The Jets are heading into the home stretch of the 2017 season. After a surprising start, the team has fallen back to earth. While they remain mathematically alive, it now looks as though a Playoff berth will be difficult to attain. There are probably too many teams to jump and too little time to do it. While we will continue to hope for the best, it might make sense to focus on the future.On today's podcast, we look at what some areas of the team can tell us about the future. There are four spots on the roster that could be big needs by the end of the season or might not be so big. That will be determined in part by the way certain players perform over the last five weeks. Can the Jets trust those players? Who are these players? We talk about it on today's show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices