{"id":186395,"date":"2026-04-05T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186395\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:16:08","slug":"with-sabres-in-postseason-new-york-jets-drought-stands-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186395\/","title":{"rendered":"With Sabres in postseason, New York Jets\u2019 drought stands alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NHL\u2019s<\/a> Buffalo Sabres<\/a> celebrated the end of a 14-year postseason drought on Saturday, April 4.<\/p>\n

The Sabres are chasing an Atlantic Division title as the regular season winds down. But a Detroit Red Wings loss clinched Buffalo a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2010-11.<\/p>\n

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Interestingly, Buffalo\u2019s achievement leaves the NFL\u2019s<\/a> New York Jets<\/a> all alone atop the playoff drought list with a 15-year playoff drought.<\/p>\n

Consequently, ESPN\u2019s Rich Cimini noted the Jets\u2019 predicament<\/a> in a story Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo longer are they linked in infamy, as the Sabres clinched a playoff berth Saturday to snap their 14-year postseason drought \u2014 the longest in NHL history \u2014 with six games to spare,\u201d Cimini wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jets are still going, at 15 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the Sabres clinched their berth, Sports Illustrated updated<\/a> the list of North American pro sports\u2019 longest playoff droughts.<\/p>\n

Consequently, here is the list:<\/p>\n

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New York Jets, NFL, 15 years<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Angels, MLB, 11 years<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, 10 years<\/p>\n

Charlotte Hornets, NBA, 9 years<\/p>\n

Detroit Red Wings, NHL, 9 years<\/p>\n

Atlanta Falcons, NFL, 8 years<\/p>\n

Anaheim Ducks, NHL, 7 years<\/p>\n

Colorado Rockies, MLB, 7 years<\/p>\n

According to Cimini, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, who went 3-14 in his first year leading New York, committed to getting the team back into championship contention.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to leave a legacy, I do,\u201d Glenn said in his introductory press conference. \u201cWhen I\u2019m gone, man, I\u2019m looking at this team being a team that consistently puts themselves in a place to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a day, there\u2019s not an hour, there\u2019s not a minute I don\u2019t think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On the bright side, the Jets still have a long way to go to match the NFL record for playoff futility.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that distinction belongs to the Chicago\/St. Louis Cardinals, who went 25 seasons (1949-74) without making the postseason.<\/p>\n

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Also, in other sports, the Washington Nationals\/Montreal Expos didn\u2019t make the MLB playoffs for 29 straight years (1982-2011). Finally in the NBA, the Sacramento Kings snapped a 16-year drought by making the postseason in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NHL\u2019s Buffalo Sabres celebrated the end of a 14-year postseason drought on Saturday, April 4. The Sabres…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[429,23991,11810,2670,619,3297,6425,51156,19694,74776,37072,20,9,11,430,10,22,539,19217,71975,9143,3329],"class_list":{"0":"post-186395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-aaron-glenn","9":"tag-aaron-rodgers","10":"tag-anaheim-ducks","11":"tag-atlanta-falcons","12":"tag-buffalo-bills","13":"tag-buffalo-sabres","14":"tag-charlotte-hornets","15":"tag-colorado-rockies","16":"tag-detroit-red-wings","17":"tag-leonard-floyd","18":"tag-los-angeles-angels","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-new-york","21":"tag-new-york-headlines","22":"tag-new-york-jets","23":"tag-new-york-news","24":"tag-nfl","25":"tag-nhl","26":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","27":"tag-rich-cimini","28":"tag-sacramento-kings","29":"tag-the-jets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}