The Unwavering & Merciless Curse of the New York Jets

Four plays into his Jets career, Aaron Rodgers is done for the year in the latest example of misfortune and misery for Gang Green.

Fans of sports teams will often describe their teams in terms that are on one extreme or another, a black and white approach while the reality is more shades of gray. Every fan thinks that their player is the best player and when they lose that the whole world is out to get them. This is, of course, the nature of fandom. Some teams experience such a lack of success that many fans will shout from the rooftops that their favorite team is cursed. There have been many “cursed” franchises over the years such as the Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Vikings, and Washington Wizards. A chronic lack of success at the highest level will make a fan rationalize that a higher power is at play to cope with the pain of consistent loss.

It is easy to dismiss fans that think that their teams are cursed. But this week in the wake of Aaron Rodgers rupturing his Achilles tendon four plays into his time as the quarterback of the New York Jets, it is harder to just dismiss the notion that the Jets are a snake bitten franchise. New York’s AFC franchise has not had a winning record in over a decade and was hoping to change fate with the signing of Rodgers to finally reach another Super Bowl. Instead his injury has created more…