‘It’s the most dysfunctional place imaginable’ – Shocking report reveals new lows of New York Jets incompetency
If you’re an NFL player with a low Madden rating, forget about playing for the New York Jets. Woody Johnson isn’t interested. Johnson runs one of the most incompetent franchises in all of sportsGetty The Athletic’s NFL reporters, Zack Rosenblatt, Dianna Russini and Michael Silver dropped a very telling report on the incompetency of Johnson and the Jets. It has sent ripples throughout the league and has now cast an even bigger negative spotlight on the downtrodden franchise. According to the report, then Jets general manager Joe Douglas expressed interest in trading for Cleveland Browns wide receiver, Jerry Jeudy. It was all but set to happen until Johnson got involved. In the report, “Douglas told the Broncos that Johnson didn’t want to make the trade because the owner felt Jeudy’s player rating in “Madden NFL,” the popular video game, wasn’t high enough, according to multiple league sources.” Not trading for a talented player simply because of a low rating in a video game about sums up the dumpster fire that is Johnson and the Jets. The report didn’t stop there, as there were details of Johnson’s two teenage sons, Brick and Jack, becoming more and more involved in the decision making for the franchise. Teenagers. “When we’re discussing things, you’ll hear Woody cite something that Brick or Jack read online that’s being weighed equally against whatever opinion someone else in the department has,” said one Jets executive. “I answer to a teenager,” Douglas quipped. Johnson was hoping Aaron Rodgers would be his golden ticket out of the NFL basementGetty The power dynamics are at an all-time dysfunctional high. The Athletic’s report included damning quotes from anonymous players and executives with ties to the organization, revealing just how bad it truly is on 1 Jets Drive. “There are organizations where it is all set up for you to win,” said a player with the team in 2023. “It feels completely different (with the Jets). It’s the most dysfunctional place imaginable.” “Woody is just acting on instinct,” said a current Jets executive. “With Woody, it’s like, ‘I’m right — prove me wrong.’ You just don’t know what to expect … He’s been right enough, just with his random opinions, that (a bad decision) doesn’t dissuade him. “And when he’s wrong, who’s gonna hold him accountable?” Johnson banked on Aaron Rodgers coming in on his white horse to save the day, and uplift the franchise from the NFL’s cellar, to the league’s best. Unfortunately for the Jets owner, the plan has backfired in tremendous fashion. This year the Jets are 4-10, adding a 14th consecutive year to their postseason drought (longest in all of American professional sports). A fired head coach, a fired general manager, questions at the quarterback position, it’s all looking extremely bleak for New York. But hey, don’t worry Gang Green, I’m sure Johnson will sit down with his sons, fire up the Playstation, play some Madden, and figure it all out. That seems to be working so far.
If you’re an NFL player with a low Madden rating, forget about playing for the New York Jets.
Woody Johnson isn’t interested.
The Athletic’s NFL reporters, Zack Rosenblatt, Dianna Russini and Michael Silver dropped a very telling report on the incompetency of Johnson and the Jets.
It has sent ripples throughout the league and has now cast an even bigger negative spotlight on the downtrodden franchise.
According to the report, then Jets general manager Joe Douglas expressed interest in trading for Cleveland Browns wide receiver, Jerry Jeudy.
It was all but set to happen until Johnson got involved.
In the report, “Douglas told the Broncos that Johnson didn’t want to make the trade because the owner felt Jeudy’s player rating in “Madden NFL,” the popular video game, wasn’t high enough, according to multiple league sources.”
Not trading for a talented player simply because of a low rating in a video game about sums up the dumpster fire that is Johnson and the Jets.
The report didn’t stop there, as there were details of Johnson’s two teenage sons, Brick and Jack, becoming more and more involved in the decision making for the franchise.
Teenagers.
“When we’re discussing things, you’ll hear Woody cite something that Brick or Jack read online that’s being weighed equally against whatever opinion someone else in the department has,” said one Jets executive.
“I answer to a teenager,” Douglas quipped.
The power dynamics are at an all-time dysfunctional high.
The Athletic’s report included damning quotes from anonymous players and executives with ties to the organization, revealing just how bad it truly is on 1 Jets Drive.
“There are organizations where it is all set up for you to win,” said a player with the team in 2023. “It feels completely different (with the Jets). It’s the most dysfunctional place imaginable.”
“Woody is just acting on instinct,” said a current Jets executive.
“With Woody, it’s like, ‘I’m right — prove me wrong.’ You just don’t know what to expect … He’s been right enough, just with his random opinions, that (a bad decision) doesn’t dissuade him.
“And when he’s wrong, who’s gonna hold him accountable?”
Johnson banked on Aaron Rodgers coming in on his white horse to save the day, and uplift the franchise from the NFL’s cellar, to the league’s best.
Unfortunately for the Jets owner, the plan has backfired in tremendous fashion.
This year the Jets are 4-10, adding a 14th consecutive year to their postseason drought (longest in all of American professional sports).
A fired head coach, a fired general manager, questions at the quarterback position, it’s all looking extremely bleak for New York.
But hey, don’t worry Gang Green, I’m sure Johnson will sit down with his sons, fire up the Playstation, play some Madden, and figure it all out.
That seems to be working so far.
