But few of those faraway fans have the depth of Jets experience that Jonathan Earl has.
"I honestly don't know how I became a Jets fan," Earl told me on the sidelines before the Jets-Bills game at MetLife Stadium last Thursday. "I started watching American football, I guess, 15 years ago, when Curtis Martin was playing. I really enjoyed the sport and I really loved the way Curtis played, and it all just went from there."
Earl wasn't even a teenager when he probably first watched Martin, the eventual Hall of Famer and Ring of Honor member, performing back in 2000, and he's been a faithful fan ever since.