Before we can even imagine the Jets being a good team, they need to fix three simple things.

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On today's show, we're talking about three things the Jets need to do

in order to turn this thing around.

We frequently think of football as a complicated game,

and in some ways it is, but there's also a simplicity to it.

I think there are three core areas that the Jets have to address before they focus on anything else.

They are making sure you have playmakers on offense, making sure you have a pass rush on defense,

and just making sure you have great players in general.

Now, I think we get out a fourth one to this list, which is rather obvious.

The Jets need to figure out the quarterback position.

We have been going virtually generations trying to find a long-term franchise quarterback here in New York. And for the most part, we failed. There have been a few brief moments of success. You could go back to Ryan Fitzpatrick's 2015 season where he's had a bunch of team records. You could talk about Chad Pennington's brief run in the 2000s. We could go back even to Ken O'Brien, who had a good stretch in the 1980s, maybe an odd good season here or there, Vinie Testavardy in 1998, but Jets really have not been able to figure out the quarterback position. They've got to do that. I think that that's fairly obvious. But I think at this time of the off season, you're mostly done with free agency. You know, there might be a few additions

here or there, and that'll go on through the summer. I'm sure the Jets will sign players once we get

into May and June. Those will be guys who are coming off injuries who need to work out for teams,

maybe some older players just trying to

extend their career who go to teams in desperate need of a guy at their position after the draft.

But this is a point where you start assessing what do we need as a football team.

And frequently we talk about this in terms of positions. And there's value to that.

And a little bit later on the show, we'll go into more of a positional needs focus.

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