{"id":452740,"date":"2026-02-06T15:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452740\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:52:13","slug":"no-matter-who-wins-super-bowl-60-new-york-jets-fans-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452740\/","title":{"rendered":"No matter who wins Super Bowl 60, New York Jets fans lose"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Super Bowl<\/a> can\u2019t come soon enough for supporters of the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. New York Jets fans, however, might choose to skip the game altogether. <\/p>\n

They\u2019ll witness one of two scenarios play out Sunday: Either their former quarterback and presumed savior of the franchise, Sam Darnold, will lead Seattle to its first NFL championship since 2014 or New England, their hated rival, will add to its stuffed trophy case.<\/p>\n

For Jordan Kamzan, a 34-year-old from Long Beach, New York, it\u2019s not a difficult choice. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be anyone playing the Patriots,\u201d he said, \u201cI would be cheering for him.\u201d <\/p>\n

Connor Hughes, an NFL reporter who covers the Jets and New York Giants for SNY, put it more bluntly. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Patriots win the Super Bowl, that\u2019s when the whole world will just come crashing down on the Jets fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rivalry between the two teams dates to 1960, when both franchises played in the American Football League. It continued once the league merged with the NFL in 1970 and the Jets and Patriots squared off multiple times a year as members of the AFC East.<\/p>\n

While the Patriots lead the all-time series 77\u201356\u20131, New England has been even more dominant in recent seasons. Since 2000, the Patriots are 40-12 in regular-season games. They also boast six Super Bowl wins and 18 divisional titles over that span. <\/p>\n

Jets fans thought their rival\u2019s reign was over<\/a> when legendary quarterback Tom Brady left the franchise in 2020 and coach Bill Belichick parted ways in 2024, but they were wrong. Just two years later, the Patriots are back in the Super Bowl<\/a>. And they now have a young stud quarterback and coach who figure to cause problems for the foreseeable future. <\/p>\n

Drake Maye<\/a>, a second-year signal-caller out of North Carolina, is in the NFL MVP conversation after taking a 4-13 team last season to the title game. He threw for 4,394 yards with 31 touchdowns and only eight interceptions this year. New head coach Mike Vrabel, a former Patriots linebacker who won three Super Bowls as a player, has also been instrumental in the quick turnaround. <\/p>\n

\"PatriotsNew England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel speaks with Drake Maye after the AFC championship game against the Denver Broncos in Denver on Jan. 25.Ashley Landis \/ AP<\/p>\n

The worst part is that the Jets nearly had Vrabel themselves. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey did everything they could to get him,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cSo much so that when he was driving to take the Patriots job, they called him and was basically like, \u2018Is there anything we can do to get you out of that car? Is there anything we can do to get you to take our job? We\u2019ll give you more money. We\u2019ll give you full control. We\u2019ll do anything to get you over here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Vrabel didn\u2019t budge. The Jets were forced to pivot to former Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, who led New York to a 3-14 season in his first year. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo they are sitting there stuck with Aaron Glenn coming off a three-win season, picking second overall (in the upcoming NFL draft) and having absolutely no hope,\u201d Hughes added.<\/p>\n

New York has not made the playoffs in 15 straight seasons. <\/p>\n

\u201cPeople can say they are lovable losers, but they are not even that,\u201d Kamzan said. \u201cWhat\u2019s there to love?\u201d <\/p>\n

Jets fans thought things would turn around in 2018 when they drafted Darnold at No. 3 overall. Instead, Darnold went 13-25 as a starting quarterback and had multiple bizarre incidents off the field that turned into viral memes. <\/p>\n

One was when a graphic was shared of Darnold with the words \u201cOut Indefinitely: Mononucleosis\u201d next to him, which was mocked online.<\/p>\n

Another was when Darnold said he was \u201cseeing ghosts\u201d while wearing a live microphone during a 33-0 loss to the Patriots on \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d in 2019. Both teams\u2019 fans still bring up the now-famous line. <\/p>\n

He left the team after the 2020 season and was considered by many to be a bust. <\/p>\n

But despite the lackluster play, many fans and analysts don\u2019t place the blame squarely on Darnold. <\/p>\n

\u201cEverything you could possibly do to make a quarterback fail is pretty much what the Jets did,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cYou can look at the players he was throwing to, to the guys that were blocking for him and the coaching. It was all bad. \u2026 I don\u2019t think there was ever a world, when you really look at it, where Sam has success with the Jets.\u201d<\/p>\n

He always had promise in the league if those other aspects \u2014 better talent around him, an offensive coach who can make the game easier \u2014 came together. And he\u2019s proven that since. <\/p>\n

Darnold, after a brief stint as a backup with the San Francisco 49ers, has thrived as a starter with the Minnesota Vikings and now the Seahawks. He was efficient all season, passing for 4,048 yards and 25 touchdowns, and has found a perfect connection with elite receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba. <\/p>\n

In the NFC championship against the Los Angeles Rams, Darnold completed nearly 70% of his passes for 346 yards and three scores with no interceptions. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard not to feel good for the guy,\u201d Corey Celt, a 36-year-old from Commack, New York, said. \u201cAs a Jets fan, I don\u2019t hold any hard feelings against Darnold. It\u2019s a choice between the Patriots and Sam Darnold, and I think picking Sam Darnold is an easy one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kamzan didn\u2019t hesitate when asked if there are \u201cwhat-ifs\u201d surrounding Darnold. <\/p>\n

\u201cOf course. There\u2019s the what-if of, \u2018If we just had better management, could this guy have been the franchise quarterback?\u2019 But what are you going to do? It\u2019s the Jets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Super Bowl can\u2019t come soon enough for supporters of the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-452740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}