No one saw this coming.

The Jets are off to a 3-2 start against a difficult schedule and are giving their fans some hope they have not had in a while. It’s only October, but the Jets look like they could be ahead of schedule on the way to being a contender … unless this is all a mirage.

Jets fans have been fooled before. The last time they started 3-2 was 2017 and the team finished the year 5-11. The Jets started off 3-3 in 2018 on the way to 4-12. So, there’s a lot of football left.

That said, you can’t take away the good start. The Jets have three wins when most expected them to be worse through five games. The hard part is looking ahead and trying to figure out what this start means going forward.