‘We believe we can win a championship’

Robert Saleh wasn’t wearing one of his “Positive Vibes Only” shirts on Wednesday when speaking to reporters, but the Jets head coach reiterated that same mantra when talking about his team’s future saying he believes they can win a championship.

In the midst of another lost season, Gang Green was eliminated from playoff contention for the 13th straight season and securing a losing record for the eighth consecutive year all in one fell swoop last Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. Their hopes for a different outcome at season’s end were once again shattered.

But this familiar position the Jets find themselves in before Christmas Day wasn’t supposed to happen this season. Not again.

After having one of the worst offenses in the league last year thanks to a revolving door of poor quarterback play, GM Joe Douglas and the front office – who believed the Jets were just a QB away from being Super Bowl contenders – went out and traded for Aaron Rodgers.

They even brought in Rodgers’ close friend from their time in Green Bay, Nathaniel Hackett, to be the offensive coordinator as well as familiar faces for Rodgers to throw to in wide receivers Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb who would join the reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year, Garrett Wilson.

But all of that was thrown aside four plays into the regular season when Rodgers tore his Achilles.

“The excitement in August of 2023 was real,” Saleh said. “The excitement of everyone coming out of the tunnel on September 11th was real and it’s unfortunate the way the season panned out, but with that excitement, we’ll have that excitement again. The expectation for me and I’ll speak for everybody around here is that we win. And I do believe that we will.”

The Jets will try again next season; they expect this time with a fully healthy Rodgers who will be entering his age-41 season after turning 40 this year in early December. It’s hard to say how much he will have left in the tank after suffering a…

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Publish date : 2023-12-20 19:34:19

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