Hardly a month ago, Aaron Rodgers and the Jets seemed to demonstrate that the long-suffering franchise had finally turned a corner, dispatching their biannual tormentors New England 24-3 with a stunning 400-143 advantage in total yardage.
It’s all gone wrong for New York since then, however, and even a return leg against the lowly Patriots in Foxborough Sunday afternoon couldn’t snap an all-too-familiar, five-game losing skid — New England running back Rhamondre Stevenson converted a decisive 4th and Goal try with 22 seconds remaining to secure a heartbreaking 25-22 New England victory.
One of the most anticipated Jets seasons in recent memory now teeters on disaster with New York currently sitting at 2-6, prompting a strongly-worded rant from former linebacker and current SNY analyst Bart Scott.
“I’m disgusted actually,” Scott said on SNY’s Jets Post-Game Show. “I mean as a former Jet I’m embarrassed and ashamed. I defended this team every single week up until this point, but now they have to take accountability, now you run out of people to blame and they got to take responsibility for what’s going to be said nationally and locally…