Bill Belichick gave a surprising assessment of the Jets on Monday.
The Patriots will take on the Jets for the second consecutive season on Monday Night Football. Last season, Sam Darnold saw “ghosts” in a 33-0 manhandling, a game that the Jets were never in.
Now New York is 0-8 after a listless 35-9 loss to the Kanas City Chiefs in Week 8. It’s been a lot of doom and gloom in New York this season, but Belichick offered a more positive take on the 2020 Jets.
“The Jets are a young team, I think they’ve improved from last year and over the course of this year,” Belichick said during his weekly spot on WEEI’s Ordway, Merloni and Fauria Show.
Belichick said there’s more to the Jets than meets the eye, but New York remains the league’s only winless team and hasn’t been competitive all year. Following Sunday’s loss, the Jets became the first team in NFL history to begin a season losing each game by eight or more points.
Gang Green has now been outscored 238-94, holding the worst point differential (-144) in franchise history through eight games.
If Belichick’s comments are any indication, teams aren’t overlooking the Jets. Chris Jones delivered similar sentiments before Week 8, but the Chiefs cruised to a 24-point victory. Regardless of Belichick’s comments, the Jets are a Monday night loss away from matching their nine losses from the season before.
It’s Week 9.