r/nyjets

Most people predicted us at around 4-13 or 5-12 to start the season. We are on pace to go 4-13. We just had the 2nd overall pick.

Our QB is Geno Smith. Did his good first game against the fucking Titans convince you he was gonna be some world beater?

And so far we have been competitive in every loss we have been in. That matters more to me than actually winning the games. Shit, it's actually better for us. Unless people were actually deluding themselves into thinking this team would make the playoffs?

And what are our games? A solid win against a bad Titans team? An OT loss against a mid Packers team. A 1 possession heartbreaker against the Lions? An 11 loss against an injured but good Bears team? Am I happy with this, no, but it doesn't mean the end of the world.

We have serious injuries right now to key players on a bad team. I wanna see some steps forward. I wanna see gritty losses. In the end, I want to be drafting top 5 and some semblance of stability in a franchise bereft of such shit.

Geno has been more competent than I expected. He's a vet, he doesn't make the truly stupid throw, and he's a gunslinger who will take his shots. Week 1 with a full roster, he looked good.

He also has zero field sense. Sunday, there was a 2nd and 7, he got pressured, escaped the pocket, took off, and ran out of bounds for -5. That turned it into 3rd and 12. If he'd just thrown away the ball it would have been a manageable 3rd down.

The defense deserves some credit (call me crazy) for being on the field for 89 plays and almost 43 minutes. It wasn't perfect. They couldn't get off the field (Chicago went 7/15 on third down and 2/3 on fourth), and the bad/ghost penalties hurt (12 flags for 76 yards). But holding a team to 23 after that many snaps, with 2 takeaways, should keep you in the game.

You need more from the offense. We had 6 points until a late 58-yard TD to Isaiah Williams (then missed the PAT), went 0/7 on third down, ran a franchise-low 32 plays, and had the ball for 45 seconds in the 4th quarter.

It's the NFL, and everyone deals with injuries. But without our RB1 (and best player), WR2, WR3, RG, and TE2, it's bleak. A full roster lets Geno look good. Take away a few pieces and he can't carry you.

This season was always going to be year 2 of a three-year rebuild. That's been the plan since we traded away everyone last year for picks in '26 and '27. For me, the question this yearh is whether this team looks better and more competitive. Through the first 4 games the answer is yes, and apart from Sunday it's at least been enjoyable to watch.

Isn't exactly much of a silver lining on a 1-3 record, but this is the first season since 2010 in which we haven't thrown a single pick through four weeks; that year, 16-game starter Mark Sanchez didn't throw a pick until week 6. Every single season since then, whoever the Jets' starter was in any given week 1-4 span (often multiple starters) had thrown at least one pick by this point, usually more.

We previously came close to breaking the streak in:

• 2019: Luke Falk threw one INT in week 3

• 2024: Rodgers threw one INT in week 1

• 2025: Tyrod threw one INT in week 3

The worst over that stretch was 2016 Fitztragic, who somehow got picked off 10 times in his first four games. Next-worst was ironically rookie Geno, with 8 in four weeks.

Geno doesn't exactly look effective, but it goes to show you how low the bar here is that "ineffective but not stupid" is the best quarterbacking we've had in roughly a decade.