Mike Greenberg gutted his beloved New York Jets after their fifth straight loss

There was a time when Mike Greenberg was the most optimistic New York Jets fan on television. The Stand up The host was excited about the team's acquisition of Rodgers in the 2023 offseason. Remember when Rodgers gave him a special jersey during the quarterback's first training camp with the team? It was framed and hanging proudly on the wall Stand up Studio.

When someone replaced that jersey with a Brock Purdy jersey in September, he almost had a meltdown, but he was undeterred. After Rodgers threw for 281 yards and two touchdown passes against the New England Patriots in September, Greenberg ripped open his jersey to reveal the same jersey while calling Rodgers' performance against the Patriots “the greatest performance of any Jet quarterback.” “of all time” has had in my life.”

The Jets then lost three games in a row, fired their coach and traded him for Davante Adams, which revived Greenberg's step as he unzipped his sweatshirt The Pat McAfee Show to unveil the Rodgers jersey once again and announce the Jets are “back.”

That was 12 days ago. Since then, the Jets have lost both games with Adams, making it five straight losses for the Jets, dropping them to 2-6 and tied for the third-worst record in the NFL.

Proving that he doesn't just completely overreact on the rare occasions when the Jets do something right, Greenberg continued Stand up this morning and called the team “one of the colossal failures in sports history.”

“The 2024 New York Jets are one of the colossal failures in sports history,” Greenberg said. “When we talk about the truly failed teams, people always go back to the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles, who called themselves “the Dream Team” and, by the way, finished 8-8. This team will not finish anywhere near 8-8.” . This is a team that has gone as all-in as any team. And I can't say it was the right thing. I'm as guilty of that as anyone.”

It's good that he recognizes his own role in all this, but Greenberg really needs to tone down the hyperbole. This is one of the biggest failures in sports history? Look around the NFL this season and there are plenty of teams that could fit that label.

The Carolina Panthers are in pretty bad shape. Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars are 2-6. Does anyone remember the Deshaun Watson-era Cleveland Browns eight days ago? Or how about another Dallas Cowboys loss in primetime? The fact that this Jets team is so bad doesn't make it special. Even in a negative sense.

Let's just hope Greenberg has another jersey reveal under his sports jacket if the Jets actually win another game this year.