Frustration for Jets spilling out as losses pile up - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Every losing season has different stages. At first, there's defiance, which turns to frustration, which often becomes resignation. It's not pretty to watch.

The New York Jets hit Stage 2 on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, where their most memorable throws of the day involved helmets, not footballs.

An enraged Geno Smith threw his helmet at the bench after a fourth-down sack in the fourth quarter of the Jets' 35-12 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. A short time later, right tackle Armand Membou lost his cool and spiked his helmet on the field after allowing a sack to Chris Jones — an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

This is what the Jets have become: a 2-7 team, losers of four straight, seemingly out of answers — and coming unglued before our eyes.

The root of the frustration: They failed to score a touchdown Sunday despite 32 offensive plays in Chiefs' territory — their most in plus territory without a TD since Week 3 in the 2022 season. Asked why they're struggling to reach the end zone, running back Breece Hall deadpanned, «I mean, that's been [the case for] the last however many years we've been here.»

Hall, who arrived in 2022, isn't wrong.

If coach Aaron Glenn has any chance of saving his job — with a 5-21 record, it looks bleak — he needs to stave off the resignation stage. That's when it gets really ugly, when the energy is drained out of the locker room, when fissures form among players. It's when hope is gone.

Presumably, Glenn will have the final eight games to convince owner Woody Johnson that the organization is heading in the right direction under his leadership. It could be an insurmountable challenge.

«I have a lot of thinking to do,» Glenn said, meaning problem solving.

Lots of problems,