I Don't Care Who You Root For, Your Season Isn't Going As Badly As Jets Fans

There's a lot of bad teams in the NFL, a lot of bad situations and fan bases to be apart of, especially this year.

The Browns are paying a quarter billion dollars to an accused serial rapist who forgot how to throw a football ever since he stepped foot in court. They let Flacco go after a miracle playoff run last year, brought the same defense back that was atop the league in many's eyes, and are 1-6. They booed and cheered (both for the same sentiment) when that quarter billion dollar man tore his achilles on Sunday as he was carted off, and while I don't disagree with their reasoning, and will not disparage them for it, just shows how low they are.

You could be a Panthers fan, who have the worst actual football team and roster and organization in the league, are one year removed from trading away the future (a million draft picks) and present (DJ Moore) of the franchise to draft a QB first overall, and one month removed from giving up on and publicly denouncing your faith in that QB after he played one full season's worth of games surrounded by a JuCo roster. No good players, no upcoming picks, and no QB of the future.

The Patriots appear to have their QB of the future, but outside of that are a mess. In their first season separated from Belichick, they acquired no noteworthy free agents to the worst offense in the league, were afraid to play their rookie QB because their offensive line was so bad they considered putting him behind them malpractice, were so bad offensively they played him anyway a month into the season, have team leaders calling out rookies/young guys for ego-inflation, and the head coach calling everyone soft. And are 1-6.

Or you could be the Titans, who's QB was so bad they went from reloading to rebuilding in a matter of weeks. The biggest splash free agent team in the league this offseason, the Titans have looked so abysmal they traded their veteran WR to the eventual champs because they wanted to make his last years in the league worth his while. They're completely inept on offense despite loaded weapons, have already benched their hopeful franchise QB, and appear to have called this season quits. Oh, they're also 1-6.

There's others I can mention, but the point is there's many teams with no hope, lost at sea trying to right the ship to relevancy.

But none of those fanbases can match what Jets fans are feeling right now. And I can't help but laugh.

This was it for the Jets; this was their year. After getting let down quicker than Roadrunner loses Wile E in the desert last year, they had their QB back and ready to make a Super Bowl run. They added more pieces, for the most part kept one of the best defenses in the league in tact, and their division, and AFC, was weaker than last year. All the stars were aligned.

I could argue that this is the most painful first seven weeks of a Jets fan's season in...maybe ever? And that's saying something. After a 2-1 start with the hapless Broncos coming to town, all things were pointing up for Gang Green.

What's happened since is hilarity. The most pathetic loss to Denver at home you'll ever see, to a blowout turned heartbreaking loss in London, coach fired, division loss to Buffalo at home without their star RB, to an annihilation in Pittsburgh in front of a national audience on Sunday night. The Jets have gone from Super Bowl contender to stand-up/SNL material.

Aaron Rodgers, who's played like a 40-year old QB coming off an achilles tear, who someone (me) might've called before the season would decline, has looked terrible. He's thrown as many INTs through seven games as he's thrown in eight of his thirteen full seasons he played in Green Bay. And no, he's not thrown for as many TDs. His 1.4 TD to INT ratio would easily be the worst of his career.

Luckily for Aaron Rodgers, it's not his fault - according to Aaron Rodgers. He threw the game-losing INT in the Bills game cause Mike Williams ran the wrong route. He started the season slow cause protections weren't up to snuff. And asked what the team needs to do to get back on the right track? Don't listen to the media of course, not play better.

Luckily for Aaron Rodgers, he runs the Jets. No you're right, I'm sure his personal calls to his personal friend, his boss, Woody Johnson, were devoid of Robert Salah criticism. I'm sure his offensive coordinator, who's recently been demoted to what exactly no one knows, would still be employed without his close knit relationship to A-Rod. I'm sure the Jets would've still traded for Davante Adams if their star QB didn't publicly shame their WR2 for a poor throw he made to lose the Bills game, completing the Green Bay Packers trifecta of ex-Rodgers teammates (although Cobb is no longer there).

This team is in complete disarray, and it all seems to be on the quarterback.

Imagine a scenario where a company brings in a high volume salesman, let's them run the show, bring in their friends to work with/for them, create headlines in the news at every turn, all to perform well below expectations, while also passive aggressively criticizing their teammates for their team's lack of success.

AKA something we've never seen before, right?

Ok, so we have seen it before. But for all the reasons to hate LeBron, whether it be for his dominance at his peak, or the constant headlines he's created during his Lakers tenure, mostly off the court/front office related, nothing remotely touches what Aaron Rodgers has done with the Jets. After all, LeBron, still, has never been to blame for his play on the court.

The Davante Adams trade won't hurt, but also doesn't feel like it'll fix much. As one ESPN analyst that I can't remember said, the Jets are a roster, not a team. Bringing in another good player only feels like it'll help the roster.

No matter the sport, rosters don't win championships, teams do. That's why you often see teams with less talent beat teams with all the talent in the world. Football is the ultimate team game, and you need everyone on the same page, listening to the voices and leaders they respect, playing for each other.

I don't say it with facts, but I beg the question; is it a coincidence the man who's consistently questioned for his leadership, who seldom takes the blame, and in this case, seemingly runs the show that's not his to run, has only won one title?

I almost feel bad for Jets fans. Almost.

*Disclaimer - I'm a known Jets hater. All comments made about the Jets have an innate bias against them*