Jets lose to winless Dolphins at home as season takes embarrassing turn
The Jets’ season isn’t over.Not even after Sunday’s utterly insulting 28-25 loss to the previously winless Dolphins at MetLife Stadium.There are 10 games still remaining on their schedule.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.
The rest, however, is semantics, because those 10 remaining games are a mere technicality.If you’re a Jets follower who also happens to be a realist, then you know where this season stands: The team is 2-5 through seven games after losing to one of the two NFL teams that entered this week without a single win.The Dolphins, who entered the game 0-5 and coming off their bye week, represented one of the few teams on the schedule that the Jets figured to have a good chance of defeating.Before Sunday, the Dolphins had not held the lead once in their first five games.Sunday’s game, in which the Jets were a 4 1/2-point favorite, represented the largest betting point spread the Jets were favored by since the 2024 season.Of serious concern is the fact that the loss dropped the Jets to 0-8 against AFC East opponents under Jets head coach Aaron Glenn.The first half was a categorical embarrassment for the Jets.Their defense was useless, allowing the Dolphins to score touchdowns on three of their four possessions in the first 30 minutes en route to a 21-7 halftime lead.With Miami driving late in the first half, Glenn inexplicably didn’t use one of his three timeouts to stop the clock and give his offense a chance to score before the first of the half.This was the latest example in a mounting number of gaffes this season of coaching malpractice on the part of the Jets.After a week of chatter about getting top receiver and best offensive player Garrett Wilson more targets, Geno Smith threw one pass his way in the first half, and that was negated by a penalty.Wilson didn’t catch a pass until the third quarter, on a third-and-16 play.Jets offensive coordinator Fran...