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Dan Graziano, senior NFL national reporter
Let’s open NFL Week 4 overreactions by taking a trip back through the mists of time, to a bygone age called … a week and a half ago. Things were different back then. Gas still cost a little more than $3 per gallon in many places. The 1962 Mets still held the Major League Baseball record for most losses in a season. Far fewer people knew about that baby pygmy hippo in Thailand. And the Saints’ offense was about to take over the NFL.
It was way back in those sepia-toned days that Aaron Rodgers and the Jets looked absolutely awesome in a 24-3 Thursday night victory over the Patriots. The performance, following a couple of lackluster ones to start the season, was hailed as the long-awaited breakthrough. This was what it was supposed to look like — the delayed promise of “Insert Rodgers, become playoff team” on full display as he zipped pinpoint passes all over the field and appeared like his much-younger self the few times he took off and ran. Fans rejoiced as the team went into the mini-bye feeling fantastic about the Jets’ short-term future as a legit AFC contender.
Well, on Sunday, a well-rested and confident Jets team lost 10-9 at home to Bo Nix and the Broncos. And now we have to at least consider the possibility that, 10 days earlier, we might have been … overreacting. Yeah, let’s start this week’s overreactions — where we judge a few potential takeaways as legitimate or irrational — with the Jets.
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Will the Jets make the playoffs?
Is Daniels in the MVP mix?
Will the Chiefs add a WR?
How hot is Pederson’s seat?
