Jets snag 1st interception in 21 games, snapping record drought — SkimNews
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- Minkah Fitzpatrick picked off Bears QB Tyson Bagent in the second quarter, ending the Jets' 21-game, 643-attempt, 638-day streak without an interception, and New York converted the takeaway into a field goal to cut the deficit to 7-3.
- The Jets still fell 23-12 to Chicago, and Fitzpatrick's pick was their first since safety Ashtyn Davis intercepted Dolphins QB Tyler Huntley on Jan. 5, 2025, the final game of the 2024 regular season.
- The 2025 Jets became the first team in NFL history — since interceptions began being tracked in 1933 — to go an entire season without one, with 20 different opposing quarterbacks failing to throw a pick against them.
- The drought began against Aaron Rodgers in the 2025 opener, a detail the source flags as fitting given Rodgers was the Jets' QB in 2023 and 2024.
- A near-miss came in the first quarter when 360-pound nose tackle T'Vondre Sweat caught a deflected pass, but the interception was nullified by a penalty on cornerback Azareye'h Thomas.
- Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, a former Pro Bowl cornerback with 41 career interceptions, has been confounded by the slump, while former Jets coach Herm Edwards — who had 33 career picks as a DB — called it 'the craziest stat I've ever heard.'
Why it matters: The 2025 Jets became the first team in the 92-year tracking era to complete a full season without an interception — 643 pass attempts, 20 quarterbacks faced, zero picks — making this a genuinely unprecedented statistical anomaly. The drought ended in a loss to a backup QB (Bagent), not because the defense finally tightened, but because the football gods finally handed them one.
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