There’s no other method to put it: The Jets are in a unhappy state of affairs.
After their newest humiliation — a 38-33 loss to the Raiders on Sunday at MetLife Stadium — we’ve reached a level in the Jets season where it’s truthful to surprise where their next win will come from.
Or whether they’ll win another sport this season at all.
The Jets lost a sport they completely, positively had to win Sunday.
But you’ve most likely heard that chorus before.
Like last week when they performed the beforehand winless Dolphins at house and lost, 28-25.
The Jets discovered a method to lose a sport in which they scored on each of their first six offensive possessions.
They lost despite operating back Braelon Allen speeding for 147 yards on 21 carries.
They lost despite quarterback Geno Smith throwing for 290 yards and two TDs to a 119.2 ranking.
They lost despite receiver Adonai Mitchell catching seven passes for 142 yards and a TD.
Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Quay Walker (7) tackles Jets broad receiver Garrett Wilson (5) on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Robert Sabo for NY Post
They lost despite receiver Garrett Wilson (six targets in the earlier two video games) getting 10 targets in the sport.
Perhaps the saddest, most pathetic, second of the day for the Jets came when the chants of “protection, protection, protection’’ from the Raiders followers who infiltrated MetLife turned so loud after Las Vegas took a 35-30 lead in the fourth quarter you questioned if Smith would have to go to a silent rely in his own house stadium.
Sure, the Jets have a few video games on their remaining schedule against groups with shedding that would seem “winnable.’’ Among their closing 9 video games, they have the Chargers (0-6 coming into Sunday), the Dolphinsagain and Cardinals. All three of these video games are on the highway.
Worse yet, the Jets, who dropped to 2-6, have their next two video games are against the Chiefs (5-1 coming into this week) in Kansas City and the Bills (5-1).
That certain appears like 2-8 staring them in the face.
That’s a horrible look for Glenn, who was introduced here to change the tradition and the outcomes. Yet he’s now 5-20 … and counting.
Las Vegas Raiders tight finish Brock Bowers (89) scores a landing against Jets cornerback Brandon Stephens (21), Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. Robert Sabo for NY Post
In consecutive weeks, at house, the Jets have now lost to a staff that was winless in 5 video games (Miami) and a staff that introduced a four-game shedding streak into the sport (Las Vegas).
They, too, lost consecutive video games to groups with rookie head coaches.
And we haven’t even talked about Ashton Jeanty, the Raiders operating back who, before the sport, called out the Jets protection as a bunch of loafers who have no curiosity in tackling, saying, “A pair guys out there (on the Jets protection) that don’t really need to deal with … but I’m not going to say names.’’
This chirping from a operating back who entered the sport averaging 3.1 yards per carry this season and who’s been underwhelming commensurate to his No. 6 general draft spot in 2025.
The Raiders entered the sport ranked thirty first in the NFL in speeding offense.
Raiders head coach, Klint Kubiak, though, devised the excellent plan and opted not to begin Jeanty. Though that was seemingly a slap on the wrist for Jeanty throwing bulletin-board chum into the fray, it also didn’t permit the Jets to tee off on him and generate revenge momentum.
The Jets led 23-14, at the half, scoring on all 5 of their offensive possessions. That was the excellent news. The unhealthy information is their red-zone woes continued as they managed only two TDs on these 5 journeys inside the Las Vegas 20-yard line, settling for three discipline objectives.
The Jets ran 41 performs to the Raiders 19 and outgained them 276-97 in the first half. The Jets had 17 first downs to the Raiders 5 in the half.
But the Raiders took the opening possession of the second half and sliced through the Jets porous protection, reducing the lead to 23-21 on a 2-yard Cousins scoring move to Bowers.
Jets head coach Aaron Glenn reacts on the sideline during a sport against the Las Vegas Raiders in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. Bill Kostroun for NY nPost
The Jets made it 30-21 on a 21-yard Allen scoring on their first offensive possession of the second half. That made for scores on the Jets’ first six possessions — the first time they did that since 2008 against the Rams when Brett Favre was their quarterback.
The Raiders reduce the lead to 30-28 on a 1-yard keeper by Cousins with 4:14 remaining in the third quarter.
After making their first defensive cease of the sport, the Raiders then took a 35-30 lead on a 2-yard Cousins TD move to Jalen Nailor, who beat nook Azareye’h Thomas in the finish zone.
The Jets, stalling yet again in the purple zone, had to settle for a 31-yard Sanders discipline purpose with 4:31 remaining in the sport.
That left them to rely on their protection to get a cease and get them the ball back.
Well, you know what occurred from there.
The Raiders ran 9 performs on the next sequence and got a 53-yard discipline purpose out of it, leaving the Jets only 27 seconds and no timeouts remaining. It ended on a Smith heave to the finish zone that was intercepted with seven seconds left.
Bad day. Bad season.