NFL teams taking unusual measures to recruit key free agents is nothing new. But one New York Jets fan took things to a whole new level when he heard his team was set to bring in wide receiver Mike Williams for a visit just days after Williams was released from the Los Angeles Chargers.
Matt, who co-hosts a popular Jets YouTube show with his friend Mike Levy, had also built up a significant following on X, formerly Twitter, under the moniker @NYJ_Matt. So he decided to use his platform — and his Doordash meal delivery budget — to attempt to entice Williams further. As Williams’ scheduled Tuesday visit with the Jets approached, Matt placed an order for a Taylor Ham breakfast sandwich — a New York-area staple — to be delivered to Jets team headquarters in Florham Park, New Jersey.
“The Jets really needed a second wide receiver, and on my account, I like to keep it fun,” Matt told FOX Sports. “And I’m like, ‘Hey, what is one creative way to kind of get him to want to sign with the Jets? He flies in tomorrow morning, it’d be funny if he had a breakfast sandwich waiting for him in New Jersey.”
(Unlike co-host Levy, who goes by @NYJMike on social media, Matt prefers his last name to not be published and reiterated that request when contacted by FOX Sports.)
Matt then publicized his order to his over 30,000 followers on X, along with the note he added in the “special instructions” portion of the order when he heard Williams was reportedly also set to visit the Carolina Panthers, contrasting Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers to Panthers quarterback Bryce Young.
“And then it kind of went crazy from there,” Matt said.
And that was how Matt inadvertently woke up his sick fianceé the following morning by giving detailed instructions to a Doordash driver about how to deliver an order to an NFL team headquarters.
Fortunately for Matt, the sandwich was not only eventually delivered to Jets security, it then ended up in the hands of the Jets’ social media team, which…
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Publish date : 2024-03-20 21:57:45
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