The New York Jets were officially eliminated from postseason contention on Sunday following their 34–10 loss to the Miami Dolphins, and with that, the NFL’s longest active playoff drought extends to 15 consecutive seasons.
It has now been 5,432 days since the Jets last played a playoff game. They once again hold the longest drought in major professional American sports, a drought that is over twice as long as any other NFL team.
In the NFL, a league engineered for parity through the salary cap, the draft, and schedule balancing, lasting this long without one postseason berth should be impossible.