December, January Have Been Harsh for New York Jets

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As the New York Jets enter the chill of December at 5-6, they'll avoid the elements this week with the Buffalo Bills as they play indoors in Toronto, Canada versus the bitter cold of Orchard Park, New York.

While considered a Buffalo home game, the Jets have an the opportunity to reach .500 at 6-6 at a neutral site instead of the home field advantage the Bills would enjoy at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Historically, the months of December and January have been hard on the New York Jets.

In this decade alone, the Jets have entered the December chill .500 or better six times only to go 18-23 in December and 1-2 in January. Since 2000, the New York Jets are 56-55 for the months of September, October and November while just 19-25 in December & January!

The Jets have gone .500 or better only three times in this decade for the month of December (2002, 2004 and 2006). In all three instances, the Jets made the playoffs.

There best December was in 2006 when the Jets entered that month just 6-5 only to finish 4-1 in December and 10-6 overall. In 2008 the Jets entered December 8-3 only to go 1-3 for December and finish 9-7 and out of playoff contention.

While the Jets are just a mediocre 75-80 this decade, they have qualified for the playoffs four times, the most of any stretch in franchise history.

While considered a cold weather team, the Jets have not been cold weather winners much like their counterparts the New York Giants who seem to revel in the elements.

But with just 5 games to play the Jets will play indoors at Toronto, at Tampa Bay, home for Atlanta, on the road at Indianapolis and finish the season at home against Cincinnati on January 3rd for the final game at the Meadowlands.

In effect, the Jets will play indoors twice and in warm weather at least once while hosting the Falcons who already lost to the Giants earlier this season at East Rutherford while finishing up with Cincinnati.

Hopefully for the Jets, that final home game could have playoff implications but mean little to the Bengals who should finish as the #2 , #3 or #4 seed. If that's the case, the schedule in December could be favorable for at least a 9-7 finish which just might mean a 17th game in 2010.

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