Wins are important, but the Jets are good.
The New York Jets are 1-2, but to say that they've been one of the worst teams in the NFL would be very unfair.
Had the Jets got a couple of things go their way over the past two weeks against the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions, we'd be looking at a 3-0 football team with a good chance of making some noise over the next couple of weeks, as they'll take on a Chicago Bears team without its starting quarterback, the Cleveland Browns, a struggling New England Patriots squad, and the Miami Dolphins, the worst team in football.
Instead, the Jets have had one of the tougher schedules in the NFL to start the season by taking on the Packers and Lions, now sitting at 1-2. At the same time, the Jets have really competed in both of those games, so it doesn't feel right to say that the Jets are one of the worst three to five teams in the league.
Despite that reality, Pro Football Network believes it's the case, recently ranking them the 29th-ranked team in all of football.
“Good news: the New York Jets’ offense looks a lot better than what we saw from them in 2025. Bad news: their defense regressed in Week 3, and their 24 points scored weren’t enough to overcome the Lions on Sunday. Their 31-24 loss dropped them to 1-2, with both of their losses coming in one-score games against NFC North teams.
“Geno Smith threw for 321 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions on Sunday, allowing the likes of Garrett Wilson and Kenyon Sadiq to put together strong games for the Jets. But New York’s defense couldn’t get the job done, and despite looking a lot better on tape, the team heads into Week 4 under .500,” Jacob Infante of PFN wrote.
I personally don't think it's fair to call the Jets the No. 29 team in football, especially when there are multiple teams that are 0-3 and have been playing a lot worse football than the Jets.
However, I can also get behind the fact that over the past couple of decades, New York has done things like this and hasn't been able to get beyond this breaking point. If the Jets don't find a way to turn some of these tough losses into wins, that's a story for a different time.
