Latest Woody Johnson News

Struggling Jets have made a few major changes but the results remain the same

Oct. 21, 2024 17:59 PM EDT

Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are facing a critical moment in a season that's quickly turning from promising to potentially disastrous just seven weeks in. They're 2-5 and on a four-game losing streak, and the talk of making a deep run in the playoffs has been muted. The...

Donald Trump stops by primetime NFL matchup between the Jets and Steelers to cap dizzying weekend

Oct. 20, 2024 23:11 PM EDT

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attended Sunday night's NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets as the guest of an unidentified suite holder at Acrisure Stadium. Trump arrived about midway through the first quarter and was greeted by a small crowd of...

Haason Reddick is ending his contract holdout and plans to report to the Jets on Monday

Oct. 20, 2024 09:20 AM EDT

Haason Reddick is ending his long holdout with the New York Jets and will report to the team on Monday. Agent Drew Rosenhaus told The Associated Press on Sunday that Reddick agreed to an adjusted contract for this season and the sides will continue to work toward a long-term deal...

Jets are giving holdout Haason Reddick permission to seek a trade

Oct. 15, 2024 13:16 PM EDT

Haason Reddick has been given permission to seek a trade, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson said at the NFL's fall meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday. Reddick has not played this season while in a contract dispute with the Jets, who acquired him from Philadelphia in late March to boost...

Analysis: Spats, shoves, snubs and snapbacks have ruled the NFL sidelines in 2024

Oct. 15, 2024 12:21 PM EDT

Some of the NFL's biggest moments of late have come not on the field but the sideline. Spats. Shoves. Snubs. Snapbacks. It started with Aaron Rodgers refusing a bro hug from Robert Saleh after a touchdown in September before things went sour at the the New York Jets...

After 'weird' week, Rodgers and Jets can't overcome mistakes and missed chances in loss to Bills

Oct. 15, 2024 02:59 AM EDT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets’ tumultuous week ended the way so many have in recent seasons. With another gut-wrenching loss. Aaron Rodgers threw an interception on the Jets’ final drive and Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills ran out the clock...

Bills and Jets square off Monday night for first in the AFC East with each struggling

Oct. 10, 2024 17:46 PM EDT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills are slumping. Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are struggling. Questions, doubts and even some major changes have emerged during two-game losing streaks for both teams. And, despite it all, they'll...

Jets interim Jeff Ulbrich replaces Nathaniel Hackett with Todd Downing as the offense's play caller

Oct. 10, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Jeff Ulbrich shook up the New York Jets' struggling offense in his first major move as interim head coach. Ulbrich announced Thursday he replaced Nathaniel Hackett with Todd Downing as the offensive play caller. Downing, the Jets' passing game coordinator...

Rodgers says allegations that he played a role in Saleh's firing as Jets coach are 'patently false'

Oct. 09, 2024 15:12 PM EDT

Aaron Rodgers insisted he played no role in the firing of Robert Saleh as the New York Jets coach and called such allegations “patently false.” The star quarterback made his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Wednesday, a day after Jets owner Woody Johnson fired...

Jeff Ulbrich was a gritty player, a respected assistant and now takes over a struggling Jets team

Oct. 09, 2024 09:26 AM EDT

Jeff Ulbrich was in the middle of putting together the game plan for the New York Jets' defense when he got the news that stunned him — and the rest of the NFL. Robert Saleh was out as the head coach. And Ulbrich was taking over for the rest of the season. “And...