Florham Park, NJ May 31, 2023 -- Jets head coach Robert Saleh addresses the media before the start of the Jets OTA.
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(New York, NY) — The New York Jets can’t escape the spotlight.
According to Mike Florio, the Jets are “bracing for an involuntary ‘Hard Knocks’ assignment.”
Gang Green has publicly made it known they have little interest in serving as the series’ focal point for the upcoming season.
“I know there are several teams that would love for Hard Knocks to be in their building. We’re just not one of them,” head coach Robert Salah emphatically stated earlier this month.
The Jets are one of four teams that fits the criteria to be “compelled” to do the show. The other three teams are the Bears, Saints and Commanders.
Under NFL guidelines set, teams can be obliged to appear if they do not have a new head coach, have not been to the playoffs in the previous two seasons and have not been the subject of the show in the past decade.
Jets wide receiver Justin Hardee Sr. sent out a tweet in April disapproving the possibility of the team ending up on the show.
“Man y’all can give hard knocks to another team man we tryna focus and win that’s a distraction,” he posted.
The last time the Jets appeared on the show was in 2010, when Rex Ryan was the team’s head coach.
To be clear, no official announcement has been made yet.
