New York Jets — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
New York Jets finished the 2025 season 3-14 · Missed the playoffs.
New York Jets: 3-14 regular season.
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2025 · Missed the playoffs
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- 30th-hardest schedule — opponents average 7.97 projected wins.
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Jets Camp — Aug 31: Klubnik Is the Only Backup Quarterback
The Jets cut to 53 and kept two quarterbacks: Geno Smith and rookie Cade Klubnik, with Bailey Zappe released. The kicker job went to Jason Sanders on Tuesday and got harder to feel good about by Friday, when he missed an extra point and a 54-yard try in a 23-6 finale loss to the Giants. Breece Hall made the roster, and Nate Lynn — three sacks in two preseason games — did not.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Jets Camp — Aug 23: Smith Goes Seven for Seven in Pittsburgh
Geno Smith played one series in Pittsburgh and completed all seven of his passes for 65 yards and a touchdown, a week after a sore foot scratched him from the opener, and the Jets shut out the Steelers 17-0. Rookie Cade Klubnik kept pushing the backup job conversation, second overall pick David Bailey got his first sack, and Breece Hall's groin injury put the lead back on a two-to-three-week clock.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
New York Jets Camp Update — August 16: Geno's Sore Foot and the Rookie Who Ran the Offense Anyway
Geno Smith was a late scratch Friday with a sore foot, and fourth-round rookie Cade Klubnik led scoring drives on both of his possessions with the starting offense in a 24-16 loss to the Buccaneers. David Bailey spent two joint-practice days pressuring Baker Mayfield, Garrett Wilson answered last week's question, and the 35-year-old quarterback's availability just joined the watch list.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
New York Jets Camp Update — August 9: David Bailey Is Already Wrecking Scrimmages
Geno Smith went 11-of-11 with four touchdowns in one practice and got humbled in Saturday's scrimmage — where the second overall pick spent the afternoon in his backfield. Both halves of the July collision are showing up on the same fields, sometimes on the same day.
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New York Jets 2026 Season Preview — The Zero-Interception Bounce
The Jets intercepted zero passes in 2025 — the only team in our ten-year data below two — and turnover luck that bad has historically snapped back hard; the complication is the quarterback they imported to catch it.
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3-14 regular season
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8 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft
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