The 1991 Monday Night Football disaster that defined Jets misery

The Jets Monday Night Football loss to the Bears in 1991 might be the most Jets way to lose a football game ever invented. We had a 13-3 lead in the fourth quarter against Chicago, and somehow found every possible way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Holding a seven-point lead with less than two minutes left, Blair Thomas fumbled the ball away on our own end like he was trying to gift wrap it for Chicago. The Bears tied it up and forced overtime, because of course they did. Then came the moment that still makes me sick. We actually drove down the field in overtime for what should have been an easy game-winning field goal. Dan Dierdorf on ABC said the words that haunt every Jets fan: “He better make this one.” Pat Leahy promptly shanked a 28-yard chip shot that my grandmother could have made. #NFL #NFLPain #NewYorkJets