’t return. Fields was unavailable after he was dominated out as a consequence of knee soreness, and the Jets needed to flip to undrafted rookie Brady Cook dinner, who was elevated from the apply squad, in a sport through which the Dolphins led 21-0 within the first quarter.
Cook dinner’s play in opposition to the Dolphins solely magnified how a lot the Jets must discover a franchise quarterback subsequent offseason. He accomplished 14-of-30 passes for 163 yards and two interceptions.
With the draft capital they amassed after dealing each Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams on the commerce deadline, the Jets may draft a quarterback in subsequent April’s draft. One factor is for positive, they should discover two quarterbacks, a doable future franchise quarterback and a veteran that might be a bridge to the rookie they could choose in both 2026 or 2027.
It’s painfully evident that Fields just isn’t the reply for the Jets. Taylor might be that bridge quarterback the Jets search, however he has been snake-bitten by accidents all through his profession and hasn’t been capable of show he can keep on the sector. Taylor may even be 37 subsequent August.
Till the Jets discover a constant reply on the quarterback place, it’s laborious to examine them breaking this playoff drought any time quickly.
“It’s a yearly thing, it definitely starts to weigh on you,” Jets working again Breece Corridor mentioned. “On the finish of the day, you form of have a look at your self.
“You see your peers and you see other guys that you know you’re just as good as or if not better than them and they just get to have a lot of fun. With AG here, I see the vision and I see how things are changing around. We just gotta be better as a team and go out and execute.”
All of the Jets points shouldn’t simply be positioned on the offense. Whereas they’ve performed higher recently, the Jets protection additionally deserves blame for his or her document this season.
Earlier this season, the Jets protection seemed outcoached at occasions. Gamers have missed tackles and been out of place, leaving opposing broad receivers open for a number of explosive performs downfield and that’s exactly what occurred in opposition to the Dolphins.
The Jets allowed a season-high 239 yards on the bottom. In Week 2, the Payments completed with 224 dashing yards, which led Williams on the time to say that they, as a protection, “made a pact and that it won’t ever happen again.”
Though Williams is now in Dallas, it did occur once more, and too typically the Jets protection has been sloppy. That’s stunning, since they ranked within the high 4 in yards allowed in every of the previous three seasons.
“Obviously, as a player, you want to go as far as possible,” Jets linebacker Jamien Sherwood mentioned. “Every year, you wish to progress.
“But it is what it is. I’m going to come in to work ready to go and finish the season strong and I’m going to stick with my brothers at the end of the day.”
