Optimism around the Jets usually disappears as fast as the warm weather when football season starts. It can sometimes linger for a few weeks, but it’s usually gone at some point in October. 

Can the Jets somehow manage to make that summer optimism last a little longer this year? 

There is a path, but it requires something the Jets have been unable to do for the past decade: get off to a hot start. The Jets have not opened a season at 2-0 since 2015. You remember that season? Ryan Fitzpatrick had a career year. Todd Bowles was in his first year as head coach. 

The Jets got off to a strong start with a win against a bad Browns team, followed by a statement win over the Colts, a team that had played in the AFC Championship Game the year before.