New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson slammed the NFL Gamers Affiliation’s annual staff report playing cards on the annual league assembly in Palm Seashore, Florida, on Monday.
The NFLPA launched the report card on Feb. 26. The Jets ranked twenty ninth within the survey, and Johnson received an F.
“My first learn is I believe it’s very bogus,” Johnson mentioned of the report card, by way of The Athletic’s Zack Rosenblatt. “However we need to get higher every single day. I need to be No. 1 in every part.”
The surveyed gamers did not really feel Johnson contributes to a constructive tradition and is not dedicated to constructing a aggressive staff. Nonetheless, the proprietor mentioned the way in which the survey gathered info was flawed.
“The entire thing,” Johnson mentioned when requested what in regards to the survey was bogus. “How they collected the knowledge, who they collected it from, it is purported to be a course of the place we’ve representatives so we all know it is an trustworthy survey. And that was violated for my part. So I am going to go away it at that. However there’s lots of homeowners that checked out this survey, and mentioned this isn’t honest, not balanced, it is not each participant, it is not even consultant of the gamers.”
According to the survey, 1,695 players (roughly 70 p.c of energetic gamers within the NFLPA) took half, which looks like a strong pattern dimension.
Maybe Johnson ought to admit he should deal with his shortcomings as an proprietor as a substitute of claiming the report card is a sham.
Since Johnson bought the staff in January 2000, the Jets have not made a Tremendous Bowl. In addition they have not clinched a playoff berth since 2010, the longest energetic drought throughout the NFL, NHL, MLB and NBA.
In December 2024, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, Michael Silver and Rosenblatt printed a narrative detailing how the Jets’ ineptitude may be attributed to Johnson. Within the report, a supply mentioned he is “consumed with the general public notion of his franchise, typically on the expense of on-field success.”
If Johnson would settle for the destructive suggestions within the survey, maybe the Jets would enhance. But it surely would not seem he’ll.
