Pissed off broad receiver Garrett Wilson raised eyebrows when he said shortly after the New York Jets’ newest defeat that it seems like the group has “a shedding downside” and/or a shedding “gene.”
On Wednesday, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers acknowledged there “may be some kind of curse we’ve acquired to snap” amid the longest active playoff drought within the 4 main North American sports activities leagues that the Jets not too long ago prolonged to 14 consecutive seasons.
“The tradition is constructed by the gamers,” Rodgers mentioned, as shared by Brian Costello of the New York Publish. “There’s a framework set down by the group, by the higher ups, by the workers, however within the finish, it’s the gamers that make it come to life. In some unspecified time in the future, everyone goes to have to determine what that particular sauce is to show these video games that must be wins into wins.”
Lengthy earlier than the Jets misplaced 9 of 10 video games to fall from 2-1 to 3-10 on the season, an anonymous NFL agent mentioned that “the vibe” inside the group was “horrible.” Extra not too long ago, NFL insider Dan Graziano of ESPN famous that the Jets’ “team culture is both horrible or nonexistent.”
Jets proprietor Woody Johnson fired head coach Robert Saleh and basic supervisor Joe Douglas in the course of the season. It is extensively anticipated that Johnson will formally transfer on from Rodgers when the brand new league yr opens in March.
“I feel, typically, your finest gamers should be your finest individuals and so they should prepared the ground with their perspective, with their observe habits, with their management, with the way in which they’re speaking to the media, with the way in which they’re out in public. I feel that’s an essential a part of setting the usual for the locker room,” Rodgers added about an NFL crew constructing the right tradition. “It’s a gaggle that has to search out that gel and spend time collectively and luxuriate in one another sufficient to take the work outdoors and spend time and simply maintain one another accountable at work and sort of let the ego go away.”
It was reported final week that former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel might think about the Jets as a touchdown spot relying on who Johnson hires because the crew’s subsequent GM. For a chunk printed Thursday, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell talked about that Vrabel, a one-time Related Press Coach of the Yr Award winner, is any person “with expertise who can rebuild the crew’s tradition.”
With that mentioned, the Las Vegas Raiders could pursue Vrabel subsequent month partly due to his relationship with Raiders minority proprietor Tom Brady.
