ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The opportunity the Jets had been waiting a year for came Sunday, and they seized it as if they were grasping at a tornado. The game spun away from them, kicking up everything they wanted, everything they craved, until it was all gone, all of it.
With a victory over the Buffalo Bills, the Jets could claim their first playoff berth in five seasons.
But there will be no postseason for the Jets. Ryan Fitzpatrick, whose poise and precision had ushered them to the precipice, threw three fourth-quarter interceptions.