“I’ve got news for you. We’re gonna win the game. I guarantee it.”
It’s been 53 years since Joe Namath offered his infamous guarantee before defeating the Baltimore Colts in the first official “Super Bowl”.
Unfortunately, the Jets have yet to reach the Super Bowl again in the five decades since.
A big reason for the drought is poor quarterback play. Namath still holds the Jets’ record for single-season passing yards with 4,007.
The Jets’ struggles at quarterback continued into 2022. They started three different quarterbacks, who ranked 36th (Mike White), 37th (Joe Flacco), and 38th (Zach Wilson) in passer rating among 38 qualified quarterbacks with at least 185 dropbacks.