Jets Owner Outlines Hopes For Team: ‘if We Can Complete A Pass, It Would Look Good’

New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson has outlined humble ambitions for his winless squad arsenic he backed his caput coach, Aaron Glenn.

The Jets are 0-7 this play and person been atrocious successful almost each department. Speaking astir nan team’s play connected Tuesday, Johnson said: “If we tin conscionable complete a pass, it would look good.”

However, he was speedy to praise Glenn, who is successful his first play arsenic an NFL caput coach. “I do judge successful Aaron,” Johnson said. “I’ve known Aaron since 1996 [when] I was a fan. I’ve ever been a instrumentality of him. I spot nan measurement he handles nan room. If I were a player, I’d respond to him because he’s nan existent deal. No BS. No 2nd agendas. What you’re proceeding is nan truth, and a batch of times players don’t get nan truth. They get a batch of gobbledegook.”

Johnson was much withering successful his appraisal of nan team’s struggling quarterback, Justin Fields, who was fixed a two-year, $40m statement successful nan offseason. In six games this play Fields has thrown conscionable 4 touchdowns while his QBR of 31.8 puts him 31st among 33 eligible quarterbacks. Some reports opportunity nan Jets will chair Fields successful favour of 36-year-old journeyman Tyrod Taylor, who has been uninspiring successful his appearances this season.

“It’s difficult erstwhile you person a backmost pinch a standing that [Fields] has got,” Johnson said. “I mean, he has ability, but thing conscionable is not [working] … You person to play consistently astatine that position, and that’s what we’re going to effort to do for nan remainder of nan season.”

Despite nan Jets’ struggles connected offense, Johnson insists that he has nary regrets astir nan team’s determination to trim Aaron Rodgers successful nan offseason. Rodgers has since led nan Pittsburgh Steelers to nan apical of nan AFC North pinch a 4-2 record.

“I ne'er look back,” Johnson said. “You person to look guardant to football. Even erstwhile you trim players, they could beryllium a Hall of Famer. You conscionable ne'er know. But Aaron’s playing awesome now. He’s successful a business that’s moving for him.”

While nan Jets person tried galore caput coaches and starting quarterbacks successful caller seasons 1 constant, isolated from for his stint arsenic ambassador to nan United Kingdom during Donald Trump’s first term, has been Johnson’s ownership. The Jets person missed nan playoffs each play since 2011, nan longest drought successful nan NFL.