With a 3-8 record and only weeks remaining in the regular season, the New York Jets' playoff hopes are hanging by a thread. Despite entering their bye week with optimism, the team

Which wasn't supposed to happen. The Adams trade was expected to be the catalyst to spur New York—and, more importantly, quarterback Aaron Rodgers—to more inspired levels of play. Instead the Jets continued on their death spiral, and after a narrow loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday hold a 3-8 record with six games to play.