The New York Jets already own one terrible big-four sports streak. They officially have the longest active playoff drought at 12 years.
As they hope to end that funk, though, there’s another negative distinction they cannot escape.
In the New York-New Jersey area, there are nine traditional metropolitan sports teams—the Jets, Giants, Mets, Yankees, Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Islanders, and Devils. Argue all you want for NYC FC, but they just don’t make the cut.
Of those teams, the Jets are the only one not to make the playoffs in the 2022-23 season.
There have been ebbs and flows in New York sports, particularly with the malaise of the Jets and Giants over the last decade.