Will the Jets break the franchise record for longest playoff drought

DefenseWinsChampionships · Jun 13, 2021

NYJ1970 said: ↑

there's a missing piece to this issue......

first of all, now that Joe Douglas had been here for a while, I think there's realities that need to be acknowledged:

1) Gase was an exceptionally BAD HC. With that being said , the root cause of the Jets futility was NOT the HC. I firmly believe that both Rex Ryan and Todd Bowles were fine HC's. I personally think Rex Ryan was better, but Bowles was NOT a bad coach. The problem always was the GENERAL MANAGER. The fact is, Mike Tannenbaum, John Idzik, Mac, not any one of them could draft their way out of a wet paper bag. They were straight up incompetent idiots. Their inability to draft guaranteed the Jets futility. A HC MUST have talent to win and Rex and Bowles never had talent to work with.

2) That's NOT the case now. Joe Douglas IMO is the first GM that actually has a plan. He actually draft well?! Can you believe it? As shocking as that sounds as a Jets fan, Chris and Woody actually made a GOOD hire this time. So now that JD has essentially overhauled the roster. The idea that the roster is talentless is a historical idea that no longer exists.

3) Another fact that doesn't get mentioned enough is INJURIES. The Jets have been ravaged by injuries the past two seasons. Two seasons ago they were signing linebackers off the street and starting them on Sunday. The Jets I think lost every linebacker on the roster for part of all of the season? Last season at one point I think the ONLY healthy WR they had that could start was Berrios. When you get gashed by injuries the way the Jets have there's simply no way you can win.

So really what we have right now is a brand new HC, a GM that has actually started drafting well and adding decent players through free agency, and ZERO results on the field. It's all new really from top to bottom. My belief is this team IS talented enough to find themselves this season in that endless abyss of parity. Just another team with anywhere from 7 to 9 wins. I don't think the Jets are any longer a talentless roster. I think quite frankly Mac was the WORST GM this team had ever had although it's debatable about whether him or John Idzik was the worst.
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Excellent, excellent post.

You're correct, our roster is 100% turned around under Joe Douglas and I could be wrong but i believe that only 5 players in Chris Herndon, Marcus Maye, Folorunso Fatukasi, Nathan Shepherd and Thomas Hennessy remain from under Mike Maccagnan's regime.

JD has cleaned house and now we're featuring a brand new roster heading into 2021 (I'm super excited for this team).

PS: I enjoy a lot of your posts @NYJ1970 and you seriously need an Avatar man; so I present to you... The 1970 Jets!!

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