New York Jets - A New Legacy

[CakeWalker]

Year One | Game Week Fifteen Preview

- Despite the Jets looking stronger throwing the ball with Wilson returning from injury, New York suffered another big loss last week and went negative in record for first time in the the season 6-7.

- Robert Saleh made the point that the Division game with the Dolphins is a must win game - and that season has proven to have been tough for a the team, but that with four game left this franchise can still earn a playoff berth with four games left in regular season - but that finishing with a positive win to loss ratio is vital​

 

[CakeWalker]

The AFC East in this universe be real shaky bruh

At this point - I have no idea what is going on, outside of my own shortcomings.

 

[CakeWalker]

roller coaster season

very much a Ronan Keating song

 

[CakeWalker]

Year One | Game Week Fifteen

- The Jets would turn up at the Hard Rock Stadium with a real sense of purpose, and for the first time this season the Jets had lost more games than they had won with a current record of 6-7. The first half would be a tight affair between both teams, with both divisional rivals slotting over two field goals each. Wilson’s partnership with Fitzgerald had been a great linkup between rookie and veteran this season, and the half would see Fitzgerald score his 6th Touchdown of the season as well as catch a career 1,500 career reception. The half would end with Dolphins scoring a TD of their own with the scores level at 13-13.

- The Jets would continue to play positive football and Wilson would find Fitzgerald once again, giving the Jets a narrow lead of 20-13, with the Jets defense creating a solid wall and preventing the Dolphins from getting points on the board.

- The final quarter would be fiercely competitive with it clear that both these divisional rivals were fighting tooth and nail to make their season’s relevant. The Dolphins would close the gap by slotting a long distance field goal, but the Jets would place a perfect punt on a following phase to pin the Dolphins back in their 5 yard line and pancake Miami and claim a safety to make it 22-16 in their favor.

- The Dolphins would look to steal the game with just three minutes left on the clock by scoring a long distance TD to push ahead by just one point with the score at 22-23.

- The Jets would keep on the pressure and work down the field until they were kicking range, before New York would start to run down the clock – before Gostkowski would walk onto the field and convert a 27 yard field goal to win a key divisional game that would put the Jets at 7-7 with just three game left in the regular season.

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TEAM​	1ST​	2ND​	3RD​	4TH​	FINAL​
JETS​	10​	3​	7​	5​	25​
DOLPHINS​	3​	10​	0​	10​	23​

Key Stats

Passing
Wilson 26/35 | 74% Reception | 3 TD | 2 INT

Rushing
Carter 24 ATT | 136 yds | 5.6 Average
Coleman 11 ATT | 55 yds | 5.0 Average

Receiving
Fitzgerald 8 Rec | 116 yds | 14.5 Average | 2 TD
Herndon 8 Rec | 61 yds | 7.6 Average
Berrios 4 Rec | 65 yds | 16.2 Average ​

 

[Bobby Barrows]

10-7 szn incoming.

 

[CakeWalker]

Prediction Update #3

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Game​	Jeff​	Grim​
Jets @ Texans​	6​	6​
Eagles vs. Jets​	7​	7​
Saints vs. Jets​	-​	-​
Jets @ Dolphins​	-​	-​
TOTAL​	7-7​	7-7​

 

[CakeWalker]

Year One | Playoff Picture Update

- With three games left in the regular season with a record of 7-7, the Jets could potentially secure themselves a berth in the playoffs if they claimed a victory over Jacksonville dependent on the result of both the Patriots (vs. The Bills) and the Dolphins (vs. The Saints) taking place this weekend. Both teams currently held a record of 5-9 - so both sides would have to win all three games to leapfrog the Jets. Currently the Jets are the lowest ranked team actively involved in the playoff picture in the AFC.

- With records of 11-3 each the Browns (AFC North) and the Chiefs (AFC West) had both booked themselves a slot in the playoff, with the Titans (AFC South) very close to winning their division and only needing one more win to guarantee their spot. Currently, the Texas (9-5), Bengals (8-6) & Steelers (8-6) were in contention and holding the Wildcard spots.

- Robert Saleh would make a statement that fellow AFC East Divisional rivals had been having a subpar season and that normally in order to win this division you needed to claim eleven or twelve wins, but that wouldn’t see the case this season. He would make the point that even if the Jets managed to qualify for the playoffs or win the AFC East, this was not the standard of football he wanted for this team and that there was nothing more important than the Jets having positive percentage season year by year - with no questions being asked in regards to whether or not they deserved to be in their current position.​

 

[CakeWalker]

Year One | Game Week Sixteen

- The first half would see Jacksonville kick two field goals before capitalizing on an interception thrown by Wilson with the Jaguars scoring a touchdown on that phase of play. The Jets though would score points of their own with Wilson throwing to Fitzgerald in Q1 and Coleman scoring an impressive 64 yard rushing TD to pip the Jets ahead 13-14.

- The Jags would score a TD early in the third quarter, but would grow greedy and go for the 2-point version but fail to secure the points. Wilson would throw to Fitzgerald on the next phase for a TD, that would mean because of Jacksonville not going to 1-point conversion the Jets were still ahead by one point 19-20. The lead would be short-lived though, as Jacksonville would score a FG on their next play ending the third quarter 22-20 ahead.

- Michael Carter would work down the field and make solid rushing yards to try to help the Jets control as much of the clock as possible before crossing the whitewash to put the Jets back in front 22-27.

- The Jaguars would go back in front though with a passing touchdown of their own, before making the 2-point PAT to push back ahead 30-27. The Jets would try to work back up the field for a score of their own, but run out of time and instead have to call a timeout in order to prepare for a field goal. Unfortunately, Gostkowski would end up having his kick bounce off the upright - with the miss being New York’s last play in the game, as the Jaguars would run down the clock to claim a 30-27 win.

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TEAM​	1ST ​	2ND​	3RD​	4TH​	FINAL​
JAX​	3​	10​	9​	8​	30​
JETS​	7​	7​	6​	7​	27​

Key Stats

Passing
Wilson 20/27 | 74% Completion | 2 TD | 1 INT

Rushing
Carter 12 ATT | 73 yds | 6.0 Average | 1 TD
Coleman 8 ATT | 101 yd | 12.6 Average | 1 TD

Receiving
Fitzgerald 4 Rec | 37 yds | 9.2 Average | 2 TD​

 

[CakeWalker]

Year One | Game Week Sixteen Review

- The loss sees the Jets drop to 7-8, with only two games left in the regular season.

- The Patriots beat the Bills 28-21 and move to 6-9, meaning that if they won their game against the Jaguars & the Dolphins and the Jets lost their final two games they would leapfrog the Jets to win the AFC East on the last week of the regular season. It would be confirmed that if both sides ended with the same record, the Jets would win the division because they had already beaten the Pats twice.

- The Miami Dolphins lost 21-24 to the New Orleans Saints meaning they had fallen out of contention.

AFC EAST
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Rank​	Team​	W​	L​	T​	PCT​	PFA​	PA​	STK​
1st.​	Jets​	7​	8​	0​	0.467​	399​	454​	-1​
2nd.​	Patriots​	6​	9​	0​	0.400​	369​	376​	1​
3rd.​	Dolphins​	5​	10​	0​	0.333​	288​	420​	-4​
4th.​	Bills​	4​	11​	0​	0.267​	358​	453​	-5​

 

[CakeWalker]

- Jets finally game at home in the regular season would see them host Tom Brady’s Buccaneers in the snow, with Tampa Bay currently ranked #1 in the NFC with a record of 13-2 for the season so far. The first half would be a low scoring encounter, with both teams scoring a TD each with Larry Fitzgerald receiving his 10th of the season with the difference making being a FG from Tampa to take the half 9-7.

- The Buccaneers would show everyone in the New Meadowlands why they are one of the best team in the NFL this season, and would push ahead with a square second short passing TD from Brady, before Brady would thr0w his third of the game and cap it off with a 2-point PAT to extend their lead to 24-7. The Buccs would push even further ahead at the start of Q4 to find themselves 30-7 ahead, and seemed to have shut off the game.

- The Jets would give it a good go in the final ten minutes of the game with Wilson finding Cole and Herndon with a passing TD, but with no more time on the clock the Jets would lose 30-20 to Tampa Bay.

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TEAM ​	1ST ​	2ND​	3RD​	4TH​	FINAL​
BUCCS​	0​	9​	15​	6​	30​
JETS​	7​	0​	0​	13​	20​

- The Jets would drop to 7-9 to the season, with one game to go. This would mean that they could no longer finish the season with a positive win percentage.

- The Patriots claimed a 35-14 win over the Jaguars to also reach 7-9 for the season. This means that if the Jets lose to the Bills and the Patriots beat the Dolphins next week - that the Pats would win the division and the Jets would drop out of playoff contention with neither team having a high enough record to claim a wildcard spot.

- A win for the Jets would give the franchise their most wins since 2015’s 10-6 season, as well as giving New York their first AFC East Division title since 2002.

+ + + + +

- The last game of the season would be a pivotal contest between the Jets and the Bills at Orchard Park. The first quarter would see Michael Carter remind everyone why he has proven himself as one of the breakout rookie stars this season and would break through the Bills’ D-Line to score a 67 yard rushing touchdown.

- The rest of the half would see both teams convert an FG each, before the Bills would score a rushing TD of their own. Larry Fitzgerald would catch his 11th receiving TD of the season, with the Bills ending the half with a second field goal closing their gap with the Jets leading 17-13.

- The third quarter would start with the Buffalo scoring a passing TD, before scoring a rushing TD at the start of fourth quarter to hold a lead of 17-27 - with the Jets needing to score twice or potentially miss out on the playoffs in the last game of the season.

- Zach Wilson would have the best quarter of his professional career by finding Cole with a medium distance pass to reduce the gap to just three points with the Jets trailing 24-27. Wilson and his O-Line wouldn’t stop driving forward and with just nine seconds left on the clock and no timeouts left Wilson would manage to find Herndon with a short pass to Herndon to win the game 31-27 - and claim an overall divisional record of 4-6 for the year.

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TEAM ​	1ST ​	2ND​	3RD​	4TH​	FINAL​
JETS​	7​	10​	0​	14​	31​
BILLS​	0​	13​	7​	7​	27​

- The Jets would finish the regular season 8-9 and would be joined by the Pats with the same record with New England claiming a 49-45 win over Miami, with the Jets winning the AFC East due to have beaten the Pats twice during the regular season.

- The Jets would join the 2010 Seattle Seahawks (7-9), 2014 Carolina Panthers (7-8-1) and 2020 Washington Football team as only the fourth team to qualify for the playoffs with a losing record.​

 

[Bobby Barrows]

 

[CakeWalker]

Prediction Update #4

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Game​	Jeff​	Grim​
Jaguars vs. Jets​	-​	-​
Buccs vs. Jets​	8​	-​
Jets @ Bills​	-​	-​
TOTAL GUESSED CORRECT​	8​	7​

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Bonus Question​	​	​
Final Prediction Record: 8-9​	9-8 (-1)​	10-7 (-2)​
Jets Make Playoffs: Yes​	-​	+1​
Jets Win Division: Yes​	-​	-​
BONUS POINTS​	-1​	-1​

 

[Canadian Dragon]

 

[CakeWalker]

Year One | Playoff Picture Update
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#1 Tennessee Titans (13-4) #2. Kansas City Chiefs (13-4) #3. Cleveland Browns (13-4) #4. New York Jets (8-9)​	#1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (14-3) #2. Dallas Cowboys (10-7) #3. San Francisco 49ers (10-7) #4. Green Bay Packers (10-7)​
#5. Houston Texas (11-6) #6. Cincinnati Bengals (9-8) #7. Jacksonville Jaguars​	#5. Carolina Panthers (12-5) #6. Los Angeles Rams (10-7) #7. New Orleans Saints (10-7)​

 

[CakeWalker]

Year One | Regular Season Review