Lack of energy, missed opportunities among takeaways from Jets’ loss to Bengals

Jets Wire breaks down the Jets’ Week 13 loss to the Bengals with four takeaways from the action.

The same old Jets are back.

Granted an ideal opportunity to make it four wins in a row against the winless Bengals, New York looked like the team that started the season 1-7 and gave Cincinnatti its first win of the season by a final score of 22-6 thanks to what was essentially a no-show performance.

The Jets can now say goodbye to any hope for a miraculous postseason push. They can also say goodbye to the momentum that seemingly had them trending in the right direction. Before putting this ugly loss in the rearview mirror, let’s take a look back at the action with four takeaways.

Typical Jets

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Leave it to the Jets to lay an egg against the worst team in football after winning three games in a row.

New York had a prime opportunity to extend its winning streak to four against a winless Bengals squad, but fell flat on its face in Cincinnati. Maybe it was the dreary weather and nearly empty stadium that threw the Jets off. Maybe they simply got caught flat-footed by underestimating the Bengals and assuming they would lie down for them.

Either way, there’s no denying that Sunday’s performance was the latest example of the same old Jets coming out to play.