Jets have now the longest playoff drought in sports

Verlander to the IL... Jets now with the longest playoff drought... What a time to be alive! I LOVE being a fan!

 

that's for current streaks. growing up in the 40's and 50's, my best friend was a cleveland sports team fan. no idea why, he like me, born and bred in Da Bronx. But he suffered through 40 years of his team, the cleveland indians, not making a post season playoff. That's the record for modern era futility. Of course for many of those years only 1 team from each league made the post

 

Not the patient sort. Longest playoff drought in professional sports. Does not compute.

 

My guess is that he has made substantially the same statement periodically over the past 23 years. Some media guy ought to put his research hat on and find how many times he voiced the same story.

 

The only reason this bs is even being mentioned is because they know it's about to end. By the way, 16 years is worse than a 12 year draught. This is just another way to paint the Jets in a negative light based on cherry picked nonsense.

Let these clowns get their jabs in now. If these couple deals go down, then this team is a contender and media will be on notice.

 

Woody lacks the malice of Dan Snyder or the cheapness of Dean Spanos, but he's the dumbest owner in the NFL.

 

The playoffs drought is over this season. I guarantee it. It should have and would have ended last season if not for the very worst strike of injuries I've ever seen poured on to one team. Yeah I know, cry me a river. Every team has injuries. No, with the Jets it's been infinitely worse. Enough big injuries to one squad on the team that it literally cripples the rest of the offense. Just saying they were a healthy team away from making the playoffs last season. This season, come hell or high water, they are going to the playoffs. Every knowledgeable fan knows that the Jets are a healthy OL and a responsible QB from the playoffs. Adding Aaron Rodgers guarantees you that QB responsibility. Now just stay healthy and you're guaranteed a playoff bid. And even then I would question if a rash of injuries could ruin the Jets playoffs chances.

 

Don't do this to yourself.

 

Is this a "money back guarantee"? Do we need receipts?

 

It wouldn't take a rash of injuries for the Jets to miss the playoffs, it would only take one. If AR goes down for any significant time, the Jets are phucked.

 

we're number 1, we're number 1

 

droogte

 

While we may have the longest play-off drought... we are far from the 'hapless but lovable' stage.

 

it's actually not THAT bad:
https://champsorchumps.us/drought/longest-nfl-playoff-drought#tab-drought-historic

 

No it is actually "that bad". The majority of the teams on this list come from before the playoffs were expanded to more teams and in most cases pre-free agency.

In recent years the Jets decade+ of futility can be compared only to 2 teams, the Bills and Browns. 2 of the smallest markets in the league. For the New York Jets to have the same level of sustained dysfunction is just embarrassing and a sign of terrible leadership from team owner Woody Johnson.

(The Bills and Browns droughts ended with new team owners btw)

 

I predict this fact will continue to be true for the entirety of 2023

 

Woody's first 10 years Jets made the playoffs on the regular.

What has changed?

i can think of a few things during this drought:
-we've gotten a new (albeit shared) stadium with PSL push
-4 Gms, 4 coaches
-Tim Tebow experience
-Chris Johnson experience
-huge swing and misses on Darnold and Wilson

Bad luck? Bad leadership? A lot a bit of both?

 

Of course in those years there was only one playoff game a year, the championship and 20% of the teams participated. Today 44% of the teams are in.

 

first 10 years he had some HOFs & others left over that Bill Parcells brought in, hired by his predecessor