Is this the worst New York Jets team in franchise history?
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the New York Jets dominated on defense but struggled to move the ball so much as ten yards. The Jets’ 13-6 loss to the Carolina Panthers was yet another textbook Jets game in that it went exactly the way that any but the most delusional of superfans could have predicted even before the opening kickoff. But hey, at least they had positive yardage in the passing game this time.
Speaking of the passing game, quarterback Justin Fields got benched as the Jets made the switch to Tyrod Taylor, and he should stay there. Whatever promise he showed in training camp is long gone and the Jets are left with a $30 million backup quarterback.
There’s not much else to say about an 0-7 team, so let’s get to the takeaways.
It’s time to root for losses
I’m sorry it’s come to this, Gang Green, but if you hadn’t yet given up hope for this season, that time has come. Winning games at this point will only set the team back in the draft order, and the Jets desperately need that first overall pick. Whether they spend it on a quarterback, an offensive tackle, or trade it for extra picks doesn’t matter. They just need to have that option.
Aaron Glenn must be one-and-done
In my takeaways from the Jets' Week 6 loss, I said that Glenn should ‘probably’ be fired. Well, now I’m upgrading that ‘probably’ to a ‘must’. This team has every hallmark of one that is poorly coached, and even that is putting it kindly. A more correct term would be ‘incompetently coached’.
Glenn can’t hide behind the ‘first-time head coach’ excuse anymore. He has to go sooner than later.
The Jets should resist being sellers at the trade deadline
At 0-7, every NFL general manager is going to be calling the Jets front office with trade offers for the likes of Quinnen Williams or Garrett Wilson. Darren Mougey must resist these calls, especially for his defensive players.
The Jets are a competent quarterback and head coach away from being a good team in the NFL, and that’s due almost entirely to its defensive core. Unless Mougey wants to commit to a full, multi-year rebuild of the kind that Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles undertook in 2022, then the Jets should not be movers at the trade deadline.
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