Former Jets Qb Details Concerning Interaction With Owner Woody Johnson

Jets proprietor Woody Johnson made headlines past week for immoderate harsh comments he gave astir quarterback Justin Fields. At nan NFL owner's meetings, Johnson said, "It’s difficult erstwhile you person a backmost pinch a standing that we got," arsenic good arsenic saying "if we could conscionable complete a pass, it would look good."

According to erstwhile Jets backmost Jordan Travis, these aren't nan only troubling comments Johnson has made to 1 of nan team's quarterbacks. The Jets picked Travis successful nan 5th information of nan 2024 NFL draught aft suffering a devastating wounded that ended his last play of assemblage prematurely, and he ended up retiring earlier this twelvemonth aft his rehab was unsuccessful. Despite dealing pinch a superior limb injury, Travis remembers Johnson asking him, "Are you ever gonna get healthy?"

"That guy, nary disrespect, but location were things that were said to me, not evidently to that point, because I ne'er sewage connected nan section to play, but, astir my leg. Just slick comments," Travis said connected nan Travis Takes Two podcast. "I don't cognize if he was trying to beryllium slick astir it, aliases you cognize really immoderate older group they conscionable benignant of opportunity immoderate that comes to their mind, and it benignant of made maine consciousness a definite type of way."

"Not 'how you feeling?' Never that," Travis recalled. "There was ever comments for illustration that. It benignant of upset me, but it benignant of rolled complete my head."

Travis besides expressed "kudos" to Fields, who followed up Johnson's comments by starring nan Jets to their first triumph of nan season connected Sunday complete nan Bengals.

Johnson did end up receiving backlash for his comments astir Fields, including from erstwhile 49ers, Chiefs and Commanders backmost Alex Smith, who said, "Maybe nan problem is you, Woody. Maybe you look successful nan mirror. You person nan longest playoff drought successful each of nan NFL. It starts astatine nan top, and it trickles down. This is cowardly. This is an proprietor that's deflecting because his statement is terrible, and he drove nan autobus complete a 26-year-old quarterback."

Given nan Jets clasp nan NFL's longest progressive playoff drought, for illustration Smith mentioned, and person grounded seemingly nary matter who is astatine coach aliases quarterback, guidance and ownership surely bares a beardown information of nan blasted for nan Jets woes—and nan measurement they've treated their players.

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