Hughes: Jets are beyond bad, with signs of progress (and potential wins) hard to find – The Athletic

DENVER Be frustrated with the Jets. Be angry. Be annoyed. You have every right. Its one thing to be young. Its one thing to lack experience. Its one thing to realize its going to take time to turn a team around.

But this?

Theres no excuse for this.

The Jets lost to the Broncos 26-0 at Empower Field on Sunday. They couldnt move the ball on offense. They couldnt make impact plays on defense. They were an undisciplined mess everywhere in between. And so now, for the third time in as many years, theyre 0-3.

There are bad teams. Then there are the Jets.

These arent youthful growing pains. This is a team teetering on unwatchable.

I feel like weve been having great weeks of practice, coach Robert Saleh said.

No one said this was going to be easy. GM Mike Maccagnans five-year run of negligence put the Jets in a hole that would take more than one or two offseasons to rectify. Joe Douglas needed to rebuild a roster that was a talent wasteland. Thats why few saw excellence on the horizon of last year or this one. No one expected dominance. No one realistically felt the Jets would compete for a divisional title or fight for a wild-card berth.

But in every rebuild, there are glimmers of hope. In every rebuild, there are points in games when you see the vision, signs things are headed in the right direction. The Browns went 0-16. The next year they were 7-8-1. They were in the playoffs two years after that.

The Jets were 2-14 last season.

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Hughes: Jets are beyond bad, with signs of progress (and potential wins) hard to find - The Athletic