(Photo by Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images)
Every year, the HBO series “Hard Knocks” follows one NFL team around during training camp and focuses on certain players, not just on the field but also at home and with their families.
The New York Jets had been suggested as a prime candidate to be this year’s featured team, but head coach Robert Saleh made it clear a few weeks ago that he didn’t want his team to be selected.
Despite his protests, the Jets will indeed be on “Hard Knocks” this summer.
NFL and NFL Films have selected the New York Jets to serve as this year’s team on Hard Knocks, per sources.
Jets report to training camp one week from today, July 19, and the cameras will be rolling in full force. pic.twitter.com/v9A7Pb9GP2
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 12, 2023
Perhaps the biggest reason the Jets are such a good candidate for the series is the arrival of future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who has seemingly given them their best shot at winning the Super Bowl in literally half a century.
Some fans feel the polarizing and enigmatic signal-caller hates the mere idea of being on “Hard Knocks.”
Aaron Rodgers pic.twitter.com/zPolMMXNcS
— OddsChecker (@OddsCheckerUS) July 12, 2023
Lolol
I know Rodgers is not happy about that.
Gotta love it
— @Maybe: Jay P. (@PRBucsFan) July 12, 2023
Still, plenty of people are looking forward to seeing New York on the series.
Absolute cinema
— Knicks Memes (@KnicksMemes) July 12, 2023
This is going to be a masterpiece
— Mikerophone (@MikerophoneNFL) July 12, 2023
— Fantasy Football Dudes (@TFFDudes) July 12, 2023
It has been a while since the Jets had any real hope of being competitive, let alone winning it all.
They last made the playoffs in 2010, and even though they reached the AFC Championship Game for a second straight season that year, they weren’t an especially overpowering team, despite what then-head coach Rex Ryan wanted people to believe.
The Jets haven’t been world champions since the 1968 campaign, when “Broadway” Joe Namath guaranteed a Super Bowl win, then delivered one versus the favored Baltimore Colts.
They may not win it all this winter, but they should at least have a squad that will have some say in which team will.
The post Fans React To Today’s ‘Hard Knocks’ News appeared first on The Cold Wire.