NY Jets rookie embodies 'Same Old Jets' with laughable primetime punchline

You can't be serious right now.

Justin Fried

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The NY Jets are the most unserious professional sports organization in the history of humanity. The historic levels of ineptitude the franchise has reached just in 2024 alone are a thing of beauty. It's an art form, really.

Jets rookie wide receiver Malachi Corley was the latest to contribute to said ineptitude in the second quarter of the team's Week 9 game against the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football.

Corley checked into the game for one of his only plays all season, taking an end around 19 yards for what should have been his first career touchdown. But this is the Jets we're talking about. The Jets live in a Bizarro world where left is right, right is wrong, and touchdowns are actually turnovers.

The rookie wide receiver made the classic mistake of dropping the ball just before he crossed the goal line. There was no clear recovery and the ball rolled out of the back of the end zone for a turnover and a touchback. You can't make this stuff up.

Malachi Corley helps NY Jets reach a new low on primetime

The Jets have found creative and unique ways to lose games this season. There may never be a team so adept at finding creative, almost artistic, ways to unravel each week.

The Jets are a masterclass in chaos, a franchise that has turned self-destruction into an art form, where each loss feels historic for the new lows it manages to hit.

It's why the Jets are 2-6 despite every metric and number pointing to a relatively middle-of-the-pack team. They find ways to lose games.

This might be the Jets' most remarkable feat yet — redefining futility every Sunday. They’ve mastered the art of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, almost as if it’s woven into the fabric of the franchise.

What we’re witnessing with the Jets is historic — a franchise that finds innovative ways to come up short each week. They’ve turned the simple act of losing into a spectacle, a perpetual saga of unrealized potential and inexplicable errors.

Malachi Corley is just the latest victim of the cycle of dysfunction. He is but a product of the system, not the root.

Justin Fried

Justin Fried is an editor for FanSided who has over seven years of experience covering the NFL and various other sports. A diehard Jets fan since birth, Justin has served as the editor for The Jet Press since 2019, interviewing athletes such as Sauce Gardner, Curtis Martin, LaDainian Tomlinson, Joe Klecko, and many others. Justin has also worked closely with brands like Red Bull to help highlight the niche sectors of the sporting world. His four-part series on the sport of breaking remains one of his proudest pieces of work. In his spare time, Justin is an avid pro wrestling fan who is fortunate enough to have traveled to nearly 30 different countries.