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Jets Suffer Embarrassing Start to Season After National Anthem Flag Mishap

New year, same Jets.

Kristen Wong

The Jets' season opener hasn't even started yet, and there's already been an embarrassing moment on the field at MetLife Stadium.
The Jets' season opener hasn't even started yet, and there's already been an embarrassing moment on the field at MetLife Stadium. / Screengrab on Twitter/ @momof2boys99
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The Jets are gonna Jet.

As quarterback Justin Fields prepares to lead the Jets into a more hopeful era in his first year in New York, the team still looked like the same old organization that went 5-12 last year and has missed the playoffs for 14 straight seasons ahead of the season opener.

On Sunday, the Jets' 2025 season got off to a bit of an embarrassing start after there was a flag mishap during the national anthem ahead of Week 1's matchup against the Steelers.

During the anthem, a huge United States flag was unraveled on the field, and fans spotted a poor and hapless fellow stuck in the middle of the flag. He slowly crawled off the red and white stripes, but not before the comical incident was caught on camera by fans.

Check out the funny moment below:

Some things just forever stay the same. Best of luck to Fields.

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KRISTEN WONG

Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site. Outside of work, she has dreams of running her own sporty dive bar.

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