The Chiefs are the consensus favorite to win the AFC Championship in consecutive seasons at +380 odds. The Bengals are +450 odds to win the AFC title game for a second time in the last three seasons. The Bills are +475 odds to win the conference crown and return to the Super Bowl for the first time since the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Jets are fourth on the futures board at +900 odds to win the AFC Championship. Gang Green finds themselves ahead of the Los Angeles Chargers (+1200), Miami Dolphins (+1200), and Jacksonville Jaguars (+1400).<\/p>\n
The Bills are the betting favorite to win the AFC East at +130 odds. The Jets saw their divisional odds make a significant leap to +225 odds, and they moved ahead of the Dolphins (+300) and New England Patriots (+800).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, after losing Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers saw their Super Bowl odds dip from +3000 to +5000.<\/p>\n
The Jets were 7-10 last season and finished in last place in the AFC East. They surprised pretty much everyone in the league when they jumped out to a 5-2 record. They were 6-3 before a bye in Week 10 but finished 1-7 over the last eight games, including six consecutive losses to end the season. Their sputtering offense generated only 15 total points in the final three games.<\/p>\n
We were a playoff team last season,”<\/strong> said cornerback Sauce Gardner. “But we didn’t get the job done late in the season and missed the playoffs. With A-Rod, we’re going to end the playoff drought. No doubt.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAfter the Sacramento Kings qualified for the NBA playoffs this season, the New York Jets took over as the franchise with the longest postseason drought in the major North American sports leagues. The Jets last qualified for the playoffs in the 2010 season.<\/p>\n
The last time the Jets were actually relevant occurred back in the tail end of the 2000s. Under head coach Rex Ryan, and with Mark Sanchez at quarterback, the Jets advanced to the AFC Championship game in consecutive seasons in 2009 and 2010. However, the Jets have been an utter disappointment since then. They missed the playoffs every season since 2011 and posted just one winning season in the last 12 years.<\/p>\n