EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was still early in the game, a preseason affair, the first one at MetLife Stadium this season, but the boos were building. The Jets trailed by two scores. The offense was scuffling, the defense seemed hapless. Even the special teams suffered. It looked all too familiar.
The winds of change were supposed to blow through these parts this fall — new coaching staff, new front office, several prized new acquisitions, even a new quarterback (for the moment). Through the first 20 or so minutes of preseason game No. 2, however, the air was recognizably stale.