It’s that time of year when game predictions, Super Bowl predictions, all that good stuff come flying out the window, only to be completely blown up within the first few weeks of the season.
Nonetheless, we all try to put our thinking caps on and gaze into our crystal ball to see how the season will play out. That’s what Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr recently did, predicting all 272 games of the regular season. And his prediction for the Jets may make some folks a little upset.
Orr has the Jets finishing 6-11 this season, last in the AFC East. That includes a predicted five-game losing streak through their Weeks 5 through 9 stretch against the Dolphins, Packers, Broncos, Patriots and Bills, putting the Jets at 2-7 going into their Week 10 bye.
Orr does have New York winning three straight at the end of the season against the Lions, Jaguars and Seahawks before finishing the season with a loss to the Dolphins.
The Jets, last but not least, should be judged this year as they were last season. This isn’t necessarily about wins and losses yet. Their schedule is unforgivable, with the Ravens, Bengals, Packers, Broncos and Bills all before the bye week. The question is whether these games will be close or not. After the Jets notched wins against the playoff-bound Titans and Bengals last year, we’ve built in room to be surprised.
The full game-by-game predictions from Orr:
- Loss Week 1 vs. Ravens
- Win Week 2 at Browns
- Loss Week 3 vs. Bengals
- Win Week 4 at Steelers
- Loss Week 5 vs. Dolphins
- Loss Week 6 at Packers
- Loss Week 7 at Broncos
- Loss Week 8 vs. Patriots
- Loss Week 9 vs. Bills
- Bye Week 10
- Loss Week 11 at Patriots
- Win Week 12 vs. Bears
- Loss Week 13 at Vikings
- Loss Week 14 at Bills
- Win Week 15 vs. Lions
- Win Week 16 vs. Jaguars
- Win Week 17 at Seahawks
- Loss Week 18 at Dolphins
