Another New York Jets season has come and gone without the team sniffing a playoff spot. The team was pragmatically eliminated when they lost a week 13 game to the 0-11 Cincinnati Bengals, spoiling an otherwise productive second half that saw them finish 6-2 in their final 8 games.

The 6-2 was not enough to dig them out of an embarrassing 1-7 start and ultimately netted them a 7-9 record overall, the same record Adam Gase had last year in Miami and the same amount of wins he’s averaged over his four years as a NFL Head Coach (30-34). It was the worst debut season for a new Head Coach since Rich Kotite for the Jets and stretched their playoff drought to nine years, the third longest drought in the NFL and ninth longest drought in the big four professional American sports. 

Despite all the above, the team did improve their record by three games from 2018 and there is a zero percent chance any major changes will happen to the coaching staff. Jets fans should not expect a playoff mandate from Christopher or Woody Johnson this offseason and should begin accepting the reality that Adam Gase is probably here through 2021 even if the team stretches to ten years without the postseason, despite the team’s struggles on offense in 2019. This is as much of Gase’s organization now as anybody not named Jimmy Sexton.  

What ultimately happened this year and what did we learn? 

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Author: Joe Caporoso

Joe Caporoso is the Owner and EIC of Turn On The Jets. His writing has been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, MMQB and AdWeek. Caporoso played football his entire life, including four years at Muhlenberg as a wide receiver, where he was arguably the slowest receiver to ever start in school history. He is the VP of Social Media at Whistle Sports View all posts by Joe Caporoso