And hey, with the score 17-17 entering the fourth quarter, what right-minded Jets fan could feel secure about anything with their quarterback, Justin Fields, standing there with 12 passing yards to his name?<\/p>\n
But five days after they traded away Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams<\/a>, ushering in what feels like their 40th rebuild of the last 50 years, the Jets did something that transcends their position near the top of next spring\u2019s draft: They worked the problem and figured out how to win the game<\/a>, by a score of 27-20.<\/p>\n They let the other guys implode in the final minutes.<\/p>\n They let the other head coach rip off his headset on the last possession while muttering the words, Oh my God.<\/p>\n Kevin Stefanski couldn\u2019t believe that Cameron Thomas jumped offside under a ticking clock on fourth down, with the Jets having no intention of snapping the ball, just as he couldn\u2019t believe that Devin Bush committed a holding penalty on third-and-16 four plays earlier, when it appeared Fields had no intention of throwing the ball.<\/p>\n The Jets always lead the league in those unforced errors. That\u2019s why they are about to miss the playoffs for a 15th straight season, the longest streak in North America\u2019s major professional sports.<\/p>\n This absurd run of futility during a time of an expanded playoff field is the reason the Jets made their latest blockbuster trades. Everyone knows they now have five first-round picks over the next two years, including three in a 2027 draft billed as a monster class.<\/p>\n Just as everyone knows that serial losing has set the Jets up with seemingly great picks in past drafts, only for continued losing to force yet another teardown.<\/p>\n After Breece Hall raced 42 yards into the end zone off a Fields screen pass \u2014 a perfect play call against the blitz, Fields said \u2014 to give the quarterback a total of 54 passing yards, Hall maintained that the team\u2019s two-game winning streak was \u201cless about learning how to win and just being tired of losing. So I think that\u2019s probably the biggest thing \u2026 everybody is tired of losing.\u201d<\/p>\n Hall had a big day, but he fumbled on that one. The Jets have been tired of losing for years, but that feeling alone never inspired them to do much about it. They have long lacked the leadership, discipline and the extreme attention to detail required to win at the margins in a league defined by parity.<\/p>\n Maybe Aaron Glenn, who as a Jets player went from 1-15 one season to 12-4 and a place in the AFC Championship Game two years later, can pull off here what his old coach, Bill Parcells, did in the 1990s.<\/p>\n Maybe what went down in these last two games amounts to the start of a program that will defy every vile thing said about the Jets since their last trip to the playoffs in 2010.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re trying to build something,\u201d Glenn said after his first victory at MetLife Stadium. \u201cThere has to be a foundation that has to be set. \u2026 If it\u2019s truly stable, then you can sustain winning. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n Glenn knows he himself has a lot to learn. Among other things: He needs to improve his podium game, as evidenced by last week\u2019s claim that, as much as he\u2019s talked about Jets fans being proud of his team, he never said they would be proud of his team right away.<\/p>\n Glenn was back to talking about that earned customer pride Sunday, conceding that he needs time to get there. \u201cWe\u2019re still a long way from where we need to be,\u201d the coach said. \u201cBut we\u2019re trending in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n The same can\u2019t be said of the 2-8 Giants, who look more like the Jets than the Jets do when it comes to blowing games. Though they will almost certainly be starting over next year with a new head coach (and possibly a new GM), the Giants do at least employ a young quarterback who will be a star in this league \u2026 as long as the Giants can protect him and help him avoid concussions.<\/p>\n The Jets need to find their own Jaxson Dart in the draft. Along those lines, some of their fans might be worried sick that this newfound winning might hurt their chances of doing just that. They\u2019ve apparently forgotten that taking a quarterback early \u2014 Sam Darnold, No. 3 overall, 2018 \u2026 Zach Wilson, No. 2 overall, 2021 \u2014 doesn\u2019t guarantee a damn thing.<\/p>\n \n Breece Hall and the Jets celebrated a victory for a second straight game. (Vincent Carchietta \/ Imagn Images)<\/p>\n![\"New](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27546835-scaled.jpg\")
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