The Jets stood pat at the NFL trade deadline, and that alone told the story of where this season sits. New York did make one move, sending Andre Cisco to Detroit, but there was no push to bring in help for a team that doesn’t look like a playoff club right now.
That decision lined up with what Aaron Glenn said Wednesday when he explained why the Jets didn’t get aggressive. “Listen, we're not going to hide from the fact that we're 2-7.
We own that, but, man, we're still working our asses off to make sure we fix that. We feel like we like the players that we have in the building to be able to help us do that,” Glenn said, per ESPN's Rich Cimini.
Glenn also pushed back on the idea that the record tells the whole story, calling the team “on the cusp” because of how close several of the losses have been.
“When you look at the seven losses, and this is just the facts - five of the teams (are) playoff-caliber teams. I think five of them were one-score games. I think two (of the losses were) three points, one five-point and two seven points.”
Cimini noted, though, that the Jets have faced the 23rd hardest schedule this season, according to ESPN analytics. So while the games have been tight, the bottom line hasn’t changed: the Jets are still losing.
There’s no denying the gap between where New York is now and where it wants to be. The bigger-picture optimism comes from the future, especially the 2027 offseason, when the Jets will have three first-round picks in the 2027 NFL Draft. If things break the right way, all three could land in the top 10, giving New York a chance to chase a franchise quarterback and add more blue-chip talent around him.
For now, though, the frustration is in the present. The Jets chose patience over urgency at the deadline, and that leaves them heading into a Week 10 home game against Buffalo.
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