After an extended offseason stuffed with a disagreement between the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos — over former Denver head coach Nathaniel Hackett, now in New York because the Jets offensive coordinator — the Hackett Bowl lastly arrived.
It was the Jets who emerged victorious, going into Denver and coming away with a 31-21 victory.
And after the sport, the Jets’ social media workforce fired off a submit that you just simply know they’d saved within the drafts, able to roll:
The disagreement kicked off this summer time when new Denver head coach Sean Payton blasted Hackett and the job he did with the Broncos final 12 months. Payton had harsh phrases for the 2022 Broncos, and particularly their former coach.
“It’s not simply Russell. It was a (poor) offensive line. It may need been one of many worst teaching jobs within the historical past of the NFL. That’s how dangerous it was,” stated Payton in July. “Every part I heard about final season, we’re doing the alternative.”
Payton went past that, blasting how the Broncos approached the offseason in 2022, and drawing a transparent comparability to the Jets and the way New York dealt with the offseason this 12 months.
“It doesn’t occur usually the place an NFL workforce or group will get embarrassed,” Payton stated to USA At the moment. “And that occurred right here. A part of it was their very own fault, relative to spending a lot [expletive] time making an attempt to win the offseason—the PR, the pomp and circumstance, marching individuals round and all these things.
“We’re not doing any of that. The Jets did that this 12 months. You watch. Onerous Knocks, all of it. I can see it coming.”
Effectively, the Jets’ social media division noticed one thing coming too.
