For years, the New York Jets seemed like the tragic hero of a Shakespearean play. A team that was on the brink of greatness only to be destroyed, not by lack of talent, but by incompetence.
Jets fans always believed they were one hire or trade or signing away from returning to glory. They had hope that their hero would rise once more. Now, they are beginning to realize that the team isn’t the hero, but the antagonist of the story.
Players weren’t leaving because the team didn’t want to pay them or they didn’t want to play for them, but because they were driven away.