The New York Jets committed a whopping six — SIX! — personal foul penalties in an ugly loss to the Denver Broncos on Thursday, including a brutal late hit on Broncos rookie QB Brett Rypien with seven seconds left.
That left Steve Smith blasting Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams on the air, but more importantly, all of those penalties and hits appeared to make the Broncos furious.
So when the clock struck zero, instead of head coach Vic Fangio going to his Jets counterpart Adam Gase and shaking his hand, Fangio avoided Gase entirely and directed his team to “head to the [expletive] locker room,” as mics captured (WARNING: an NSFW word can be heard, as you can tell from the quote):
After a #Broncos win, HC Vic Fangio directs players to the locker room, and doesn't shake hands with #Jets HC Adam Gase pic.twitter.com/wkKYRUzYlv
— Move The Chains (@FirstDownMarker) October 2, 2020
In the postgame meeting with reporters, Fangio explained his actions:
#Broncos coach Vic Fangio on urging his players to get off the field right after beating the Jets: "There were a couple personal fouls there at the end. Our sideline was getting pissed off about it and I wanted to avoid any confrontation at the end of the game."
— Kyle Newman (@KyleNewmanDP) October 2, 2020
Gase understood too:
Adam Gase on not shaking hands with Vic Fangio at the end of the game:
"I think he was just trying to make sure we didn't have any kind of melee. It was getting heated" pic.twitter.com/3IdtIlLKVK
— Jets Videos (@snyjets) October 2, 2020
Smart call by Fangio after all of that went down.
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