Personal worst Jets moment

[jgb]

Good time to revisit the worst memories that broke your heart in our profiles to put the context of the current disaster into perspective.

[joewilly12]

51 years and counting............

[Shea Jet]

I honestly believe that even with all the past horrors the Jets and their fans have endured, the most irresponsible and disgraceful thing is the Johnsons putting the development and future of Sam Darnold and the Jets in the hands of an Incompetent,  Adam Gase.

[TuscanyTile2]

Belichick quitting on a napkin.  I think we'd have multiple Superbowl titles had he stayed here.

[T0mShane]

[Losmeister]

Pats fan killed by flying lawnmower....  was at the game....  sad sh*t...   only the Jets

[nyjunc]

The toughest at the moment was the 1986 divisional round, just the way they lost.  Looking back we probably don't beat Denver and if we did the Giants would have killed us so it makes it less painful.

 

The 2 toughest losses were at Denver 1998 AFC Championship Game because we likely win the super bowl if we hold on in that game (though it wouldn't have been as easy as many think) and at Pittsburgh.  I think we were better than Pitt and just weren't ready to play in that first half.  What makes this list so much worse is where we are today, the franchise really never recovered from that loss.

[jago]

gonna need to break out the dewey decimal system to categorize these.

[Sout0266]

04 seasons divisional against Pittsburgh.  Had an event couldn’t miss and made it the whole night without hearing the score....besides that the jets were up by 7 in the 4th.  Made it out to the car and the last possible person said ”sorry about your jets”.  Instantly went  from completely hyped to completely deflated...back when I was completely obsessed and way too emotionally invested.  Then hearing on the radio how they lost....... ?

[Skeet Ulrich]

98 AFCCG. They would've trounced the Falcons in the SB.

Six turnovers. Curtis Martin 14 yards rushing. One of the worst days as a Jet fan I can remember.

[PS17]

The 2010 AFCCG against the Steelers shattered me. I was an optimistic 17 year old fan. Haven’t cared half as much since. We also have been a terrible team since.

[T0mShane]

[TuscanyTile2]

[Irish Jet]

How has Doug Brien avoided the list?

[TuscanyTile2]

[slats]

33 minutes ago, jgb said:

Good time to revisit the worst memories that broke your heart in our profiles to put the context of the current disaster into perspective.

Lol, you’re hilarious. The Jets suck again, so let’s talk about how they’ve always sucked. 
 
The AFCCGs are all the worst, collectively, but the Mud Bowl has to be my personal #1. 

[shevys]

Wasn't right at our section, but some dude getting killed by a remote controlled airplane (or whatever it was) flying into his face was pretty much a drag. 

[TuscanyTile2]

This thread reminds me of a thread I created a while back.

 

 

[shevys]

3 minutes ago, slats said:

Lol, you’re hilarious. The Jets suck again, so let’s talk about how they’ve always sucked. 
 
The AFCCGs are all the worst, collectively, but the Mud Bowl has to be my personal #1. 

Good call...Mud Bowl is right up there. Shula neutered us and our game, that mother****er. 

[Lith]

To me, personal worst moment was the AFCCG in Pittsburgh.  8 hour drive to Pitt to see my team (hopefully) win a championship.  And then to no show in the first half.  Defense couldn't get off the field, offense couldn't generate anything until after we were down 24.  The game was bad.  The bus ride back to the hotel on a bus full of Steeler fans was awful.  And then, the long drive home the next morning.  Just brutal all around.

Went to Indy the year before, but that was nowhere near as bad as Pitt.  I knew we were a longshot in Indy that year, even with the lead at halftime, never convinced myself that we had a good shot.  But going into Pittsburgh, I thought we were better and had a real good chance to win.  And then to be down 24-0.  Awful.

[TuscanyTile2]

5 minutes ago, shevys said:

Wasn't right at our section, but some dude getting killed by a remote controlled airplane (or whatever it was) flying into his face was pretty much a drag. 

I've never heard of this.  When did this happen?

[shevys]

1979. It was a halftime show and one of the planes didn't quite follow the flight plan. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/27/a-drone-once-killed-a-fan-at-an-nfl-game/

[JetsFanatic]

3 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

I've never heard of this.  When did this happen?

Shea Stadium, last home game of the 1979 season. I was there. 

[Greenbloodblitz]

3 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

I've never heard of this.  When did this happen?

 actually I read about it I think it was a lawn mower

[JTJet]

For me it was the Buttfumble, but only for the situation surrounding the evening. 

I was watching the game, gearing up for a night of Black Friday drinking and shenanigans, and got hit with food poisoning from some pub food I ate the night before. 

So I'm yaking my guts up while heaved over the toilet at the same time the Sanchise is yaking up his career on national television.

After midnight I still manned up and downed several beers and went out with everyone.

Fun times. 

...Almost died the next day though. 

[TuscanyTile2]

6 minutes ago, shevys said:

1979. It was a halftime show and one of the planes didn't quite follow the flight plan. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/27/a-drone-once-killed-a-fan-at-an-nfl-game/

That is horrific.  Unconscionably bad!

Somewhat along the same lines...

https://deadspin.com/the-kid-who-didnt-die-at-riverfront-stadium-1796882505

 

[munchmemory]

Originally, I picked Kotex.   But then thinking about how loaded the team was, it had to be Vinny's achilles.  Awful, awful day and season.

[shevys]

9 minutes ago, Greenbloodblitz said:

 actually I read about it I think it was a lawn mower

It was a model airplane that was fitted with some sort of lawnmower costume. I was 13 at the time but can still see all the commotion in my mind's eye...

[Jet_Engine1]

29 minutes ago, PS17 said:

The 2010 AFCCG against the Steelers shattered me. I was an optimistic 17 year old fan. Haven’t cared half as much since. We also have been a terrible team since.

I would murder to be 27 again, so you have that going for you. So, so, so much young hot, yoga pant swaddled pu....

[Greenbloodblitz]

OkI will never forget how humiliated I felt in front of my entire family after talking the Jets up all day.

We were watching the game downstairs in my man cave by the bar and the fireplace. My entire family including my mother got up and left and went upstairs. One of my kids actually patted me on my head as I was curled up like a water bug in the fetal position shaking.

That was the most painful letdown I've ever felt watching a Jet game.

EDIT: read further down about the puking incident when I had food poisoning and a hotel room in Upstate New York!

[munchmemory]

28 minutes ago, Irish Jet said:

How has Doug Brien avoided the list?

After those two unforgivable shanks, he needed to be horsewhipped on the 50 yard line at Giants Stadium.

[munchmemory]

25 minutes ago, shevys said:

Wasn't right at our section, but some dude getting killed by a remote controlled airplane (or whatever it was) flying into his face was pretty much a drag. 

I'm sitting here laughing like a nut at how the term "a drag" would be used to describe such a horrific event.  LMFAO!

[kelly]

" Personal worst Jets moment "..

 

...i fear is yet to come    

[y2k8]

December 24th 2000 - Week 17 - Jets @ Ravens - deserves mention on that list.

Win an in. Up 14-0 and the walls caved in. Pick 6 and TWO punt returns for touchdowns.

Christmas was cancelled.

Worse for me, I was in Baltimore and at the game with my inlaws form Maryland.

It was a dark time.

 

Also not mentioned: 81 Wild Card vs Buffalo at Shea and the Mud Bowl the following year in Miamil.

[Mackman55]

The 1982-83 AFC championship game (The Mud Bowl) played in the Orange Bowl on January 23rd 1983 and I was there. Miami made sure the field was a complete muddy mess which allowed them to compete with a far superior Jets team. The field was so bad that players couldn't walk on and off the field without slipping and falling down. The Jets were an absolute lock to beat Miami that day and would have been favored IMO in the Super Bowl. To top off the experience the Miami fans at that game were the most degenerate group of human being I have ever experienced. As a result of the Dolphins allowing the field to be so trashed as to be virtually unplayable, the NFL announced the next year that the league would be in charge of preparing all playoff venues from that point on.