Ascending Jets Have Become an Attractive Destination

With a developing young core, Jets HC Robert Saleh led the Green & White to a three-game improvement from 2021 to the 2022 season.

“Saleh was measured and just clearly a guy that has a vision,” said Michael Smith of Amazon.com “That’s a natural leader. That’s a very effective communicator. And I think, you know, it takes a special kind of guy to not only survive New York, but to thrive in New York, and to have staying power. He has a chance to be in New York as long as he wants to be just with the way he commands not just the organization but the market. I think he’s just got thatit factor about him.”

With Douglas and Saleh raising the standard, the Jets should be an attractive destination for players who can be part of a team that is changing its narrative.

“If all things are equal, yes, I do think the Jets are more digestible for free agents than maybe they were in the past,” Fowler said. “You know, you feel like you’re going to a place where you can win, that there’s at least hope to win.”