Written by Mark Kelly at The Jet Press.com
The New York Jets will continue to fail as a franchise due to owner Woody Johnson. This season is yet another massive disappointment with nothing at all to show for it.
After the New York Jets suffered another typical type loss on Sunday at Miami, questions started to surface about if Todd Bowles has lost control and respect of the locker room. Why that was apparent was two of his supposed best defensive players,Muhammad Wilkerson and Sheldon Richardson, were benched in the first quarter for missing a team meeting.
Such news is beyond disturbing, especially after the Jets just handed Wilkerson a franchise player deal worth a maximum of $86M over five years ($54M guaranteed). The deal includes $37M in fully guaranteed pay through the first two years — a $15M signing bonus plus $22M in base salary. The fact that Mo has decided that he shouldn’t be bothered with showing up and trying, is so typical the kind of issue the Jets always find themselves in.
Perhaps this one is a big unique, but what I mean when I say “typical Jets issue” that means one that totally humiliates the franchise and makes them look like the loser, undisciplined, hopeless clowns they always prove themselves to be.
Everyone thought the Mike Maccagnan was a hero after he signed Wilkerson and re-signed Ryan Fitzpatrick this summer. Even I was convinced the Maccagnan had accomplished what needed to be done for this season. Boy, was I wrong!
As a writer, you always go with limited knowledge of what exactly a players motivation and character are after being given a big contract. While we can’t know that, ownership definitely should.
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