When people hear “New York Jets” and “drought” in the same sentence, their minds typically go straight to the big one. Of course, we're talking about the 15-year playoff drought that continues to hang over the franchise.
But somehow, unbelievably, there’s another drought in Florham Park that’s even more shocking, even more baffling, and somehow even more historically unprecedented.
The Jets have now gone 10 consecutive games without an interception, tying the longest season-opening streak in NFL history after Thursday night’s loss to the Patriots. And that’s only part of the problem.
Through 11 weeks, the Jets have one total takeaway, a forced fumble in Week 6 that feels like it happened three seasons ago.