Following the disappointment from last year, veteran NFL reporter Diana Russini believes that the New York Jets are a new team.
A Jets team that Russini, a reporter for The Athletic, believes has changed not just on the field but in terms of their mentality.
In an appearance on ‘The Herd‘ on Tuesday, Russini talked about the Jets rebounding from last year. A season with high expectations came crashing down in the first quarter of Week 1 following an Achilles injury to Aaron Rodgers.
But Russini believes that some of the bravado from the Jets last year has been replaced.
Here is the complete takeaway from Russini about the Jets in her conversation with Colin Cowherd:
“They were all in last year, we know what happened. It didn’t work out. So here we are now.
“The Jets have done an incredible of just quieting the noise. Colin remember this time last year? We were going bonkers. I was on your show every other day talking about the Jets: ‘Aaron looks amazing in camp’…He’s going to put on a show in Florham Park, we’re going to see it again.
“He’s going to be making these throws that social media is going to click…and slow-mo it…and add the most beautiful Top Gun music to it. It’s going to be perfection and beautiful. But in terms of tempering the emotions and expectations, were not going to hear Robert Saleh talk Super Bowl like we did last training camp, remember that?
“They’ve learned, that is the one thing – that’s my biggest takeaway from the offseason in my conversation with coaches, with players. They’ve been humbled, they’ve been humbled. They know it is going to take more than what they were doing last year.It’s going to talk a lot more than just talking about it.”
Here is the complete conversation with Russini and Cowherd, including some other notable NFL points:
