This week on Three Cranky Jets Fans, we hold a solemn—but deeply sarcastic—funeral for the 2025 New York Jets season. Joe opens the show with a full eulogy for a year that began with cautious optimism and ended in historic misery. Blowout losses, missed tackles, errant passes, and shattered dreams are laid to rest beneath the foul stench of the Meadowlands.

After welcoming the remaining members of Jets Nation, Joe, Matt Callahan, and Alana Close-Morone turn the episode into a full-on group therapy session.

Topic 1: Joe recaps the unthinkable 3–14 season and explains why this team belongs in the same historical dumpster as the worst Jets teams of all time. No interceptions. Record-setting blowouts. A finish so bad it rewrote the history books.

Topic 2: Matt runs through the league’s post-season coaching carnage—seven head coaches fired—and marvels at how Aaron Glenn somehow survives it. From Harbaugh to Daboll to Carroll, it’s a bloodbath… just not in Florham Park.

Topic 3: Alana looks ahead to the offseason chaos: trades, free agency, the second overall pick, and whether there’s anyone worth keeping. The crew plays armchair GM, debates veteran QBs, rookie development, roster depth, and the overwhelming need for… well, an entire defense.

Finally, the big question: Who’s really to blame? (Spoiler: Woody Johnson’s name comes up.)

We close out the episode thanking listeners for sticking through a strange season of Jets football and podcasting alike. Follow, review, and join us again as draft season approaches—maybe before, maybe after, maybe both.

Until then: harden your hearts… and don’t buy any Jets merch.

The Jets keep finding new ways to test the limits of loyalty, and this week is no different. On this episode of Three Cranky Jets Fans, Joe Close-Morone and Matt Callahan hold down the fort while Alana battles through an illness (don’t worry, she’ll live to rant another day).

We start with a painful recap of the Jets’ latest disaster against the Miami Dolphins, a 34–10 loss that somehow felt even worse than the score. We break down the lone bright spot—a punt return touchdown by Isaiah Williams—along with shaky quarterback play, the mysterious “phantom” injury to Justin Fields, Tyrod Taylor’s role, and the bigger question no one wants to ask: does it even matter who the QB is at this point?

From there, Matt takes us around the league for some of the most noteworthy (and ridiculous) NFL moments of the week. The Chiefs stumble, the Colts lose Daniel Jones and summon 44-year-old Philip Rivers out of retirement, and somehow this chaos might still help the Jets thanks to that extra first-round pick from the Sauce Gardner trade. Meanwhile, the rest of the AFC East looks annoyingly competent—because of course they do.

Finally, we preview Jets @ Jaguars, and… yeah, it’s bleak. Trevor Lawrence is playing better, the Jags look legit, and the Jets look like they’re heading for another long Sunday. We debate the quarterback situation, set expectations appropriately low, and lock in some truly grim predictions.

Stick around to the end for our trademark send-off, questionable optimism, and a reminder that hope may be dead for now—but there’s always 2026.

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We’re back! After a brief, totally reasonable scheduling meltdown, the Three Cranky Jets Fans have returned to restore order to your football-loving hearts. Joe Close-Morone, Matt Callahan, and Alana Close-Morone reunite to catch up on life, Thanksgiving, and—of course—the emotional roller coaster that is New York Jets football.

In this episode, we break down:

🔥 Jets vs. Falcons Recap
The Jets won a football game—yes, really. A 56-yard game-winner from the ageless Nick Folk, a bomb from Tyrod to Adonai Mitchell, and more signs of life from a team that usually specializes in heartbreak.

🤯 Around the NFL: AFC Mayhem
Matt takes us on a journey through the completely unhinged AFC landscape. The Chiefs might miss the playoffs, the Broncos are the “number one seed” (?!), and the Bills and Ravens are… whatever they are. Thankfully, the Jets remain consistently inconsistent—our only remaining constant.

🐬 Jets vs. Dolphins Preview
Alana sizes up Miami’s trip to the swamps of New Jersey. Will the Jets slow down Devon Achane? Can Tua gift us our long-awaited interception? And do Jets fans even want to win at this point? Plus, score predictions—and a strange, existential moment from Matt involving “dead inside the dolphins.”

As always, we wrap with listener love, some cautious optimism, and a reminder not to hold your breath for next week’s game.

The cranky crew is back, and the Jets have somehow stacked two wins in a row — which means the universe is clearly glitching. In this episode of Three Cranky Jets Fans, Joe, Matt, and Alana recap the Jets’ unexpected 27–20 victory over the Cleveland Browns, a game saved almost entirely by special teams heroics. From Kene Nwangu’s 99-yard kickoff return to Isiah Williams’ 74-yard punt return, the Jets’ special teams scored more than half the team’s points — sparking the debate: can special teams actually win a game by themselves?

Joe breaks down the “cave-man-style” recap (“Breece good, Fields bad”), the crew laughs at their hilariously inaccurate score predictions, and everyone wonders if Aaron Glenn should maybe relax just a tiny bit in his pressers.

Then Matt takes the wheel to run through the biggest stories around the NFL: Brian Daboll’s firing, the Bills collapsing against the Dolphins, and the nightmare scenario of the Patriots sitting comfortably at 8–2. Are we already talking Super Bowl predictions? Is it way too early? Absolutely.

Alana wraps things up with a preview of tomorrow’s Jets vs. Patriots matchup in Foxboro. With New England favored by 13 points, the trio digs into whether “Any Given Thursday” magic could possibly deliver a third-straight Jets win, and what kind of supernatural rituals might be required. Predictions range from bleak to bleaker — with a slight sprinkling of chaotic optimism.

Tune in for jokes, rants, questionable hope, and all the cranky energy you expect.

After a short break, the cranky trio is back! In this episode of Three Cranky Jets Fans, Joe, Alana, and Matt return to break down the wild 39–38 Jets win over the Bengals — a game that finally showed life on offense despite missing key stars Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner. Joe celebrates Breece Hall’s breakout performance (and surprise passing TD), while Matt and Alana debate what this win really means for the Jets’ future and draft position.

The crew also takes a somber moment to honor Jets legend Nick Mangold, reflecting on his legacy and impact on the franchise. Then they look ahead to the upcoming matchup against the Browns after the bye week, sharing score predictions and a few bold takes about what the trade deadline could bring.

Tune in for heartfelt moments, fiery opinions, and a few laughs as Three Cranky Jets Fans returns in true cranky fashion.

The Jets are 0-5, the jokes write themselves, and the crankiness is off the charts. Joe, Matt, and Alana relive yet another meltdown—Cowboys 37, Jets 22—complete with fumbles, penalties, and even SkyCam interference. Matt takes a grim stroll around the NFL (spoiler: everyone else in the AFC East won), and Alana previews the Jets’ trip to London to face the Broncos—because apparently, England hasn’t suffered enough.

Prop bets, sad score predictions, and just a touch of despair—it’s another brutally honest week with Three Cranky Jets Fans.

This week on Three Cranky Jets Fans, Joe, Matt, and Alana relive the Jets’ Monday Night Football disaster—13 penalties, 3 fumbles, and plenty of undisciplined play to go around. Matt hits the NFL headlines (spoiler: the AFC East keeps winning), and Alana previews the Cowboys matchup with some brutally honest score predictions. Cranky, sarcastic, and painfully honest—just like every Jets fan feels right now.

The Jets are 0-3, and we’re back to commiserate. In this episode of Three Cranky Jets Fans, Joe, Matt, and Alana break down the Jets’ trip to Tampa, including another round of mental mistakes, a few flashes of hope (thanks to Will McDonald’s insane blocked punt), and why this team still seems stuck celebrating “moral victories.”

We also take a look around the NFL—Detroit’s resurgence, Aaron Rodgers climbing the all-time record books, and Miami vs. Buffalo on Thursday night. Then it’s back to Florida as we preview Jets at Dolphins: can the Jets’ defense get it together enough to slow down Tyreek Hill and Miami’s high-octane offense?

Stick around for game predictions, plenty of cranky takes, and the usual dose of Jets misery mixed with cautious optimism.