The Jets can't fly around turbulence.
New York Jets fans received random attacks from Jeopardy! as the team endures another tough losing season. Thursday night, just hours after it was reported that owner Woody Johnson is making key team decisions based on player evaluations from the video game series “Madden NFL.”
Gang Green fans were left stunned when host Ken Jennings revealed the answer to the final Jeopardy! The clue for the “Super Bowl History” category was based on the Jets' lack of postseason success over the decades.
The tip Jennings read was, “They're the only team that played in the Super Bowl before Neil Armstrong's moonwalk and haven't been back to the big game since.”
All three contestants may have to brush up on their football history to answer the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, and Houston Texans, but Jennings revealed the correct answer is the New York Jets. .
“The Jets, the winners of Super Bowl III, have had a pretty tough 55-year run,” Jennings said.
Contestant Laura Fada won as the champion by betting only $2,400 of the $13,600 on the final question.
But many fans of the Big Apple series who watched America's most popular quiz show also felt like losers.
“There's even danger in today's jets. I'm in hell,” one exhausted fan wrote to X.
One user said, “Jets fans can't even safely watch dangerous games these days.”
“No one on Jeopardy knowing the Jets are in the Super Bowl might be the worst moment in Jets franchise history. Even lower than being a little disgusted by the Final Jeopardy question,” said another. people pointed out.
“Damn final @Jeopardy, why do you have to hurt us Jets fans so much? We've suffered enough!” one Gang Green fan asked.
The Jets last appeared in the Super Bowl in 1969, when quarterback Joe Namath, now 81, led the team to a 16-7 victory over the Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts).
Aside from Armstrong walking on the moon, the last time Gang Green won the Lombardi Trophy was when Richard Nixon was president-elect and more than 500,000 U.S. troops were fighting in the Vietnam War. This was around the time that Led Zepplin was about to release their first album, The Brady Bunch. We were filming Season 1, and there were still a few months before the Woodstock Music Festival.
A blow to 'Jeopardy!' It was a miserable day for the franchise and the end of the entire season.
Jets fans learned early Thursday that owner Woody Johnson turned down a potential trade for former Broncos star and current Browns wide receiver Jerry Jeudy because his “Madden NFL” rating was too low. The Athletic learned that former Jets general manager Joe Douglas told Denver.
The decision was reportedly influenced by his teenage son Brick. 18 year old Harvard freshmanand the younger Jack.
Jeudy was one of the NFL's best receivers this year, totaling 70 catches for 1,052 yards and four touchdowns, despite shaky quarterback play in Cleveland.
The Jets enter Week 16 with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, but are out of playoff contention.
This year marks the 14th consecutive season the team has missed the playoffs and the 19th time in Johnson's 25 years as owner.
