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The New York Jets beat the Houston Texans 21-13 on Thursday Evening Soccer, led by Garrett Wilson’s 2 TDs, one among which is a contender for Catch of the Yr. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes talk about if the Jets can rally behind this …
The New York Jets season has not gone based on plan.
Regardless of having four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers beneath heart for all ten video games this season, the Jets have solely managed to win three of these contests. Rodgers was accessible for lower than one full recreation in 2023, after he suffered a season-ending harm in Week 1.
Star defensive again Sauce Gardner has appeared pissed off at occasions this season. Gardner was not too long ago engaged in a dispute with soccer followers on social media. The 2-time All-Professional in the end deleted his posts.
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CBS Sports activities analyst Boomer Esiason earlier than the AFC Championship recreation between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Jan 30, 2022 at GEHA Discipline at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, MO. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)
Throughout a latest version of “Boomer & Gio,” former Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason addressed the alternate Gardner had with soccer followers. Esiason steered Gardner’s time could possibly be spent extra properly and suggested the 24-year-old to “put the damn phone down.”
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“My advice to Sauce Gardner is to put the damn phone down. Put it down!” Esiason mentioned. “The last two years, everyone is talking about how you’re the best player at your position. So it was two years of adulation and how great you are. All of a sudden, you have a couple bad games and miss some tackles, people go after you, and you want to start fighting people?”
“Stop defending and just play ball, man,” Boomer added. “I wish he would just put it down, and this offseason, just work on his golf game.”
New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner (1) previous to the Nationwide Soccer League recreation between the New York Jets and the New York Giants on August 28, 2022 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Wealthy Graessle/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)
Esiason, who earned league MVP honors in 1988, additionally steered he would take faculty teacher-type method if he was teaching in the NFL.
“If I have been a coach, I might need to be like a faculty instructor and say ‘Hey guys, can we put the phones in our caddies until after the game, and can we focus?'”
Team owner Woody Johnson decided to part way with coach Robert Saleh in October following the Jets 2-3 start. Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich was named the interim head coach.
Oct 6, 2024; Tottenham, ENG; New York Jets helmets are held by staff before the match against Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Seven days later, the Jets sent a conditional draft pick to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for Davante Adams. The move, however, has not made an overwhelmingly positive impact on the wins-losses column. The Jets have dropped four of their past five games.
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The Jets host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. On Wednesday, Colts coach Shane Steichen announced the team’s plans to switch back to second-year quarterback Anthony Richardson. The quarterback was the fourth overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, but he was benched in favor of Joe Flacco after Week 7.
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