New York Jets Standings: AFC East Records, Playoff Picture

	Logo	Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Division	Conference	Non-Conference	PF	PA	Net Points	Home	Away	Srk
1		Buffalo Bills	11	6	0	.647	4-2	7-5	4-1	451	311	140	7-2	4-4	W5
2		Miami Dolphins	11	6	0	.647	4-2	7-5	4-1	496	391	105	7-2	4-4	L2
3		New York Jets	7	10	0	.412	2-4	4-8	3-2	268	355	-87	4-5	3-5	W1
4		New England Patriots	4	13	0	.235	3-3	4-8	0-5	236	366	-130	1-8	3-5	L2

The New York Jets standings in 2024 duplicated that of a season prior. After finishing a disappointing 7-10 in 2023, Robert Saleh’s 2024 New York Jets squad also put up a 7-10 mark.

NY Jets finish 7-10 after Week 18 win in New England, Bills win the AFC East

Despite the incredible August preseason hype, the New York Jets’ 2023 NFL season didn’t go according to plan. And now, after a snowy game in Foxborough, the miserable slog concludes.

The Jets knocked off the New England Patriots on the road in Week 18, 17-3, to put the finishing touches on a disappointing 7-10 season. While it hurts the Jets 2024 NFL draft positioning (they’ll pick No. 10), the win snaps the horrendous 15-game losing streak to the Patriots.

Elsewhere, the fate of the AFC East was determined on Sunday night when the red-hot Buffalo Bills defeated the struggling Miami Dolphins. Although both teams finished 11-6, Buffalo won its third-straight divisional crown courtesy of the head-to-head tiebreaker (sweeping Miami on the season, 2-0).

AFC East Championship Count (1970-2020):

Rank	Logo	Team	Championships
1		Boston / New England Patriots	21
2		Miami Dolphins	14
3		Buffalo Bills	10
4		Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts	6
5		New York Jets	2

The history of the AFC East division stretches as far back as 1970 when the NFL-AFL merger shook things up quite a bit.

After Joe Namath‘s Super Bowl 3 shocker and the Kansas City Chiefs triumph in Super Bowl 4, the merger sent the then-Baltimore Colts to the AFC, along with the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers (while the rest of the old NFL played in the newly-formed NFC).

While it may have been a bad break for the Jets, Patriots, Bills and Dolphins, Don Shula’s Colts took it and ran away. Their 11-2-1 record and eventual Super Bowl 5 victory over the Dallas Cowboys kicked off the very first AFC East season in the National Football League—the very season after the Jets had just won their second-straight AFL East title.

AFL East Championship Count (1960-1969):

Rank	Logo	Team	Championships
1		Houston Oilers	4
2		Buffalo Bills	3
3		New York Jets / Titans	2
4		Boston Patriots	1
5		Miami Dolphins	0

Place	Logo	Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Division	PF	PA	Home	Away	Srk
1		Buffalo Bills	13	3	0	.813	4-2	455	286	7-1	6-2	W7
2		Miami Dolphins	9	8	0	.529	3-3	397	399	6-2	3-6	W1
3		New England Patriots	8	9	0	.471	3-3	364	347	4-4	4-5	L1
4		New York Jets	7	10	0	.412	2-4	296	316	3-5	4-5	L6

In spite of such a surprisingly solid season, the New York Jets standings are not where the organization would like to see them. And, hopefully, things turn around in 2023 with Aaron Rodgers.

Jets Finish 2022 with a 7-10 Record

Finishing at 7-10, courtesy of six-straight losses, including a brutal home loss to the Detroit Lions and another to the Jacksonville Jaguars, a disappointing loss to the Minnesota Vikings, and a tough defeat in Buffalo to the Bills, the New York Jets end the season in the AFC East basement.

Obviously, it didn’t always feel this bleak. At one point, the team was 5-2 in the AFC East records department, 6-3, and then 7-4 before losing out.

After their 31-10 dismantling of the Chicago Bears at MetLife Stadium, then-Mike White’s Jets found themselves just two games out of first place in the AFC East. Now, at 7-7, they’re four games out of first place in the AFC East with no chance of winning the divisional crown.

Things got tricky after the Jets’ disheartening 10-3 loss to the New England Patriots up north, but their stunning 20-17 victory over the rival Buffalo Bills. a week before the bye currently gives them the head-to-head tiebreaker over the defending AFC East champs.

As a whole, how good is the AFC East right now? Two teams made the playoffs, in the Bills and Dolphins, while the Patriots nearly snuck into the tournament.

Earlier in the season, New York’s ugly 16-9 victory over the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium put them within a half-game of the idle Buffalo Bills at the time. But then Bill Belichick came to town, and Zach Wilson threw three interceptions. A Buffalo Bills triumph over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football stretched the AFC East lead to 1.5 games.

Unfortunately, Denver is where the season took a U-turn. The team’s fantastic momentum never lasted once Alijah Vera-Tucker and Breece Hall went on the season-ending shelf.

Encouragingly, the Jets’ miraculous 31-30 come-from-behind victory over the Browns in Cleveland gave the organization its first September win in quite some time and allowed them to feel like they were still within striking distance.

After a brutal home loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, Zach Wilson’s first game of the season resulted in another come-from-behind road victory, a 24-20 beauty over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Jets’ 40-17 thrashing of the divisional rival Miami Dolphins made it two-straight victories and possession of second place in the AFC East—courtesy of a head-to-head tiebreaker over the Fins.

And then there was the Packers game in Green Bay, which saw Robert Saleh’s squad dominate defensively and come away with the 27-10 victory.

Unfortunately, however, the early-season good times ended. And now that the team finished the season losing six straight—after starting 5-2 and then sporting a sparkling 7-4 record—the New York Jets have missed the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season.