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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 staff.
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 wished to bench Rodgers, Woody mentioned the proprietor is just too hands-on when it comes to personnel selections.
“Anyone who’s been affiliated with the Jets organization clearly knows that Woody Johnson … behind the scenes does pull a lot of strings,” Woody mentioned on “The Jim Rome Show.” “… There remains one constant why the Jets have remained in futility … that’s Woody Johnson.”
Johnson has owned the Jets since 2000, and through that point, they’ve made the playoffs six occasions.
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.
After 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 crammed with accidents, miscues, losses and firings.
The pondering is that Rodgers performed a task within the firing of Saleh and that the franchise could also be catering to his whims.
There at the moment are whispers that Rodgers could transfer on to a different staff after this season, and that Johnson’s future with the Jets could also be in query as he may obtain a job within the new presidential administration.
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