Things feel pretty bleak right now for the New York Jets, but a quick turnaround is possible.

We'll explore why and how today on Locked On Jets.

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Well, today we have our weekly mailbag show. Each Wednesday, we try and do a mailbag with listener questions.

Thanks so much to everybody who sent in questions. Let's begin. First question is about the team's path forward.

John, you talk a lot on the show about 2025 being a reset year for the Jets,

where they hopefully show some levels of improvement over 2024, but realistically will not be a competitor.

However, with their core talent in place, they could be in the mix for the division and a deep playoff run in 2026.

What do you think the Jets need to do this offseason

and through 2025 to be ready to win in 2026? The very good question. And I think it's very easy

to be pessimistic. It's very understandable to be pessimistic when the team, first of all,

has missed the playoffs 14 straight years, but second of all has just gone through a two-year

stretch like we've gone through, where the Jets essentially promised everybody the world and did

not come close to delivery. The Jets talked Super Bowl in 2023 and 24, and we're really just a bad

team overall. But I don't think things are as bleak as people believe right now. And a lot of that

does go back to the core of talent that the Jets have. Is that unlike where we were in 2021 after

Adam Gase was fired, unlike where we were in 2015 after John Idzik was fired, the cupboard is not fair. There actually are good players on this

team. And we're talking about a team that was a little unlucky to only win five games. In fact,

I would say the, the 2023 and 2024 teams probably should switch their results because I think

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