NFL News NFL News, Reports and Updates
Getty Images
The New York Jets were hoping to make history in 2023, but they probably weren’t hoping to make the type of history they made following Sunday’s 30-0 loss to the Miami Dolphins. With the loss, the Jets were eliminated from playoff contention for a 13th straight year, which is the longest postseason drought among America’s four major professional sports leagues.
The Jets were in a tie with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres for the longest-active playoff drought. The Denver Broncos have the second-longest postseason drought among NFL teams. Denver hasn’t made the playoffs since winning Super Bowl 50 at the end of the 2015 season.
The last time the Jets made the playoffs was in 2010, when then-coach Rex Ryan guided Gang Green to their second consecutive AFC Championship Game appearance.
Since then, the Jets have had just one winning season and have finished better than third in the AFC East on just three occasions. With their ninth loss this season, New York has now had eight consecutive losing seasons.
Jets results since 2011
2011
8-8
2nd
Rex Ryan
2012
6-10
3rd
Rex Ryan
2013
8-8
2nd
Rex Ryan
2014
4-12
4th
Rex Ryan
2015
10-6
2nd
Todd Bowels
2016
5-11
4th
Todd Bowels
2017
5-11
4th
Todd Bowels
2018
4-12
4th
Todd Bowels
2019
7-9
3rd
Adam Gase
2020
2-14
4th
Adam Gase
2021
4-13
4th
Robert Saleh
2022
7-10
4th
Robert Saleh
2023
5-9
3rd
Robert Saleh
As you can see, a lack of coaching stability is among the reasons for the Jets’ lack of success over the past decade-plus. Poor personnel decisions (like drafting Sam Darnold with the No. 3 overall pick in 2018 and signing Le’Veon Bell to a mega contract in 2019) haven’t helped, either. It also hasn’t helped that the Jets play in one of he NFL’s perennially challenging divisions that includes Buffalo, Miami and New England, who…
Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jets-eliminated-from-playoffs-now-have-the-longest-active-postseason-drought-in-americas-four-major-sports/
Author : Bryan DeArdo
Publish date : 2023-12-17 22:48:30
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
