Not solely do the New York Jets maintain a disappointing 3-8 file this season, however they’ve been embroiled in controversy over the previous a number of weeks.
Earlier this season, head coach Robert Saleh was fired throughout his fourth season, and now normal supervisor Joe Douglas was fired earlier than finishing his sixth season with the workforce.
It appears to the remainder of the league that it’s novice hour in New York, and whereas many have blamed quarterback Aaron Rodgers for the chaos, former Jets offensive lineman Damien Woody positioned the blame on proprietor Woody Johnson.
Referencing a report that Johnson needed to bench Rodgers, Woody stated the proprietor is simply too hands-on when it comes to personnel choices.
“Anyone who’s been affiliated with the Jets organization clearly knows that Woody Johnson … behind the scenes does pull a lot of strings,” Woody stated on “The Jim Rome Show.” “… There remains one constant why the Jets have remained in futility … that’s Woody Johnson.”
.@damienwoody on Woody Johnson’s unfavorable impression on the Jets and what the function of an NFL proprietor ought to be. pic.twitter.com/XqhnKz5a7A
— Jim Rome (@jimrome) November 20, 2024
Johnson has owned the Jets since 2000, and through that point, they’ve made the playoffs six instances.
They reached the AFC Championship Recreation in consecutive seasons (2009 and 2010), however they haven’t been again to the postseason since, which is the longest drought within the main skilled sports activities.
Once they traded for Rodgers previous to final season, they anticipated him to make them reliable championship contenders, however as an alternative, the experiment has disintegrated right into a catastrophe stuffed with accidents, miscues, losses and firings.
The considering is that Rodgers performed a task within the firing of Saleh and that the franchise could also be catering to his whims.
There are actually whispers that Rodgers might transfer on to a different workforce after this season, and that Johnson’s future with the Jets could also be in query as he might obtain a job within the new presidential administration.
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