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How the Jets have fared through their history when the team starts 0-3

Jets head coach Rich Kotite stands on the side lines durring the final minutes of his team's 13 to 34 loss to the Oakland Raiders in Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ., on Sunday, Oct. 6, 1996. Photo Credit: AP/ADAM NADEL

Sometimes you end up 10-5-1, sometimes 1-15.

Sometimes a rookie quarterback takes his first steps toward superstardom, sometimes a fill-in comes through in the only significant season of his career.

Sometimes a new coach does not make it to the end of his first year, sometimes a Hall of Fame coach rallies late, then moves on

There is one thing that can be said for certain about 0-3 starts: They are not a good idea, not in 1965, when the Jets first did it, nor in 2019, when it happened to them for the ninth time, and for the first time since 2003.