Ever since the day after Super Bowl XXXVI, we have been wondering how and when the Jets can close the gap on the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady Patriots, much less overtake them.
Joe Namath carrying the Lombardi Trophy to the Patriots on stage Sunday night was just the latest painful reminder it has been 50 years since the Jets won their only Super Bowl.
Waiting for Brady to grow old has been an exercise in futility, and so is waiting for Belichick to lose his passion for football and take up plumbing.
Brian Flores is the next branch from the Belichick tree to branch out on his own, with the Dolphins, and history has shown us there is only one Belichick.