Where and how did everything go wrong for the Jets? How did they manage to miss the playoffs for 13 straight years…and are we counting down the days and weeks to 2014? Or?
The structure of a crash can start with a million different decisions in a million different places, some of which were considered shrewd at the time but naturally backfired, and others that should never have been made. There are also things.
tebow mania
GM Mike Tannenbaum thought it would be a good idea to acquire a charismatic Wildcat QB to replace starter Mark Sanchez. Joe Namath didn't. Tebow, a scatterbrained left arm, completed six passes and rushed for 102 yards in 2012.
Rex Ryan and John Idzik
The odd couple, water and oil, was facilitated by Tannenbaum's firing. Idzik used all 12 picks in the infamous 2014 NFL Draft — the infamous Idzik 12. Did Calvin Pryor and Jace Amaro in the first and second rounds ring a bell?
snoopy bowl
Sanchez won the starting job, the 2013 season, and his career with the Jets when Ryan called him up behind the offensive line in the fourth quarter to relieve rookie QB Geno Smith for the express purpose of defeating the Giants. I lost my career (shoulder surgery).
Geno
Idzhik's 2013 second-round draft pick wasn't ready for the New York market…or for that shocking 2015 preseason locker room game thrown by teammate IK Enemkpali. I wasn't ready for that.
mike mccagnan
On the recommendation of Woody Johnson consultants Charlie Casserly and Ron Wolf, he replaced Idzik in 2015 and was drafted in the second round of the 2016 draft by Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg (who had not been drafted in two seasons). ) was nominated.
Return of Levis Island
Woody Johnson made a five-year, $70 million ($39 million guaranteed) make call for Darrelle Revis and Jets fans that worked in 2015 and Father Time was suspended in 2016.
jamal adams
Maccagnan drafted the highly touted safety No. 6 overall in 2017, replacing Patrick Mahomes three years later and requesting a trade during a contract dispute.
Sam Darnold
Maccagnan traded up for the No. 3 overall pick in 2018 to get a franchise quarterback to replace Josh Allen (and Lamar Jackson).
Adam Gase
Darnold was replaced in 2019 by Todd Bowles (24-40) largely because the owner was desperate for the so-called offensive guru that Peyton Manning had worked to develop Darnold. Gase (9-23) is best known for his eyes wide open during his inaugural press conference.
Le'Veon Bell
Maccagnan's 2019 free agent high award (four years, $52.5 million) was released in October 2020.
Gus and Maccagnan
Oil and water II. The head coach was not in favor of signing Bell and won a power struggle, firing him as GM three weeks after the 2019 NFL Draft.
Mekhi Becton
GM Joe Douglas used the No. 11 pick in the 2020 draft as LT because he was “not the player of the future” due to injuries and overeating.
Robert Saleh
Douglas and Christopher Johnson, with Woody Johnson serving as ambassador to the United Kingdom, were confident that their new head coach in 2021 would be a different, passionate leader/CEO from Gase. Saleruya!
WR Denzel Mims and Elijah Moore
Mims caught 42 passes and had no TDs from 2020 to 2022, and Moore (80 catches, 6 TDs in 2021 and 2022) was sent home from practice by Saleh before requesting a trade in 2022. Both were second-round picks.
zach wilson
Douglas' franchise-altering strikeout cost Darnold the No. 2 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, sending him to the Wolves. BYU's quarterback had it easy.
Nathaniel Hackett
Saleh called the new 2023 OC/play-caller a “home run” hire, which will help convince Aaron Rodgers more than anything else. Now he helps playcaller Todd Downing.
savior
Let the Aaron Rodgers romance begin.
Randall Cobb and Allen Lazard
Rogers' friend. Long before Davante Adams arrived.
Achilles
Four damn plays. There are no comeback kids.
backup plan
Zach Wilson. Too bad Joe Flacco wasn't invited back.
big fire
Woody Johnson fired Saleh (20-36) after five games under defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, trying to burn out and spark a season that not even Rodgers could salvage.
Google's Murphy's Law. Longtime Jets fans think so.
