The New York Jets are the subject of this year’s Hard Knocks, but it doesn’t seem like they were fans of being chosen. They were already a late addition in July based on the usual selection schedule, and Aaron Rodgers has professed that Gang Green had the HBO cameras “forced down their throats.”
But after recent reports have stated that the NFL and HBO may accommodate the Jets’ requests to tone down Hard Knocks, New York seems to be warming up to the idea.
Just ask head coach Robert Saleh, who wore an “I heart HK” shirt in the style of the classic design “I heart NY.”
lol coach pic.twitter.com/k5SIWCB9yv
— New York Jets (@nyjets) July 20, 2023
When asked about his shirt, Saleh kept it polite and cordial, saying the Jets’ “concerns” about Hard Knocks were addressed. And he said it with a smile, seemingly acknowledging the murmurs behind the scenes.
#Jets coach Robert Saleh expressing his comfort level with Hard Knocks verbally and on his shirt: “They’ve got a great group of people working with us. We expressed some of our concerns, they answered them.” pic.twitter.com/lQMA6tvkd2
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) July 20, 2023
Whatever Saleh’s self-awareness score was before this press conference is now irrelevant. It should be a 99 for making an amusing reference to lots of the recent talk like this.