Mekhi Becton’s career with the New York Jets came to an end when the 2023 season did, but you can’t blame the veteran guard for keeping close tabs on the team that drafted him No. 11 overall out of Louisville in 2020.
So when the Jets made the stunning decision to fire head coach Robert Saleh on Tuesday morning amid a 2-3 start, it wasn’t surprising that Becton would have some very particular feelings about the situation.
Saleh, after all, had been his head coach from 2021-2023 amid injuries to the guard’s knees and position changes. It just doesn’t appear Becton has any sympathy for his former boss. In a post on X/Twitter that was very quickly deleted, Saleh posted a meme that’s become shorthand for celebrating an enemy’s downfall.
Former Jets OT Mekhi Becton posted and deleted this after Robert Saleh’s firing 😬 https://t.co/vexa78OUni pic.twitter.com/0C9uuaGIFE
— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) October 8, 2024
The original caption on the memed photo was “I Stopped By One Of My Biggest Haters Funeral Today“, and yeah, that pretty much sums up how Becton may have felt about his time playing for Saleh.
It’s the same tweet Joel Embiid posted when the Philadelphia 76ers traded Ben Simmons. Now that Becton plays for the Eagles, it’s clear something about being in Philly just brings out the best version of hating in all of us.
