Fans sobbed in gratitude , glossy profiles were written but despite a weak schedule their late season 5 game winning streak had 4 wins against teams who finished or worse , the Jets narrowly missed the playoffs and the house of cards quickly collapsed despite staying aggressive by bringing Fitzpatrick back, paying Mo Wilkerson a big money extension, signing Matt Forte and adding other veterans like Steve McLendon, Jarvis Jenkins and paying to keep Erin Henderson around.
It could be Kirk Cousins. The Jets have got themselves into the habit of always being the bridesmaids and never being the bride. Ultimately, the Jets used to be able to close and they hit on a high enough volume of big swings to justify their aggressiveness.
They have transitioned to struggling with closing and missing on too many big swings. It Is The Draft, Stupid. Free agency is never the primary answer on how to fix a bad roster. Cap space and the hopes of free agency tend to be wildly overrated. The top players at premium positions rarely hit the market and when they do, enough teams have cap flexibility to make the bidding wars a crapshoot at best, especially for a bad team like the Jets.
Most contracts are structured with an out after 2 years so most teams are never far away from salary cap flexibility. All these realities make it that much more critical for teams to draft well…something the Jets have not done. Despite a massive whiff on Vernon Gholston in , they still added Dustin Keller and Dwight Lowery, both major contributors during the and playoff runs.
Starting in , things began to turn south. Calvin Pryor was a first round bust in Since taking over in , the Jets only have They have an league wide average playing time percentage In , the 3rd, 4th and 5th round picks off the roster, while Marcus Maye and Jamal Adams have been quality selections but at somewhat low impact positions.
The Jets ignorance of certain positions and focus on non-premium positions has also been problematic. In 4 years Maccagnan has only draft two offensive lineman, one of which is out of the NFL. The team has used first round picks on a non pass rushing defensive linemen, a safety who thrives predominantly in the box and an inside linebacker.
They have used second round picks on a wide receiver, safety and a quarterback who is out of the NFL. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Tony Manfred. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Loading Something is loading. The club was under the command of boisterous Rex Ryan, who certainly brought a little swagger to the team.
But the bottom line is that the Jets have now gone nine consecutive years without reaching the postseason. After reaching the postseason, the club went straight seasons tournament-less before earning a wild card berth in The Jets have posted just one winning season since , and that came in when head coach Todd Bowles guided the club to a record. Unfortunately, of course, they fell short of the playoffs. Since then, there have been four straight losing campaigns under Bowles and current sideline leader Adam Gase and a combined mark.
So what went wrong for a club that roughly 10 years ago look like it was making progress? Roethlisberger had previously reached the AFC Championship game as a rookie in Mark Sanchez has done his best Roethlisberger impersonation thus far in his young NFL career, with his ability to win big road playoff games and stay cool under the pressure of the postseason. This year, both the Jets and Packers have a chance to replicate that success.
It may very well come down to the wire again on Sunday. Enjoy our content?
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