The Jets found a way to pile up the numbers and still come away empty.
They dropped their third straight game and suffered a second straight home loss, this time against a Raiders team that had been mired in a four-game losing streak. That followed last week’s loss to the 0-5 Dolphins, who came into the building and grabbed their first win of the season. The Jets are now 1-5 in one-score games this year, a clear sign they have not been able to finish.
What makes this one sting even more is how much the offense did right. The Jets became only the third team in the last 45 years to score on six straight possessions to open a game and still lose. They also finished with 400-plus total yards, a 100-plus yard rusher and a 100-plus yard receiver, and still walked off beaten.
The defense, meanwhile, keeps dragging the whole operation down. Aaron Glenn said his superpower was calling defense, but that unit is now the worst in the AFC East after giving up 188 points through eight weeks and 92 points over the last three games.
Against a static Kirk Cousins, the Jets managed just one sack and did not force a turnover. For those keeping track, they have only one interception in the 25 games overseen by Aaron Glenn.
That’s the bigger picture, and it’s not flattering: the Jets have won just 5 of their last 25 games. They are not playing complementary football.
When the offense gets rolling, the defense leaks. When the defense shows up - which has been rare lately - the offense looks behind the times for the modern NFL.
There will be plenty of talk about how close they are, how long it takes to fix a bad franchise, how to spot the green shoots, how to take the positives from a loss. But the reality is hard to ignore now: the turnaround won’t happen in 2026, so this is apparently a year 3 rebuild.
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