In my opinion, it comes down to 2 issues: 1. Beat Pitt on Sunday. Not sure if 2-5 is a hole we can come out of, would need a lot of luck and to beat Texans and go on a tear. You just can't win every NFL game, seems like odds would not be in our favor. 2. Reddick....hear me out. This is 20+mm of team salary missing, DL salary missing. We can all agree JD messed up letting JFM, Jefferson, Rankins, whoever all go. We banked on a 3 man DE rotation of mcd+JJ+reddick...now that 2/3 aren't playing, our DE depth has been awful and McDonald is too light vs the run. Coupled with the fact our DT's have been a major downgrades from the guys above (excluding team captain Quinnen) who has been bad this year. But if this was JD's plan, he needs to salvage reddick. Either trade him for a SSDE or good DT or sign him. Our DL may be the downfall of this team. It's a major major weakness. Honestly shocked Russell Wilson is getting the nod this week.
Probably gotta win 8 of the remaining 11 games. Pretty tough road. I'd say practically impossible (though not mathematically impossible) if the Jets lose Sunday night.
7-4 gets them in with the right tie breakers (Indy + Pitt) Season probably comes down to those 2x Miami games though if I had to guess.
We've been here lots. Lets see what the same ol Jets playbook calls for: We will lose to Pitt, and then go on a tear to finish 9-8, just enough to miss the WC and blow a good draft position. We hire a rookie HC, and Woody pounds the table to trade up for a media darling QB whose development we will set back 5 years.
You're right--the season comes down to two things: 1. Cut Greg Zuerlein 2. Cut Tyron Smith Smith is awful. How many sacks and pressures has he already allowed???? And without his holding penalty on the TD run, Zuerlein wouldn't had the chance to miss a FG, just an extra point.
Ok, so we spent our first round pick on a LT. If he can’t perform, that’s an issue too. Another Joe D classic?
I thought you had written Brad Pitt. I was excited for a second. Who else could save the season but hollywoods leading man.
One glimpse at Brad Pitt's jaw line would turn Woody Johnson into a quivering mess. He was so intimidated by Rodgers that he tried to shrivel away from shaking his hand at the intro presser and he had to be told to shake his hand, then he kind of cowered over to him like Igor and I'm sure he offered a limp, damp jellyfish version of a handshake. I would be interested in knowing how many occasions since the Rodgers trade that he and Woody have stood in the same room.
The Jets remaining schedule is pretty easy probally one of the easiest in the nfl, but it's the Jets so they will get on a roll and on the final game of the season in a must win game they won't showup and commit 29 penalties and drop every pass. All kidding aside if they lose the next game season is over, and we need to blow the team up and start over. We can get so much draft capital for the next gm by blowing the team up.
Ha! I said something similar in another thread "The jets will win this and beat the Patriots in order to get hopes up - then lose to the Texans - then go into a random win/lose pattern the rest of the season and narrowly miss the playoffs but show "enough" that JD keeps his job and Ulrich gets made permanent and nothing ever gets better - you know this will be the case already." It really is a case of the SOJ every year.
The Broncos were supposed to be one of the easiest outs and this team made it look PAINFUL in the loss. Not happening.
I feel you!!! I'd have to say that was probably the most humiliating loss this team has endured in the last 5 or 6 years. The "coop de grass" would be if we lost the next one with New England. Drake Maye looks good and I could EASILY see NE splitting with this team. Same with Miami. With the way they are playing, I don't see them reaching last year's win total unless something drastically changes. Sorry but the firing of Robert Saleh was not drastic enough.
