After a blip of competency, the New York Jets are back to being the New York Jets.
Following a 3-2 run with a trio of close wins over losing teams, the Jets got a reality check across two blowout defeats in which they looked like boys amongst men, getting outscored 82-30 by the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars. Talk of the Jets’ improving culture has quieted to radio silence.
Fourteen games into the 2025 season, the overall product put forth by Aaron Glenn has been grotesque even by the Jets’ paltry standards. New York has now suffered six defeats by double-digits without pulling off a single double-digit win of their own, joining the Tennessee Titans as the only teams with that distinction.
The Jets’ Simple Rating System (SRS), a metric that adjusts teams’ average point differential to account for strength-of-schedule, has stooped to -10.4, better than only the Las Vegas Raiders (-11.4). Not only is it one of the NFL’s two worst marks in 2025, but it ranks as one of the most dismal outputs in Jets history.
As of Dec. 15, 2025, the Jets’ -10.4 SRS is on pace to rank as the fifth-worst performance in franchise history, essentially tying the 2021 team for fourth-worst.
Worst SRS Teams in Jets History:
- 1976 Jets (-13.8)
- 2020 Jets (-11.5)
- 1995 Jets (-11.2)
- 2021 Jets (-10.4)
- 2025 Jets (-10.4)
- 1989 Jets (-10.1)
- 1996 Jets (-10.1)
- 1963 Jets (-9.4)
- 1962 Titans (-9.1)
- 2016 Jets (-8.5)
Even for a team that had low expectations entering the year and lowered those expectations even further with two massive in-season trades, that is a shockingly bad product to put on the field. Plenty of other NFL teams with low expectations, such as the Titans (-7.9 SRS), Saints (-6.5), and Giants (-5.7), have been noticeably more competent than the Jets based on the SRS metric.
Talk of Aaron Glenn’s job security has quieted since the Jets essentially secured his future with their trade deadline moves, which is fair. Glenn is likely safe for the 2026 season, and he may even have enough leeway to back his way into the 2027 season.
What should not die down, though, is the talk of whether Glenn is cut out for this job. Although his job is safe, it doesn’t mean fans and analysts should stop evaluating his performance. Glenn is overseeing one of the five worst teams in Jets history. For a franchise that is 134 games below .500 across 66 seasons, fielding one of its five worst teams is a remarkable feat of ineptitude.
