Friday News & Notes

Edition #1105: News and Notes to finish off the week in style.

Good Morning ☕

A very happy Memorial Day weekend to all readers and subscribers of TJW.

I hope this weekend everyone can kick back and relax, maybe enjoy a few beers, a BBQ and welcome the summer in style.

I’ve got some work to handle tomorrow, a trip to the airport hotel on Saturday night and an early morning flight on Sunday to get through first, but a little R&R is on the horizon and I’ll take that.

I’ve been hunting around for some Jets news to include in today’s newsletter and to say it’s quiet is an understatement.

So I’m going to go quick fire on the pieces that I did find and if I missed anything, be sure to post it up in the comments for everyone else!

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NFL.com Projects the Jets will win 4-5 games next season

I don’t get too bent out of shape about analysts predicting the Jets failure. When you hold the longest playoff drought in North American sports, you have to expect the worst and hope for the best.

NFL analysts Ali Bhanpuri and Tom Blair projected the Jets to win 4 and 5 games respectively in their piece yesterday.

Both think the Jets will head into Tennessee and deliver a win against their old coach, but that’s about as good as it gets. However they did state that the Jets have the potential to make them look very silly considering the pieces they added this season on both sides of the ball, especially the offense.

“With an influx of top-tier young talent, a new (familiar) QB1, legit playmakers at RB1 and WR1, and a rock-solid O-line, New York could make Tom and I look silly with our less-than-optimistic predictions. (For the record, I don’t feel great about the three three-game skids.) How the Jets fare over the first quarter of the season -- an emotionally charged opener at Tennessee (one of three road games in the first four weeks) followed by back-to-back-to-back contests against the NFC North’s finest -- could forecast the kind of season Aaron Glenn will (or will not) enjoy in Year 2. The Jets simply can’t afford to start slow -- not with the AFC West’s three-headed monster, and home-and-away tilts with the Bills and Pats, still to come.”

Both have us losing our home game to Miami, both have us losing in Arizona and both have us losing our home game against the Bills. Divisional games are tough to call and there are plenty of games on our schedule that are 50-50 or 40-60, so easy to swing with momentum, mistakes etc.

Again, I’m not upset about the projections. But I’d certainly be upset if the Jets ended the 2026 season with only four wins. One win progress per season is simply not good enough for a team who’s lost for as long as we have.

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NBC rank Darren Mougey as the 29th best GM in football