Entering the 2024 season, the New York Jets were seen as a genuine playoff team and even having a roster capable of winning the Super Bowl.
Why? Because of Aaron Rodgers. And it quickly became apparent that the Jets weren’t equipped to be such a team.
A 5-12 season that included a stretch where the Jets won just one game in 10 after starting the year 2-1 saw the pitchforks be sharpened and aimed squarely at the roster. The Jets also fired head coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas, as the year was a colossal failure by any metric.
So, how does the Jets’ season get graded? That’s an easy question for CBS Sports’ Bryan DeArdo, who gave New York an F grade for the 2024 season.
“No NFL team had a worse season than the Jets, who went 5-12 in a season that started with expectations of a deep playoff run, if not a Super Bowl run,” DeArdo writes. “The Jets’ dumpster fire of a campaign included the firing of head coach Robert Saleh after a 2-3 start and the dismissal of GM Joe Douglas in mid-November. Aaron Rodgers has become the figurehead of the Jets’ failures, but he was only part of the issue. Rodgers’ wasn’t great, but he played most of the season with injuries and behind a subpar offensive line.”
New York Jets QB Aaron Rodgers and WR Garrett Wilson (5) talk on the field against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium.
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In truth, that is low-hanging fruit, but based on the expectations placed on the franchise in the preseason, it is an easy choice.
Particularly when you factor in how poorly the franchise played and all of the noise that surrounded Rodgers and his play, the Jets, were a disaster of a team in 2024.
Nothing worked. Even trading for Davante Adams didn’t lift the spirits or the offensive production.
While there were some bright spots, they were few and far between, and now the new regime is tasked with cleaning up this two-year mess.
An F grade feels appropriate here, and in truth, an N/A would have sufficed as well.
