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Latest New York Jets Loss Leads to Drop in Latest SI Power Rankings
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Latest New York Jets Loss Leads to Drop in Latest SI Power Rankings

THE New York Jets squandered all the goodwill they received after their Week 10 win over the Houston Texansincluding their position in the Week 11 On the SI NFL Power Rankingsreleased earlier this week.

Every editor at all 32 NFL sites voted on the team rankings after the action concluded Monday. Based on these votes, this week’s power rankings were updated and the Jets ended up falling due to their 31-6 loss to the Jets. Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

The Jets fell two spots to 25th due to the loss. For perspective, their win against the Texans moved them three spots to 23rd as of Week 9.

New York has been in the bottom half of the power rankings for most of the season, even though the Jets started the campaign 2-1. Since that intriguing start, New York has lost five of its last six games.

New York had a golden opportunity to improve its position in the AFC playoff race heading into Sunday’s game. Entering the week, the Jets (3-7) were 10th in the AFC, three spots out of the final playoff spot. But New York received three gifts before this game against the Cardinals.

Cincinnati, Indianapolis And Denver all lost before New York took the field, meaning the Jets could move up to eighth in the conference with a win.

This victory did not materialize. In fact, New York may have played its worst game of the year at the worst possible time.

The Jets defense allowed four touchdowns and a field goal on Arizona’s first five drives. The defense was also credited with 20 missed tackles, matching a season high set against San Francisco in the season opener.

Meanwhile, New York’s offense failed to score a touchdown and quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for fewer than 200 yards.

Now the Jets enter Sunday’s game with Indianapolis at MetLife Stadium, the same place they were heading to the Arizona game.

The only difference is that with seven games remaining, New York essentially needs to win to have a reasonable chance of making the playoffs. It would almost be a miracle if this happened to an organization that hasn’t made the playoffs since 2010.

For this reason, changes seem likely at Florham Park this offseason. Aircraft owner Woody Johnson licensed head coach Robert Salehand his replacement, interim coach Jeff Ulbrich didn’t do much better.

In addition to a possible coaching search, general manager Joe Douglas is in the final year of his contract and appears unlikely to be recalled.