The Jets’ league-long drought without a postseason berth was extended to a dozen years with a once-promising 6-3 start spiraling into a 7-10 finish with Sunday’s 11-6 loss to the Dolphins.
Still, a local team is headed to the playoffs, the Giants’ laydown to the Eagles without Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley and several others notwithstanding.
The Final 14 teams and their pecking orders — including byes for the top-seeded Chiefs and the Eagles (both 14-3) — were finalized Sunday night when the Packers lost to the Lions to give the Seahawks the seventh seed in the NFC.
(And the Texans kicked off Black Monday on Sunday night by firing Lovie Smith after just one season, hours after Smith led them to a win that cost the Texans the No. 1 pick in the draft and handed it to the Bears.)
