Jets earn disappointing distinction no NFL team wants to hold
The New York Jets earned the sole claim to an unwanted achievement this weekend.
The New York Jets earned sole claim to an unwanted achievement this week. The team's upstate counterpart in the NHL, the Buffalo Sabres, have now officially qualified for the NHL Playoffs this season. Before doing so, they were tied with the Jets for the longest postseason drought among all professional teams in the MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL, with both teams last advancing to the playoffs in their respective sports during the 2010-2011 season.
It breaks a 14-season postseason drought for Buffalo, and establishes the Jets as the sole owner of the longest active playoff drought. During their last playoff run in 2010, the Jets went 11-5 in the regular season and finished second in the AFC East before reeling off two consecutive playoff wins and advancing to the AFC Championship. There, they would lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
At that time, Rex Ryan was the head coach and Mark Sanchez was the starting quarterback. With the Buffalo Sabres breaking a 14-year playoff drought today, a look at who still stands tall: New York Jets, 15 years LA Angels of Anaheim, 11 years Pittsburgh Pirates, 10 years Charlotte Hornets, 9 years Detroit Red Wings, 9 years ā Spotrac (@spotrac) April 4, 2026 The Jets went 3-14 last season under first-year head coach Aaron Glenn, and have made some offseason moves in an attempt to get back to being a playoff-caliber franchise, and one of the big moves involved a trade for Geno Smith, who was the NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 2022, and will return to the organization for the first time since he began in his career with the Jets from 2013-2016. Fans will hope Smith's disappointing season with Las Vegas in 2025 was an outlier, and that he will return the franchise to the playoffs and help shed their embarrassing "accomplishment.
" But for now, they will be the sole owner of the worst postseason drought in pro sports. This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: New York Jets earn disappointing distinction no NFL team wants to hold