The Draw Play

Sometimes I wonder what the New York Jets did to anger God.

The Jets currently have the longest playoff drought in the NFL, at 15 years. Meanwhile, their division rival and league juggernaut Patriots are not only back in the playoffs, but are playing for the franchise’s 7th Super Bowl with their 3rd overall pick franchise QB. They had a drought that was less than a decade. Those fans didn’t have to wait long at all to experience meaningful football.

On the other side, the Seahawks are being led by their own 3rd overall pick QB, except that QB was who the Jets picked in 2018. Sam Darnold was just another in a line of saviors of the franchise for the Jets that failed to save the franchise. The Jets cannot be saved. The Jets are eternally damned. The most famous thing Sam Darnold did for the Jets was catch Mono and see ghosts.

I assume all Jets fans are rooting for the Seahawks and Sam to annihilate the Patriots and arent terribly bitter about Sam himself. If you are a Jets fan, you have to understand that Sam was likely never the real problem; the Jets are the problem. It took Sam years of toiling away as a backup to even regain some dignity, and really not until this year has he managed to actually shake off most of the memes. I’ll probably root for Daniel Jones if he ever ends up in the same position Darnold is in.