After an extended offseason crammed with a confrontation between the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos — over former Denver head coach Nathaniel Hackett, now in New York because the Jets offensive coordinator — the Hackett Bowl lastly arrived.
It was the Jets who emerged victorious, going into Denver and coming away with a 31-21 victory.
And after the sport, the Jets’ social media staff fired off a submit that you simply simply know they’d saved within the drafts, able to roll:
The confrontation kicked off this summer season when new Denver head coach Sean Payton blasted Hackett and the job he did with the Broncos final yr. Payton had harsh phrases for the 2022 Broncos, and particularly their former coach.
“It’s not simply Russell. It was a (poor) offensive line. It may need been one of many worst teaching jobs within the historical past of the NFL. That’s how unhealthy it was,” mentioned Payton in July. “Every thing I heard about final season, we’re doing the other.”
Payton went past that, blasting how the Broncos approached the offseason in 2022, and drawing a transparent comparability to the Jets and the way New York dealt with the offseason this yr.
“It doesn’t occur typically the place an NFL staff or group will get embarrassed,” Payton mentioned to USA As we speak. “And that occurred right here. A part of it was their very own fault, relative to spending a lot [expletive] time attempting to win the offseason—the PR, the pomp and circumstance, marching individuals round and all these items.
“We’re not doing any of that. The Jets did that this yr. You watch. Onerous Knocks, all of it. I can see it coming.”
Nicely, the Jets’ social media division noticed one thing coming too.
