Jets’ upset of Bills proves Robert Saleh’s team has done more than just ‘close the gap’ in AFC East

Robert Saleh's Jets lost to the Bills in the final game of his first season in charge. He admitted that his team has a long way to go to close the gap with Buffalo and New England and Miami in AFC East.

The Jets beat the Bills 20-17 on Sunday. The team is 6-3 and second in the AFC East behind the Buffalo Bills. They are going to play the Patriots in New England in Week 11. The NFL's longest active playoff drought is 11 years. FiveThirtyEight.com had their chances to make the postseason at 59%. They beat Buffalo and Miami and lost to the New York Patriots. New Jersey is going for the playoffs. It's been 10 years since the last time the Jets made the playoff. Their last playoff appearance was in 2011. After going 0-for-12 in AFC Eastern in 2020 and 2021, they beat both the consensus top two teams in their division.

Jets beat the Bills 17-14. Robert Saleh's team has done more than just close the gap in AFC East. Jets' defense forced the Buffalo to take the field. Michael Carter and James Robinson ran the ball eight straight times for 73 yards. On third-and-5, Wilson found Denzel Mims for a 12-yard completion. The Jets settled for the go-ahead field goal. Josh Allen's desperation heave to Gabe Davis was broken up by Sauce Gardner. The rookie celebrated by doing snow angels on the turf. It was a 70-plus-degree day in November.