Jeopardy! kicks Jets fans while their down with devastating final clue: Pretty rough 55-year streak

The Jets can’t fly clear of the turbulence.As the team trudges through another difficult losing season, New York Jets fans caught some random fire from “Jeopardy!” Thursday night — just hours after a report alleged that owner Woody Johnson makes crucial team decisions based on player ratings from video-game franchise “Madden NFL.”Fans of Gang Green were left stunned when host Ken Jennings revealed the answer to the Final “Jeopardy!” clue in the category of “Super Bowl History” was based on the Jets lack of postseason success for decades.The clue, Jennings read, was: “It’s the only team to play in the Super Bowl before Neil Armstrong’s moon walk that has not been back to the Big Game since.”While all three contestants may need to brush up on their football history, answering the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, and Houston Texans — Jennings revealed the correct answer was the New York Jets.“The winners of Super Bowl 3, the Jets, are having a pretty rough 55-year streak,” Jennings said.Contestant Laura Faddah ultimately emerged victorious as champion, wagering only $2,400 of her $13,600 on the final question.However, many fans of the Big Apple franchise tuning in to America’s most popular quiz show also felt like losers.“Even jeopardy is sh–ting on the jets today.I am in hell,” one depleted fan wrote on X.“Jets fans can’t even watch jeopardy in peace these days,” said one user.“No one on Jeopardy knowing that the Jets were in a Super Bowl might be the lowest moment of their franchise.

Even lower than being in a Final Jeopardy question that’s kinda sh–ting on them,” another pointed out.“Damn Final @Jeopardy why you gotta be so hurtful to us Jets fans? We suffer enough!” One Gang Green fan asked.The last time the Jets were in a Super Bowl was in 1969, when quarterback Joe Namath, now 81, led the team to a 16-7 win over the Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Colts).Aside from Armstrong walking on the moon...