It’s been a long stretch marred by butt fumbles and five-win seasons, of draft busts and bumbling head coaches.
It’s not just that the New York Jets have gone a dozen years without reaching the playoffs, it’s that the parade of humiliation the past couple of decades wasn’t just on-field losses, but off-field absurdity. Foot fetish videos. Sexting scandals. Locker room brawls. Mom’s friend.
That's all why it's so significant that the Jets reportedly loaded an army of coaches, team executives and even team owner Woody Johnson on a private plane Tuesday and flew to California for a face-to-face meeting with Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers.