New York (WFAN/WGR 550) - After watching the final episode of "Hard Knocks" and cornerback D.J. Reed’s comments about the defense potentially being on the level of the 1985 Chicago Bears, WFAN host Sal Licata says enough is enough.
Sal believes the New York Jets need to simply shut their lips and get ready to play before they stick their own foot in their mouth.
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"It’s just too much." said Licata on Wednesday. "It’s hard to criticize them for 'Hard Knocks', because they didn’t choose 'Hard Knocks'.
"Come on, it’s enough. All the Jets talk. I’d like to see some kind of humility from them, where you’re saying, ‘Come on guys, we haven’t accomplished squat.’ Yet it’s, ‘Bleep this, this is the way we should be feeling, we’re the best defense this, best defense that,’ and it’s like, come on guys, you haven’t been to the playoffs in 13 years!"
Sal believes the Jets have placed a target on their own back, some of it due to no fault of their own, but the team does seem to be leaning into the hype a little too much, and should take a page out of the book of their crosstown rivals when it comes to the preseason noise.
"I do think teams are gonna be going more after the Jets because of all the hype," Sal said. "Some of it isn’t their fault, but some of it is… they have set the expectations so high, they’re setting themselves up for disaster.
"They already have the target on their back. Just shut up and go freaking play, like the [New York] Giants do. [Head coach Brian] Daboll doesn’t say squat. Even dating back to last year, [Jets head coach Robert] Saleh running his mouth about keeping receipts. How did that work out? Look at how Daboll runs things. Under the radar, and they went way further."
The Jets will open their 2023 season on Monday night when they host the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey for an 8:15 p.m. ET kickoff.
Hear more of Licata's thoughts on the Jets this upcoming season available in the player below: