Jets are already set up for an easier road in 2025 and the offseason technically hasn’t started yet
It was not an easy year for the New York Jets, although it was mainly their own doing that made the year so difficult. But with 2024 officially in the books for the Jets all attention is now turned to 2025. The Jets are currently still in the interview process for both a new general […]
It was not an easy year for the New York Jets, although it was mainly their own doing that made the year so difficult. But with 2024 officially in the books for the Jets all attention is now turned to 2025.
The Jets are currently still in the interview process for both a new general manager and head coach. Once those are figured out, they can begin the process of working on the actual roster. Until those things get figured out, it is hard to determine things like contract extensions or draft targets.
What we do know for 2025 is the Jets will have one home game in London, and the opponents the Jets will face. And while every year is different in the NFL, based on the 2024 win-loss record, the Jets have the 26th hardest schedule (7th easiest) in 2025.
Outside of the usual suspects in the AFC East who they will square off with twice a year, the Jets will square off with the AFC North and the AFC South and the 3rd place team in the AFC West and AFC South.
- Buffalo Bills 13-4
- Miami Dolphins 8-9
- New England Patriots 4-13
- Baltimore Ravens 12-5
- Pittsburgh Steelers 10-7
- Cincinnati Bengals 9-8
- Cleveland Browns 3-14
- Jacksonville Jaguars 4-13
- Denver Broncos 10-7
- Dallas Cowboys 7-10
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10-7
- Atlanta Falcons 8-9
- Carolina Panthers 5-12
- New Orleans Saints 5-12
The Jets will have six games next season against teams that had 10 or more victories in 2024. On the flip side, New York will face six teams that had five or fewer victories in 2024. The issue I see, is I am far more confident in some the bad teams on this list being better in 2025 than I am the good teams being worse.
I expect teams like the Panthers to be better in 2025 after it looked like Bryce Young figured some things out at the end of the season. I expect teams like Miami and Cincinnati to bounce back after a rough 2024. Jacksonville was supposed to be a playoff team in 2024, and fell off a cliff, and perhaps a new head coach will get them back. I have high expectations of Mike Vrabel and now that he is in New England I expect them to get better in 2025.
I’m less inclined to believe that teams like Buffalo and Baltimore will take steps back next season.
A lot can happen before next season, but at this point, it appears that the NFL schedulers at least did the Jets a small favor by not making them run through the gauntlet in a (hopefully) bounce back year.
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