ORLANDO, Fla. — Robert Saleh is getting into his fourth 12 months because the Jets’ head coach. Whereas he’s proud of the strikes the staff has made this offseason, he is aware of nothing in regards to the winter or spring issues if the Jets don’t win this fall.
“The truth is successful offseasons doesn’t matter,” Saleh mentioned Monday on the NFL’s house owners conferences. “We’ve bought to win soccer video games. Irrespective of how a lot pleasure there may be across the group. Irrespective of how a lot pleasure there may be round free company or the draft, none of it issues. Simply bought to maintain our heads down and discover methods to get higher and proceed to have an amazing offseason. Once we get to the season, we’ve bought to discover a solution to put Ws within the win column.”
That’s one thing the Jets have struggled to do in Saleh’s three years as coach.
The staff is 18-33 in Saleh’s time in Florham Park.
Total, the staff has not had a successful season since 2015. Jets proprietor Woody Johnson lately expressed his displeasure with the 2023 season, demanding higher in 2024.
Saleh is aware of that followers are sad with him and basic supervisor Joe Douglas after back-to-back 7-10 seasons.
“Whenever you lose, you’re a loser. I suck. Joe D sucks. All of us suck,” Saleh mentioned. “It goes with the territory. One of the best factor we are able to do is put our heads down. We’ve bought to go to work. All the texture good of the offseason doesn’t matter. We’ve bought to win soccer video games and once we win soccer video games, all of the narratives will change.”
Saleh wouldn’t say that the 2024 season shall be a failure if the Jets miss the playoffs.
“I’ll by no means say that,” Saleh mentioned. “Like I mentioned, put your head down, do the most effective you’ll be able to, put your work in. Clearly, all of us need to win video games, all of us need to go to the playoffs, all of us need to win championships. That’s been the purpose because the day we walked in right here. I felt like we have been going to have that chance final 12 months. It didn’t occur. This 12 months is about selecting ourselves up, placing our heads down and simply working.”
Saleh mentioned WR Mike Williams, who simply signed with the Jets, must be prepared for Week 1. GM Joe Douglas mentioned that Williams, who tore his ACL in Week 3 final 12 months, won’t be prepared at the beginning of coaching camp.
“Mike, he’s bought a protracted solution to go,” Saleh mentioned. “If he is available in and he places within the work … he’s on the identical timeline that Breece [Hall] had. They’re very related accidents, identical time-frame. Simply talking with Mike, he is aware of he’s bought a street to trek. On the identical time, if he does it the proper means, we’re very assured that we’ll have him prepared for Week 1.”
Douglas mentioned the staff’s go to with free agent DE Jadeveon Clowney went nicely however no signing was imminent.
“Jadeveon’s go to was excellent,” Douglas mentioned. “Spent about an hour simply speaking with him in my workplace, attending to know him as an individual. It was a really productive go to. Simply him being across the constructing, getting an opportunity to get to know him and having introduced in just a few teammates that he performed with final 12 months that every one assume the world of him. It was good to have him.”
