Official Serious Debate: When was the last time the team was this depressing?

[SixFeetDeep]

last Jets QB with a winning record in New York was Mark Sanchez

8-12: Zach Wilson
1-7: Joe Flacco
1-2: Mike White
13-25: Sam Darnold
0-2: Luke Falk
0-1: Trevor Siemian
5-11: Josh McCown
1-6: Bryce Petty
13-14: Ryan Fitzpatrick
1-2: Mike Vick
12-18: Geno Smith
33-29: Mark Sanchez

Ok I wasn’t planning on going SOJF but seeing this was absolutely worse

[Badger]

Ok I wasn’t planning on going SOJF but seeing this was absolutely worse

I'm gonna cut you

[MBGreen]

aren't we 6-4? wtf is this

[SixFeetDeep]

aren't we 6-4? wtf is this

[CatoTheElder]

Lol we've tripled our win total from last season. Walk back off of the ledge.

[Badger]

Vindicating my previous belief that this thread should have stayed locked.

[guinness77]

Perfect use of this meme.

[mj2sexay]

Hello darkness my old friend.

[Derek Smalls]

Vindicating my previous belief that this thread should have stayed locked.

1-5 since this post.

[Derek Smalls]

So what's the best comparison for this season. Here are my top 3 candidates for my lifetime.

2008
- Started 8-3, collapsed down the stretch due largely to QB injury
- Fits the mode of "hot start, collapse, QB injury"
- Main difference: 2022 team was never anywhere near as good as the 2008 team was

2019
- Same record of 7-9 through 16 games.
- Both had 2nd-year QB who didn't take major step forward and dealt with injuries
- Main difference: 2019 started 1-7 and ended 6-2, while 2022 started 7-4 and ended 0-5.

2000
- Jets start 6-1, lose 3 straight, then to to 9-4, and end season on 3-game losing streak
- Both teams had miracle victories early in the season
- Both teams boosted by draft class with multiple 1st-round picks
- Main difference: Despite the rookies, this was mostly a veteran team with a new coach

[Badger]

1-5 since this post.

Not my fault you bitches can't stop bumping it every year.

The current answer is 2020. The previous answer was 1996.

[dcm1602]

Brian Costello
This is incredible. Where Jets QBs have been ranked by QB rating over last few years: 2022: Zach 33 of 33 qualified 2021: Zach 31 of 31 2020: Sam 35 of 35 2019: Sam 27 of 32 2018: Sam 31 of 33

[SixFeetDeep]

Spending the #2 and #3 picks on those guys and seeing them fail so spectacularly, so miserably, and so quickly is pretty depressing for me. This year was particularly awful because the rest of the team was good and with mediocre QB we probably make the playoffs. Now it’s back to square 1 looking for a QB when we haven’t had a legitimate long term solution since Pennington

[Heismanberg]

This year was particularly awful because the rest of the team was good

No, it wasn't.  We thought it was, but the offense was pretty bad all-around.

The offensive line was very bad even before AVT got injured.

We can't place all of the blame on the QB this time.  The offense fell apart around the QB - the OL was bad, Garrett Wilson was the only consistent WR, and our running game stunk after Hall got injured. 

[SixFeetDeep]

No, it wasn't.  We thought it was, but the offense was pretty bad all-around.

The offensive line was very bad even before AVT got injured.

We can't place all of the blame on the QB this time.  The offense fell apart around the QB - the OL was bad, Garrett Wilson was the only consistent WR, and our running game stunk after Hall got injured. 

“Team” includes the defense too.

You can nitpick if you want, but it’s easily the best team we’ve had in years and were playing well enough to compete in a crappy AFC.

Ok, so we can agree that they were playing well enough until their 2 best players on offense went out for the season. Definitely coincided with the collapse in QB play.