New York Jets fans got Festivus started early on Thursday night, turning a primetime, nationally-streamed showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars into an airing of grievances … most of them lobbied toward a quarterback who is no longer master of the Jets’ passing domain.
It’s perhaps a downright Festivus miracle that Thursday’s game between the historically downtrodden Jets and Jaguars franchises carried significant postseason weight for both sides. The organizations’ respective cultures of futility were perhaps best personified by the fact that the contest was a meeting of the two teams that held the top picks of the 2021 NFL Draft, each of which was used on a potential passing prophet.