New York Jets Flight Connections 10/18/16

Well, I guess we're just gonna have to settle for 11-5 this season, Gang Green Gangsters. Here are your daily New York Jets and NFL links for today...

Pro Football Focus: It's time for the Jets to bench QB Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Shutdown Corner: Fitzpatrick should be benched permanently.

Neil Best: It's time for the Jets to pull Fitzpatrick.

Kimberley A. Martin: QB Geno Smith is frustrated and believes he's ready to step in.

Connor Hughes: WR Brandon Marshall says they are not a good team right now.

Mark Cannizzaro: HC Todd Bowles dooms the Jets waiting too long to go to Geno.

Rich Cimini: Bowles won't bench Fitzpatrick, but he needs to do something.

Conor Orr: Cardinals RB David Johnson runs over the woeful Jets. Woe there guy.

Neil Best: CB Buster Skrine is benched and in Bowles' doghouse. Oh. A nickel corner playing outside gets benched.

Darryl Slater: Why defiant DE Sheldon Richardson thinks the 1-5 Jets can still make the playoffs. Because Fitz is still starting?

Daniel Popper: ILB David Harris had his streak of 121 straight starts snapped.

ESPN: The Jets and the Cardinals were caught in a penalty vortex.

Danny Kelly: The Buffalo Bills' elaborate rushing attack has saved their season.

James Walker: The Miami Dolphins finally find their go to running back in RB Jay Ajayi.

Tom Pelissero: Don't look for Cincinnati Bengals LB Vontaze Burfict to be suspended for his hit on New England Patriots TE Martellus Bennett.

Jarrett Bell: To escape boos, QB Brock Osweiler must prove he's worth the Houston Texans' investment.

Lindsay H. Jones: HC Gary Kubiak returns with confidence after a week away from the Denver Broncos.

David Chao: All meniscus tears are not the same.

Baltimore Beatdown: Are the coaches really the ones to blame for the Baltimore Ravens' struggles?

SB Nation: Why Seattle Seahawks CB Richard Sherman wasn't flagged for pass interference.

The Times Picayune: New Orleans Saints HC Sean Payton doubles down on his desire to make pass interference reviewable.

Pride of Detroit: Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford has been extremely accurate this season.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: QB Aaron Rodgers falls from the ranks of the greats.

Associated Press: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger undergoes knee surgery but is not out long term.

Associated Press: Cleveland Browns S Jordan Poyer is still in the hospital with a lacerated kidney.

USA Today: Credit and criticism continue to follow New York Giants WR Odell Beckham.

The Ringer: Some of the NFL's pillars of stability are starting to crumble.

It was not supposed to be this way:

Sorry this post was up a little late today. I was busy dealing with Dick Trouser and his mom.