Week 8 · 2025–26 season
Jets
W 39-38 at Bengals · Oct 26, 2025
Misery Index · Meh
Jets fans toasting a 39-38 win for the late No. 74 while quietly noting they nearly blew it to Cincinnati.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
J.Brownlee breaking up the J.Flacco pass to A.Iosivas with 32 seconds left saved a 39-38 win that nobody quite knew how to feel about. The defense gave up 38 to Cincinnati and still got bailed out by a stop, which is the kind of math that wins a week and worries the next one. The fanbase celebrated, mourned, and side-eyed the box score all at once. A win is a win, until the film loads.
What fans said
“you just scored 38 points against the 2025 New York Jets and lost”
u/ProtoEgg▲ 582frustration
“J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS. Rest easy, 74.”
u/OtherHalf747▲ 144joy
“They won for Nick. R.I.P to a legend.”
u/RogueRage95▲ 117joy
“10-7 SUPERBOWL HERE WE COME WE’RE DOING IT FOR YOU NICK”
u/Due_Cut_4950▲ 228hope
“He'd be so proud of his guys today. They played for him”
u/NoScopeMusical▲ 100joy
“Lions fan here and same! Great win for the Jets and their fans!”
u/Free-At-Lazt▲ 43joy
14 more
“Watching Rex’s reaction was just fucking brutal”
u/ThreeCranes▲ 41rage
“Wearing my 74 for the last time today. Will live on my office wall now. RIP Legend”
u/JustTheBucket▲ 35despair
“He was leader of the line one last time, RIP”
u/Pauliehatestheadmins▲ 35despair
“That was for Nick. RiP to an absolute legend.”
u/afivestarman__▲ 56joy
“Less than an hour from his hometown, in his home state, two hours from his college. I love you 74”
u/26265273▲ 90pride
“FOR BIG NICK 💚🤍 What a performance holy shit”
u/garethisacynic▲ 19joy
“I'm so happy we got this win. For Nick. 🙏🏾”
u/digitalpariah▲ 16joy
“Damn I just saw Rex breakdown in tears live on ESPN talking about Nick. Heartbreaking.”
u/aragorn_83▲ 28despair
“haha maybe Woody dunking on Fields gave him the proper motivation”
u/ExpensiveFoodstuffs▲ 35joy
“Just a Raiders fan who wandered in here to tell you guys congratulations, you fucking did it. For Nick 💚🤍”
u/ArkBass▲ 15joy
“Yea. He came in on short notice after being benched and publicly insulted by the owner AND won, you can’t bench him again at least not this week”
u/285kessler▲ 32pride
“This team actually isn't going to win a game”
u/i-exist20▲ 14despair
“I'm happy. We love you Nick!”
u/jgangstahippie▲ 20joy
“Fuck the game now, fuck the draft, RIP Nick”
u/CoconutOk8579▲ 15rage