| 2011 New York Jets season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Woody & Christopher Johnson |
| General manager | Mike Tannenbaum |
| Head coach | Rex Ryan |
| Home field | MetLife Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 8–8 |
| Division place | 2nd AFC East |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers | OT D'Brickashaw Ferguson C Nick Mangold CB Darrelle Revis OG Brandon Moore |
| Uniform | |
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The 2011 New York Jets season was the franchise's 42nd season in the National Football League (NFL), the 52nd season overall and the team's third season under head coach Rex Ryan.
Despite sitting at 8-5 in early December, controlling their own destiny to make the postseason, the Jets finished at 8–8. The team failed to improve upon their 11–5 record from 2010 and failed to reach the playoffs and the AFC Championship game for the first time since 2008, which had a three-game losing streak to close the season. The Jets' 2011 season, from its NFL lockout-impacted start to the team's losing streak that marked its end was chronicled extensively in Nicholas Dawidoff's 2013 book Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football. Beginning in the offseason, Dawidoff embedded himself with the team, primarily with defensive coordinator Mike Pettine and assistants Dennis Thurman and Mike Smith.[1] This season would begin a lengthy postseason drought for the Jets. Since 2011, the team has failed to qualify for the playoffs, with just one winning season from 2011 to 2024.
- ^ Leibovich, Mark (December 6, 2013). "Hard Knocks". The New York Times.