It is with the benefit of hindsight that Sept. 7 now stands out as a rare and amazing day. For that was the Sunday when the Jets, in their season opener, actually won a game. They have not won since — not in eight games, played in five stadiums and in two time zones. Their misery is in its third month, with no relief in sight.
During this long, pathetic stretch, in which, among other things, the Jets have allowed 22 touchdown receptions and intercepted one pass in return, some crazy things have happened in the N.F.L. The Cleveland Browns rallied from a 25-point deficit against the Titans in Tennessee, and quarterback Mark Sanchez, the famous Jets reject, got back on the field again and led the Philadelphia Eagles to, you guessed it, a victory.
Then there was Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who on Sunday threw six touchdown passes for the second consecutive game. Guess whom the Jets play next?
We could go on, and on, but here is a random sample of some of the other things that have happened since the Jets last came out on top:
■ The Mets won 11 games (as did the Yankees, for that matter).
■ The Winnipeg Jets won two games in the New York metropolitan area, against the Islanders and the Rangers.
■ Joan Jett was nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
■ An N.F.L. coach was fired — Dennis Allen, whose Oakland Raiders naturally supplied the Jets with their only victory.
■ The Brooklyn Bolts, of the new Fall Experimental Football League, have won all three of their games.
■ The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba debuted on the stock market and, as of Monday, was worth more than Wal-Mart.
■ Pacific-12 teams completed three Hail Marys.
■ Four new network television shows premiered and were canceled: “Manhattan Love Story” (ABC), “Bad Judge” and “A to Z” (NBC) and “Utopia” (Fox). None had anything to do with the Jets — as far as we know.
■ The University of Florida football team, for which the Jets offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg’s son, Skyler, is a backup quarterback, won three games.
■ Geno Smith, the Jets quarterback who has cursed at a fan, missed a team meeting and lost his starting job, turned a year older. His 24th birthday was on Oct. 10, two days before the Jets lost to Denver.