The Jets have taken care of their business the past three weeks. They have gone from 5-5 to 8-5, gone from middling to ascendant, gone from the crowded pile of teams listed as “in the hunt” for the AFC playoffs to, for the moment, the second wild card.
Oh, and they are playing as well as they’ve played in years, too.
That ought to be a good thing.
But there is a harsh reality waiting around the corner: It has become clear somebody in the AFC probably is going to reach what normally is seen as the magic number to make the tournament — 10 — and have to take those wins home with them as a consolation prize.