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C.J. Mosley excited to see Jets fans back in MetLife Stadium

C.J. Mosley wants to hear the J-E-T-S chant louder than ever when fans return to MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

C.J. Mosley has played just two regular season games in front of a MetLife Stadium crowd, but he is well aware of the noise Jets fans can bring in a big game.

New York will host its fans for regular season action for the first time since Dec. 2019 when the Patriots come to East Rutherford on Sunday afternoon. Jets fans returned to MetLife Stadium during the preseason, but an exhibition turnout does not quite compare to the raucous crowd that comes along with playing a division rival early in the season.

“I was excited to play last week, just to return to play football,” Mosley said Friday. “But to be back in front of the home crowd, have all the fans rocking and we’re going to be in all white [uniforms], it’s going to be real pretty. So I’m very excited and very excited to hear the J-E-T-S chant as well.”

Mosley has some fond memories of playing in MetLife Stadium despite missing nearly all of 2019 due to injury and the 2020 season after deciding to opt-out amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mosley dominated in his first game at MetLife Stadium in 2019, returning an interception for a touchdown and recovering a fumble in a Week 1 loss to the Bills.

The Jets are hoping Mosley replicates his debut against Buffalo in this year’s home opener and the result flips in their favor. Either way, New York’s veteran linebacker can hardly wait to hear Gang Green’s rejuvenated fanbase back in action at MetLife Stadium.

“I just know it’s going to be rocking,” Mosley said. “Especially having all the fans back. We have a division opponent, we have the Patriots. We have all the checkmarks to make the Jets chant get louder and louder. Hopefully, we’ll be hearing it loud and clear at the end of the game, as well. That’s the plan.”

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Why Carl Lawson wants Jets fans to show up and scream at MetLife Stadium in 2021

Carl Lawson wants as many Jets fans in the building as possible to help throw off opposing offenses in 2021.

Jets fans will be back at the Meadowlands to watch their team play for the first time since 2019 this upcoming season, as MetLife Stadium is slated to operate at full capacity after not hosting any fans in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

For Carl Lawson, New York’s Week 2 home opener against the Patriots will mark his first time playing in front of a raucous MetLife Stadium home crowd. A roaring home crowd is not something the 26-year-old defensive end is too familiar with, as the Bengals ranked second to last in attendance in three of his four years with the team. Last season marked the only time in Lawson’s career in which Cincinnati ranked in the top half of the league in attendance, but only because it was one of just 19 teams to host fans.

On Sunday, Lawson emplored Jets fans to make the trip to MetLife Stadium in 2021, sharing what it would mean to him and his teammates to have New York’s diehard fans show up and scream for every home game.

“Please come to a game, especially our home games, because it would help me a lot, it would help the D-Line a lot,” Lawson said, per the Jets’ official Twitter. “With no fans, you do not get the silent counts. Offenses, when they come to loud stadiums, they gotta start using silent counts. They can’t hear their own cadence. That is a huge advantage for me.

“So please come to a game. It’ll help tremendously. You are part of helping us win, helping the D-Line. I would love some silent counts, for the offensive line to have to key the ball and I can get out of my stance and go hit the quarterback.”

There is a good chance Lawson gives Jets fans plenty to cheer for in 2021. The 6-foot-2, 265-pound pass rusher is one of the up-and-coming players at his position and is known for being able to consistently collapse an opposing pocket, and, more often than not, bring quarterbacks to the turf.

With Lawson teaming up with the likes of Quinnen Williams, Foley Fatukasi, Sheldon Rankins, Vinny Curry and John Franklin-Myers, New York’s defensive line is primed to take a major step forward in Robert Saleh and Jeff Ulbrich’s defense. If that happens, Jets fans who have been longing for something to cheer about will have no issue going home with a sore throat after every home game.

“If there’s one thing I ask of you, you don’t have to like me, just please, come to the games,” Lawson said. “Scream as loud as you can when the offense is on the field so they can hear nothing. That’ll help. A lot.”

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Twitter reacts after Jets fire Adam Gase

Here’s how Jets fans reacted to the news of Adam Gase being fired.

It’s been brewing for weeks now, but the Jets have finally fired head coach Adam Gase after two years.

Gase finished his Jets tenure with a 9-23 record and failed to make the playoffs in each of his two seasons. The Jets got off to their worst start in franchise history at 0-13 this year until finally winning their first game in Week 15 against the Rams. New York was able to win one more game the following week against the Browns but ultimately couldn’t do enough to save his job. Now, the Jets will look for yet another head coach this offseason.

Jets fans, the majority displeased with Gase since the beginning, took to social media to voice their satisfaction with the firing on Sunday night.

Joe Douglas must ensure disconnect between Jets fans, players doesn’t happen again

Joe Douglas is the only man that can end the current disconnect between Jets and players following New York’s win over the Rams.

Jubilation. That’s the best way to describe Jets players when the clock struck triple zeroes this past Sunday.

Rising from a set of victory formations for the first time in 2020, the Jets ended a 13-game losing streak with a 23-20 upset win over the Rams. Sam Darnold looked like a 1,000-pound boulder had been lifted off his shoulders. Frank Gore, 37, looked like a bright-eyed rookie who just won his first NFL game. Adam Gase, who went to the Super Bowl as the Broncos offensive coordinator in 2013, said New York’s triumph over the Rams resulted in more excitement among players than Denver’s AFC title game win.

“Probably the best I’ve felt after a regular-season win,” Henry Anderson said, per ESPN’s Rich Cimini. “Unlike any win I’ve ever been apart of.”

While the Jets celebrated in the SoFi Stadium locker room, and then on their plane ride home, their fans sunk to a new level of pain. New York’s win over the Rams severely hurt its chances of landing the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL draft — and a potential franchise-changer in Trevor Lawrence. In the blink of an eye, Jets fans saw their dreams of Lawrence hoisting Lombardi Trophies while donning Gotham Green vanished. Only their team would find a way to mess up a generational opportunity.

It’s no secret that a large majority of New York’s fans had been actively rooting for the Jets to finish 2020 with an 0-16 record. Doing so would have guaranteed Lawrence and a chance at a fresh start after years of suffering. Players, meanwhile, have rebuked the notion that they should roll over and endure 16 straight losses to help the future of an organization they might not even be part of for much longer.

“It might be easy for someone sitting on the couch eating pizza, chips and dip to say they should keep losing, but if they’ve ever strapped the pads on, that sounds like an impossible thing for me to do,” Connor McGovern said last week, per NorthJersey’s Andy Vasquez. “So, I’m gonna do whatever I can do.”

Even as the team celebrated, the Jets, as an organization, faced plenty of backlash following their first win of the season — an unheard of concept in a league and city that is predicated on, well, winning. The tabloids bashed New York for squandering its chance to pick Lawrence, while fans continued to vent their anger on social media.

Then, Mekhi Becton got involved.

“You ain’t really a fan if you didn’t want us to win, honestly,” Becton said of Jets fans rooting for a winless season, per SNY. “I mean that in the nicest way possible. I don’t mean that in a disrespectful way. But I mean, if you wanted us to lose, you’re not a real fan, honestly.”

Becton’s comments were met with numerous reminders of the disappointment Jets fans have dealt with for decades. Lawrence was their white knight, and because New York won a game that meant nothing to anyone but the players at One Jets Drive, the Clemson star was rerouted from the Big Apple to Jacksonville with little time to change course again.

Jets fans usually back their stars through thick and thin, but not this time. Beating the Rams was the final straw for a group whose hopes lied on the shoulders of a quarterback yet to throw a professional pass. The fanbase’s desire for Lawrence created a disconnect that can only be fixed by one man: Joe Douglas.

Douglas’ task is clear: put a winning product on the field and fans won’t have to root for their team to lose. Accomplishing that is easier said than done, though. Douglas will first have to find the right replacement for Gase (assuming he is fired this offseason) before turning his focus to building back up through free agency and the draft. Without the right coach leading the charge, the personnel moves Douglas makes will not matter. He could hit home runs on every free agent signing and draft pick, but at the end of the day, the Jets will not take flight without the right man flying the plane.

It’s on Douglas to repair the current disconnect between Jets fans and players and make sure it never happens again on his watch. He has a small margin for error in his quest to do so, but Christopher Johnson hired him for a reason. New York has faith in Douglas’ ability to get Gang Green back to the postseason. Now, it’s time for him to deliver.

If he doesn’t, the endless cycle of Jets fans rooting for their team to lose for a better draft pick and players questioning why their fans would actively root for their team to endure loss after loss is bound to continue.

Joe Douglas must ensure disconnect between Jets fans, players doesn’t happen again

Joe Douglas is the only man that can end the current disconnect between Jets and players following New York’s win over the Rams.

Jubilation. That’s the best way to describe Jets players when the clock struck triple zeroes this past Sunday.

Rising from a set of victory formations for the first time in 2020, the Jets ended a 13-game losing streak with a 23-20 upset win over the Rams. Sam Darnold looked like a 1,000-pound boulder had been lifted off his shoulders. Frank Gore, 37, looked like a bright-eyed rookie who just won his first NFL game. Adam Gase, who went to the Super Bowl as the Broncos offensive coordinator in 2013, said New York’s triumph over the Rams resulted in more excitement among players than Denver’s AFC title game win.

“Probably the best I’ve felt after a regular-season win,” Henry Anderson said, per ESPN’s Rich Cimini. “Unlike any win I’ve ever been apart of.”

While the Jets celebrated in the SoFi Stadium locker room, and then on their plane ride home, their fans sunk to a new level of pain. New York’s win over the Rams severely hurt its chances of landing the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL draft — and a potential franchise-changer in Trevor Lawrence. In the blink of an eye, Jets fans saw their dreams of Lawrence hoisting Lombardi Trophies while donning Gotham Green vanished. Only their team would find a way to mess up a generational opportunity.

It’s no secret that a large majority of New York’s fans had been actively rooting for the Jets to finish 2020 with an 0-16 record. Doing so would have guaranteed Lawrence and a chance at a fresh start after years of suffering. Players, meanwhile, have rebuked the notion that they should roll over and endure 16 straight losses to help the future of an organization they might not even be part of for much longer.

“It might be easy for someone sitting on the couch eating pizza, chips and dip to say they should keep losing, but if they’ve ever strapped the pads on, that sounds like an impossible thing for me to do,” Connor McGovern said last week, per NorthJersey’s Andy Vasquez. “So, I’m gonna do whatever I can do.”

Even as the team celebrated, the Jets, as an organization, faced plenty of backlash following their first win of the season — an unheard of concept in a league and city that is predicated on, well, winning. The tabloids bashed New York for squandering its chance to pick Lawrence, while fans continued to vent their anger on social media.

Then, Mekhi Becton got involved.

“You ain’t really a fan if you didn’t want us to win, honestly,” Becton said of Jets fans rooting for a winless season, per SNY. “I mean that in the nicest way possible. I don’t mean that in a disrespectful way. But I mean, if you wanted us to lose, you’re not a real fan, honestly.”

Becton’s comments were met with numerous reminders of the disappointment Jets fans have dealt with for decades. Lawrence was their white knight, and because New York won a game that meant nothing to anyone but the players at One Jets Drive, the Clemson star was rerouted from the Big Apple to Jacksonville with little time to change course again.

Jets fans usually back their stars through thick and thin, but not this time. Beating the Rams was the final straw for a group whose hopes lied on the shoulders of a quarterback yet to throw a professional pass. The fanbase’s desire for Lawrence created a disconnect that can only be fixed by one man: Joe Douglas.

Douglas’ task is clear: put a winning product on the field and fans won’t have to root for their team to lose. Accomplishing that is easier said than done, though. Douglas will first have to find the right replacement for Gase (assuming he is fired this offseason) before turning his focus to building back up through free agency and the draft. Without the right coach leading the charge, the personnel moves Douglas makes will not matter. He could hit home runs on every free agent signing and draft pick, but at the end of the day, the Jets will not take flight without the right man flying the plane.

It’s on Douglas to repair the current disconnect between Jets fans and players and make sure it never happens again on his watch. He has a small margin for error in his quest to do so, but Christopher Johnson hired him for a reason. New York has faith in Douglas’ ability to get Gang Green back to the postseason. Now, it’s time for him to deliver.

If he doesn’t, the endless cycle of Jets fans rooting for their team to lose for a better draft pick and players questioning why their fans would actively root for their team to endure loss after loss is bound to continue.

WATCH: Spoof commercial promotes perfect drug for traumatized Jets fans

Fox Sports released a commercial for Jets fans to take “Forgetitiol” after watching them lose every week.

Are you a Jets fan in search of a way to forget about Gang Green’s ghastly performances each week? Well, now there’s a (fake) product that’s perfect for you!

Fox Sports aired a spoof commercial on Sunday promoting “Forgetitol.” The drug, marketed toward Jets fans, is designed to make sure you forget everything that just happened in the past week, including the latest ugly loss from Adam Gase and company.

In addition to taking the pill every Sunday after the Jets lose — “and they will” — “Forgetitol” instructions also include slapping yourself silly and knocking yourself out with a hammer. Side effects may include “internal bleeding, cranial hemorrhaging and completely forgetting everything in your life,” but you won’t remember a thing about the latest Jets loss.

“Forgetitol” is not covered by any insurance.

While the commercial featured a devastated Jets fan in a Sam Darnold jersey, “Forgetitol” can also be taken by fans of the Falcons, Giants, Texans, Vikings… “and by Week 8, probably the Browns.”

Jets provide season ticket holders with options for 2020 season

The Jets provided their season ticket holders with options for the 2020 season on Monday.

With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, it remains to be seen if fans will be allowed in NFL stadiums this fall.

Soccer has returned overseas without fans. The NBA and MLB are set to resume without fans in attendance by the end of July. The NFL, meanwhile, has indicated that it is preparing to have fans in attendance for games at the beginning of the 2020 season.

“We’re planning for full stadiums until the medical community tells us otherwise,” NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said in late May. “Now, remember when we’re talking. We’re talking about September…August, September. So, there’s a lot that can happen here. So, we’re planning for full stadiums.”

In the event that the NFL reverses course and does not allow fans to attend games this upcoming season, the Jets are preparing options for their season ticket holders. On Monday, the team informed season ticket holders that they can skip the 2020 season without penalty and either defer payment toward 2021 tickets or they can receive a full refund. Season ticket holders who opt for either have the choice to keep their same seat in 2021.

The Jets have also deferred the due date for the scheduled July payment, just as they did in April in response to the economic fallout caused by coronavirus.

Other teams around the league, including the Giants, have set up similar options for their season ticket holders. Given the fact that there is no guarantee fans will be allowed in stadiums or if the season will be delayed due to the virus, taking a proactive approach with season ticket holders is the smart thing for NFL teams to be doing right now.