Jets make NFL history with season of unprecedented futility and record-breaking failures

The New York Jets have long been a laughingstock, but perhaps it has never been more deserved than right now.

Gang Green ended their season with yet another loss, but this one — a 35-8 defeat at the hands of the Buffalo Bills — was a different kind of embarrassing.

The loss marked the first time an NFL team has ever lost five consecutive games by at least 23 points — it had not been done in four games since 1972. Their point differential in that span is a -134, losing by an average...