Firing the coachย didnโt galvanizeย the Jets to a win Monday night against the Bills.
And Troy Aikman believes things may only get uglier for the reeling Jets.
โI could see this totally unraveling, maybe that wonโt happen, I know the players wonโt agree with that,โ Aikman said after theย 23-20 โMonday Night Footballโ home lossย to the Bills. โBut I could see it happening because I think they put so much into this week to winning a game and getting back on track and the owner (Woody Johnson) says this is the best teamโs he had in 25 years, all those things, but they didnโt get it done. Theyโre right back where they were and now whatโs the answer for them? They donโt have it.โ
A Jets season that began with grand aspirations suddenly seems like it may be yet another chapter in the โNever Trust The Jetsโ book with the team suddenly 2-4 and not looking like a true contender.
Monday night represented a chance to grab the division lead and beat a sound opponent in newย interim coach Jeff Ulbrichโs debut,ย but the Jets instead turned in a sloppy effort in a disheartening loss.
The once-vaunted defense had no answers for Josh Allen, failing to get a key third-down stop in the fourth quarter that would have allowed the offense to get the ball back.
Kicker Greg Zuerleinย missed two field goalsย that sure proved costly in a three-point game.
The team committed 11 penalties for 110 yards, including a holding infraction that negated a go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter.
And for the third straight game, future Hall of Famer Aaron Rdogers had the ball in his hands with a chance to win late andย came up short. Heโs thrown an interception on his last pass in back-to-back weeks.
The highs from the โThursday Night Footballโ blowout of the Patriots in Week 3 are a distant memory, although the offense under new play-caller Todd Downing functioned better.
โI donโt know where they go from here, quite honestly,โ Aikman said. โThis week, with all the changes and then you do, you have some momentum coming in, you start to do some things better than you had done โem and we see that from time to time when an interim coach takes over and how a team might respond to that. To lose the game the way they did with the penalties and the missed field goals and not capitalizing in the red zone and all those things, I just think itโs going to be really hard on them. Short week now.โ
The Jetsโ season is not over but they have a tough task on the road against a solid Steelers squad for โSunday Night Footballโ in Week 7 and the division-leading Texans are looming in Week 9.
