Pro Football Talk has the Jets ranked #16. Not bad considering they started the year #31. We're young & talented & only going to get better with experience. It took 3 weeks, but it seems like the secondary is starting to figure things out. Like Saleh said, we have the Tallent we just need a little time to gel. 1. Eagles (4-0; No. 2): Fly, Eagles, Fly. Onward to Number One. 2. Bills (3-1; No. 3): Learning how to win close games now will help them win close games later. Like in January. 3. Chiefs (3-1; No. 6): Patrick Mahomes is the Harlem Globetrotters, and every defender he faces is the Washington Generals. 4. Packers (3-1; No. 4): They can’t keep playing like this, if they want to get to the Super Bowl. 5. Dolphins (3-1; No. 1): Can they win with Teddy Bridgewater at quarterback? 6. Cowboys (3-1; No. 9): Cooper Rush is the Cowboys’ next Tony Romo, at a time when they don’t need another Tony Romo. 7. Buccaneers (2-2; No. 7): Sunday night’s game said more about the Chiefs than it did about the Buccaneers. 8. Bengals (2-2; No. 10): They’re gradually putting it all together. 9. Ravens (2-2; No. 8): Why did John Harbaugh go for the touchdown on fourth down? He can’t trust his defense. 10. Jaguars (2-2; No. 11): It’s rare to lose and climb, but the Jaguars more than held their own in Philly. 11. 49ers (2-2; No. 15): If they can play like this consistently, they can win it all. 12. Titans (2-2; No. 12): There’s still a weird vibe coming from this team, but they’re finally winning. 13. Rams (2-2; No. 5): Matthew Stafford probably has six or seven injuries that he’s keeping to himself. 14. Vikings (3-1; No. 16): In past years, the Vikings would find a way to lose close games. This year, they’re finding a way to win them. 15. Giants (3-1; No. 17): This won’t last if they don’t have a healthy quarterback. 16. Jets (2-2; No. 24): To finish their AFC North tour at 2-2 is one of the most impressive accomplishments of the season to date. 17. Falcons (2-2; No. 27): Could they actually win the NFC South? 18. Chargers (2-2; No. 19): Yes, they won. But it was another one of those “it’s always something” games that nearly saw a huge lead become a loss. 19. Browns (2-2; No. 13): With more games like Sunday, there won’t be a quarterback quandary in Week 13. 20. Broncos (2-2; No. 14): It’s definitely not going the way Broncos fans thought it would. 21. Cardinals (2-2; No. 23): The team that can’t finish needs to figure out how to get started. 22. Seahawks (2-2; No. 28): They wouldn’t be any better than 2-2 if they hadn’t traded Russell Wilson. 23. Bears (2-2; No. 22): The Bears feel like a team that at any given moment is on the verge of completely imploding. 24. Patriots (1-3; No. 20): In what very well could be Bill Belichick’s last visit to Lambeau Field, he almost pulled off a season-altering upset. 25. Colts (1-2-1; No. 18): The win over the Chiefs was an aberration. 26. Steelers (1-3; No. 21): When do the fans start chanting for Ben Roethlisberger? 27. Saints (1-3; No. 26): They nearly won a game against a solid team without plenty of their best players. 28. Panthers (1-3; No. 25): At least Matt Rhule will be home to light the Yule log. 29. Raiders (1-3; No. 31): Next Monday night at Kansas City will go a long way toward determining whether this team has any chance to contend in 2022. 30. Lions (1-3; No. 29): Low-scoring wins are way better than high-scoring losses. 31. Washington (1-3; No. 30): The next owner will have plenty of work to do. 32. Texans (0-3-1; No. 32): They’ve yet to be embarrassed, but at some point they need to win.
And ESPN had us at 31 last week, this year they bumped us to 23. If we win this week, we should see low teens in both I believe.
I love it. It is all about Dolphins game to be honest. Such an important game for multiple reasons. 1) We all said if we start the year at 5-5, we will fight for a playoff spot come December due to soft schedule end of the season. 2) Confidence boost for our young guys. 3) Fans will start believing in this team more and will create true positive vibes in coming weeks. 4) 0-12 record against AFC East last 3 years is too embarrassing. Gotta break this bad cycle. Oh boy oh boy. Pretty pumped for the Dolphins game.
Jets have now played 4 teams that are pretty solid including on the road in Pittsburg, Lamar and the Ravens, and the Super Bowl champs and pretty much hung in there with all 4. All 4 games (you could argue) came down to good/bad breaks depending on who's side your on the way NFL games do when the teams are fairly evenly matched talent wise. I feel like after having absorbed all that its almost impossible to not be encouraged and feel like things are trending in the right direction finally. I feel like if the team continues to jell this season and the Jets are able to nail one more draft/offseason all of a sudden you might be actually legitimately thinking chance for playoffs next season for the first time in 100 years.
My bad. Thanks for correcting it. Good point. Another data I want to add. In this 4 games, we played against 2 Head Coaches(Harbaugh and Tomlin) who won Superbowl with their current teams and another one who was just at Superbowl. So in terms of coaches, this was a gauntlet to be honest.
The other thing that (may have) happened in the Pitt game. You just had so much momentum for the Steelers and Kenny Pickett's "burst onto the scene" moment. The story book entrance etc etc etc. But then... on the road in Pittsburg, as things were clearly slipping away, working behind an offensive line held together with baling twine and duct tape, you just could almost feel Wilson calmly and symbolically flick the cigarette butt off to the side, and say "not so fast bitch...." We'll see, but that really looked like an encouraging moment. A "statement" moment. And as with any NFL team, if you've somehow managed to find your quarterback your cooking with peanut oil. Everything else is a little easier if that is taken care of.
The end of the season schedule looked soft at the beginning of the season, but a lot of teams are looking better....aka Jags & Lions. They're still winnable but not so much pushovers.