NFL Week 10 predictions, best bets: Picks against the spread for every game
IN THE words of the immortal Vince Lombardi, as captured long ago by NFL Films, “What the hell’s going on out here?” A year ago, with the Jets sitting at 1-7 in Aaron Glenn’s first season, Darren Mougey attacked the trade deadline, turning Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams into three first-round picks, a second-rounder, and Adonai Mitchell.Those bold moves have aged well — particularly the one with the Colts — and have set the Jets up to finally find their quarterback of the future and maybe even lure a franchise-altering coach. But this week, with the team floundering at 2-7 in Glenn’s second chance, Mougey sat tight at the deadline, sending away only veteran safety Andre Cisco to the Lions for a sixth-round pick in 2028.
Struggling pass rusher Will McDonald IV had asked for a trade; there had been rumblings about Breece Hall and, in the final hours, even Geno Smith, getting dealt for additional draft capital, but none of that happened. Reaction of Jets fans on the Internet was swift and scared.Word filtered out that the reason the front office stood pat was not just to keep talented players, which is fine, but to give Glenn the best chance to try to save his job.
Former Jets lineman Willie Colon, now on SNY’s postgame show, went as far as to say Glenn deserves a third season. What the hell, indeed.While the die-hards have moved on to 24/7 monitoring of Tankathon, appointment Saturday viewing of Drew Mestemaker and CJ Carr, and dreams of Mike Tomlin or a young offensive genius taking the helm, is it now possible we’re in for even more of a 5-21 head coach whose team has one interception in 26 games and has been outscored 107-9 in the final two minutes of the first half? Three things can happen Sunday to potentially clarify what the hell’s going on here. ● Josh Allen and the 7-1 Bills could blow the Jets’ doors off in front of 30,000 or so visiting fans.
It seems as if every loss brings some kind of new embarrassment or a stat that ...